Portsmouth and its Gypsy, Roma and Traveller heritage Whilst Portsmouth is not always seen as an area where many people from GRT heritages live, in fact, there is an under-recognised history of Romany and Traveller presence in the area, perhaps …
Some of our greatest thinkers and authors have been LGBTQ+. They have offered refreshingly different perspectives on everyday life and many wrote stories and essays that shared their intersectional lived experience as LGBTQ+ women and or people of the global …
There are few times in life when you can make so big an impact with so little effort as voting in a general election but you cannot just turn up and vote. You
On Monday 24 June 2024, two major updates will be applied to all our EBSCO databases, including the Discovery Service. These databases will be running at risk all day, some services such as saving articles and searches and setting up search alerts may be affected by the changes and at some point the EBSCO Discovery Service interface used will change to a new, more intuitive design.
Today, we celebrate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings that marked the beginning of the end for the Nazi regime and the turning point of the Second World War, LGBTQ+ Pride Month celebrating sexual and gender diversity around the world, and Gypsy, Roma, Traveller History Month celebrating the rich cultural diversity and history of this marginalised community.
D-Day was the start of the overthrow of the Nazi killing machine. The D-Day invasion represented a major turning point in the Allied battle against the Nazis that had systematically isolated and exterminated millions in an attempt to purge Nazi occupied territories of Jews, Roma, the disabled, LGBTQ+ people and other marginalised groups by forces including many LGBTQ+ people who were forced to conceal their sexual orientation from their own comrades.
80 years ago, the Second World War was raging across Europe. Having previously been forced into retreat and barely having rescued their forces from Dunkirk in 1940, D-day marked the final grand offensive that would win the Second World War.
One of the most challenging questions asked after important events has always been, “so what really did just happen?” Join me on a journey down the rabbit hole of reflective writing in search of answers!
Lesbian, gay, bi, trans, intersex and asexual and other sexually and gender diverse people people have survived persecution and having their identities criminalised throughout history and continue to experience prejudice and discrimination around the world. Many LGBTQ+ people also experience intersectional oppression as a result of also their neurodivergent, PGM, and have other oppressed and other marginalised identities. This post begins to explore how you can help make the world a better place for everyone, including LGBTQ+ people.
The following is a list of new ebooks received by the Library during May. More complete listings for the year can be found on our website’s new books page.
We’ve just a week of term-time opening left before the Summer Vacation Period. At midnight at the end of Friday 7 June, the Library will close and from Saturday 8 June, the Library will be operating Summer Vacation opening hours. …
