Would you like to find out more about the LGBTQ+ community?

People often ask us for ways they can find out more about LGBTQ+ people and issues affecting them. Here are some suggestions to get your started, including some that are linked to Redbridge. Contact us to suggest anything we could add to the list.

News and media outlets

• Attitude

• Diva

• Pink News

Reading lists and books (all available in local libraries)

• Look out for themed displays in local libraries during LGBT+ History Month in February and Pride Month in June

• Read the Rainbow e-library suggestions (accessible via the Libby app)

• Booker Prize recommendations

• Gay’s the Word recommendations by section

• A Dutiful Boy by Mohsin Zaidi

• Dear Cisgender People: A guide to Trans Allyship and Empathy by Kenny Ethan Jones

TV and films

• LGBTQ+ short films available to stream for free on the Kanopy website (accessible via your library card)

• Mr Loverman, Gentleman Jack, and Juice (BBC iplayer)

Visit

• Queer Britain, King’s Cross

• Bishopsgate Institute, Liverpool Street

• Free Queer and LGBTQ+ History Walk, Charing Cross

• Search events in museums, galleries, cinemas etc during LGBT+ History Month in February, Pride Month in June and Trans Awareness Week in November

• Search for LGBTQ+ events that also welcome allies on outsavvy and eventbrite