HistoryDon’t mothball our histories Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Histories have for too long been closeted – now’s the time to dig deep into your organisational archives, your personal memorabilia, to gather and share our stories. Tune into the LGBT History Project – an initiative of Queensland Association for Healthy Communities (QAHC)*. Funded by the Brisbane City Council for 12 months, the project has now been joined by the Museum of Brisbane and the State Library of Queensland as partners. This will lead to the Museum of Brisbane having an LGBT exhibition in 2010. The State Library of Queensland is developing its LGBT collections of archives and memorabilia, and will be giving us skills to know what to do with our own collections. Time to Record Our Histories
LGBT people and organisations are being asked to create their own ‘online timelines’ as part of the LGBT History project. A free website www.xtimelines.com is being used to collect together timelines of the history of LGBT Brisbane – recording people, places and key events. The timelines will be used to record the LGBT history of Brisbane, and may be used as part of the LGBT History of Brisbane exhibition and collection being developed by the Queensland Association for Healthy Communities (QAHC), in partnership with the Museum of Brisbane and State Library of Queensland. “So much has changed for LGBT people over the past 50 years, but we’re not very good at recording our histories and passing them on to younger generations” said Paul Martin, QAHC General Manager. “Through the LGBT History Project, we hope to encourage people to record their own person history, or that of LGBT organisations, places or events. People will also be able to comment on the timelines of others, suggesting additions and corrections.” For instructions on how to view or create a timeline, click here. The online timelines is just one of the initiatives of the LGBT History Project, which also includes history mapping days, digital stories, oral history, heritage walks, an LGBT collection at State Library of Queensland and an LGBT History of Brisbane exhibition by the Museum of Brisbane in 2010. For more information on the LGBT History Project or to get involved contact Carol Low on clow@qahc.org.au
Contact the LGBT History Project Officer: Carol Low (07) 3017 1722 0448 154 158
* Formerly the Qld AIDS Council
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