Join us for the first of our LGBTQ+ History Month episodes!
In this we have SAYiT's Fiona Moorcroft interviewing Dr Helen Smith, University of Lincoln, who is a historian specialising in LGBTQ+ history in the working class communities of South Yorkshire.
During this episode we discuss what it was like to be LGBTQIA+ from the 1850s to 1960s in South Yorkshire where the majority of people were working class, what the regional attitudes and culture differences were between different parts of the UK, and how hard it is to research LGBTQIA+ women in history.
This is the first part of the interview with Dr Helen Smith (with part two coming out later in the year) who has also written a book on this topic called 'Masculinity and same sex desires in industrial England 1895-1957' which you can see here (but be warned its a tad expensive).
You can find our more about Dr Helen Smith here.
SAYiT is a charity based in Sheffield which works with young people aged 8-25 and professionals to provide practical support to LGBTQ+ young people, host parent and carer groups, and trains organisations improve knowledge and address discrimination.
You can find out more about SAYiT here.
The podcast was produced, edited and hosted by the Proud Changemakers team who are Catherine Goodall, Cathy Swift, Graysen Whittaker, Amy Whitelock Gibbs and Lucy Straker.
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