Parliamentary Search

Commons Debate pack by Grace Alston, Maria Lalic, Douglas Pyper, Cassie Barton and Joe Tyler-Todd. It was first published on Friday, 16 February 2024. It was last updated on Friday, 1 March 2024.

LGBT+ History Month

LGBT+ History Month was founded in 2004 and first celebrated in February 2005, within 18 months of the repeal of Section 28 in England and Wales. The month was founded by Sue Sanders and Paul Patrick of Schools Out, an LGBT education organisation.  

The 2024 theme is Medicine: #UnderTheScope. The organisers want to celebrate “LGBT+ peoples’ contribution to the field of Medicine and Healthcare both historically and today.” The theme also aims to highlight “the history of the LGBT+ community’s experience of receiving healthcare which has been extremely complicated” and the inequalities in healthcare LGBT+ people continue to face.

The Debate Pack provides statistics on the UK’s LGBT+ population, an overview of the developments regarding UK legislation and the rights of LGBT+ peoples from 1533 to the passing of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act in 2013, and legislative developments from 2014 onwards.

Download full report

Secondary information

Type
Research briefing
Reference
CDP-2024-0044 
Related items
LGBT History Month
Thursday, 7 March 2024
Parliamentary proceedings
House of Commons
Civil Partnership Act 2004
Thursday, 18 November 2004
Public acts
Show all related items (6)
Equality Act 2010
Thursday, 8 April 2010
Public acts
Subjects
Equality Health services Homosexuality History LGBT+ people Gender recognition Conversion therapy Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans History Month
Legislation
Gender Recognition Act 2004
Equality Act 2010
Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000
Civil Partnership Act 2004
Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013
Contains statistics
Yes
Published by
Home Affairs Section
House of Commons Library
Link
View this Research briefing on researchbriefings.parliament.uk