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BOP's history
| 2005 | Meet Our Ancestors: exhibition at Brighton Pride 2005. |
| 2004 | Barely Legal: a video compilation shown at the LGBT History Conference at the London Metropolitan Archive. Brighton Ourstory become a registered charity, number 1106242. |
| 2003 | Step Back in Time: a series of 3 events (guided walk, musical afternoon tea and the Lavender Lounge Bar) arranged for Brighton Pride 2003 |
| 2002 | Images of Brighton: new exhibition area opened in Brighton Museum & Art Gallery (BOP contributed) Queer Nation O2: a photographic exhibition of gay and lesbian clubbing in post-war Britain (BOP contributed) |
| 2001 | Queer
About Campus: forty years of lesbian and gay life at the University
of Sussex and University of Brighton, Debating Chamber, Sussex University
(Exhibition) Brighton Ourstory website re-launched (www.brightonourstory.co.uk) Queer About Campus: forty years of lesbian and gay life at the University of Sussex and University of Brighton, Fishing Museum, Kings Road, Brighton (Exhibition) |
| 2000 | Film showing of The Important Thing Is Love (1971 lesbian tv documentary) with speakers Maureen (appeared in film) and Pat (life changed by it) |
| 1999 | The
Lavender Lounge Bar: recreating a queer drinking club of the 50s
and 60s (Brighton Festival Show) Just Take Your Frock Off: A Lesbian Life. Barbara Bell and Brighton Ourstory Project. (Publication) (Ourstory Books - still available at £7.99 (plus £1 postage) so contact us for a copy) |
| 1998 | Brighton Ourstory website launched (with Virtual Brighton) |
| 1997 | Gay
Girls & Bachelor Boys:
a mince down memory lane, Brighton Library (Exhibition) Learning between the Lines (workshop for PGCE students) University of Sussex (Educational Workshop) |
| 1996 | Like
Mills & Bleeding Boon (revised version), also toured to Bristol
and Exeter (Brighton Festival Show) Publish and be Damned: a short and partial history of the lesbian and gay book, Brighton Reference Library (Exhibition) Learning between the Lines (workshop for PGCE students) University of Sussex (Educational Workshop) |
| 1995 | Learning
between the Lines: amusing, amazing and heart-rending real-life
stories of lesbian and gay schooldays (Brighton Festival Show)
Learning between the Lines: amusing, amazing and heart-rending real-life stories of lesbian and gay schooldays (Publication) (still available at £3.50 so contact us for a copy) The Spice of Life (revised version), Brighton Library (Exhibition) Anyone who had a heart [3 accounts of gay male drug use 1962-76] Gay Times, February (Publication) Learning between the Lines (workshop for teachers) Sanctury Café, Hove (Educational Workshop) |
| 1994 | Dates
with Destiny: turning points in lesbian and gay literature and
life (Brighton Festival Show) Notorious Conduct (with WiSEGUYS), Bulldog Tavern, St James Street, Brighton (Exhibition) Schools Out: dykes behind the desk, Sussex Club, Regency Square, Brighton (Exhibition) My Brighton (contribution by Ourstorian Linda Pointing to multi-media project) Brighton Museum, 1997 available on CD-ROM |
| 1993 | Like
Mills & Bleeding Boon: romance in lesbian and gay literature and
life (Brighton Festival Show) The Spice of Life: a celebration of lesbian life in 1960s Brighton, Middle Street School, Brighton (Exhibition) |
| 1992 | Daring
Hearts: lesbian and gay lives of 50s and 60s Brighton (Brighton
Festival Show) Daring Hearts: lesbian and gay lives of 50s and 60s Brighton, Brighton Library (Exhibition) Daring Hearts: lesbian and gay lives of 50s and 60s Brighton, QueenSpark Books (Publication) (currently out of print) Women's Hour, BBC Radio 4 (feature on Daring Hearts) |
| 1991 | One
of the Girls (the life story of a 60s bar femme) Square Peg, No.30
(Publication) A community hidden even from itself, History Workshop, Ruskin College, Oxford (Educational Workshop) Lesbian and Gay Brighton (revised version of 1989 walking tour) |
| 1990 | Really
Living: 150 years of lesbian and gay life (Brighton Festival Show)
Finding Our Past (researching lesbian and gay history) Gay Times, March (Publication) |
| 1989 | Lesbian and Gay Brighton: a guided tour on bus and foot of Brighton's lesbian & gay history |