Exhibition: Speak Out London

Speak Out London: Diversity City

London Metropolitan Archives

May - August 2016

Speak Out London – Diversity City is a new LGBTQ Oral History project based at London Metropolitan Archives (LMA), which has received a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund through the Our Heritage funding stream. The project will run from late September 2014 to August 2016.

You can find out more about the project here

The project will establish a community LGBTQ oral-history / memorabilia archive at LMA, which will record histories (1945-present). This new and significant contemporary archive will provide a powerful community collection to compliment and challenge more formal historical records. The existing collections held at LMA do not fully represent LGBTQ London history. The opportunity for individuals and groups to participate will do much to contribute to greater knowledge and understanding and ensure that people, currently invisible and silent in the records, will be seen and heard and their histories secured for future generations.