Investing in LGBTQ+ heritage

Since 1994 we've invested over £12million across the UK in sharing stories of LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and other identities) heritage, creativity, activism and much more. If you've got an idea for a project, we'd love to hear from you. ### The terms we use At The National Lottery Heritage Fund, we use the acronym LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer). The ‘+’ represents people who identify as non-binary, intersex, asexual and other identities. [...] StoneCrabs Theatre is gathering oral histories to uncover the role of the NHS in the Isle of Wight’s LGBTQ+ culture between 1980 and 2000. From left to right: Scott Cuthbertson, Director of The Rainbow Project, Mukesh Sharma, The National Lottery Heritage Fund Northern Ireland NI Committee Chair, Cara McCann, Director of HERe NI and Adam Murray, Community Development Manager at Cara-Friend. Projects ## Creating Northern Ireland’s LGBTQ+ heritage archive [...] Joanna Jarvis , Imogen Watmore, Ashlynn Hudson-Welburn and Harvey Barker holding Pride banner in front of HST loco in Great Hall, National Railway Museum, (NRM) York. © The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum. Stories ## Mind the gap: uncovering missing stories from railway history People, Pride and Progress is recording the experiences of LGBTQ+ workers to explore unheard perspectives on railway heritage. Richard Kennedy was a founding member of Cara-Friend. Credit: Timothy O’Connell.