We are in the first week of LGBT+ History Month 2025, designed to highlight the things people with different sexualities and gender identities in all their diversity have achieved throughout history in all areas of life.
And SAYIT, a Sheffield-based charity which provides practical support to LGBTQ+ young people, hosts a parent and carer group, and whose training helps organisations improve knowledge of and address discrimination. is holding several events to mark the month.
These include:
- My Mind On Paper, which will feature a panel of LGBTQ+ readers and writers talking about writing across many genres. It takes place on Wednesday, February 19 from 6-7pm at the Carpenter Rooms at Sheffield Central Library on Surrey Street.
- A visual tour of Sheffield’s queer history. on Tuesday, February 25 from 1 – 1:45pm at Weston Park Museum on Western Bank.
- Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope. A performance by Mark Farrelly, Thursday 27th February from 19:00-20:15 (doors 18:00), taking place at the Library Theatre on Surrey Street.
- All Together, One at a Time. A panel discussion about LGBTQ+ activism, on Wednesday 12th March from 18:00-19:30, again at Sheffield Central Library.
Full details of these events can be seen here.
