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WELSH PRIDE A Timeline of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender (LGBTQ+) History in Wales BY NORENA SHOPLAND WITH ANNE HUDGENS Acknowledgements Copyright Natalie Bowen of Rhondda Pride; Mark Etheridge This publication and its content, unless otherwise of Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales; specified, are copyright of Norena Shopland [2021]. Jane Hoy for reading through the first draft and All rights reserved. for all her very helpful suggestions and rewrites; Andrew White and Steve Barlow from National Any redistribution or reproduction of part or all of Heritage Lottery Fund, Susan Edwards, Howard the contents in any form is permitted for personal Llewellyn; Ceri Harris of Velindre NHS; Lindsay and non-commercial use only. Whittle; John Davies’ family; Kirsti Williams; Victoria Rogers of Museum of Cardiff; Syd Morgan; Anne You may not, except with our express written Hudgens who co-wrote the original timeline in permission, commercially exploit the content. 2011. All images are public domain unless otherwise specified. The Welsh Pride E-mag This E-mag is a timeline of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBTQ+) history with regard to Wales. It includes people, places, events, publications, films, books, allies – all of which illustrates our rich queer past. First funded project to explore a history of sexual orientation and gender identity in Wales The timeline is one of the outcomes of a 2011 National Heritage Lottery Funded (NHLF) project Welsh Pride hosted by the charity the LGBT Excellence Centre. It was the first funded project to explore a history of sexual orientation and gender identity in Wales. The culmination of this work was the first Welsh LGBT+ exhibition launched during History Month The timeline was originally intended to 2012 at the Pier Head in Cardiff Bay. Material be published as part of Welsh Pride but gathered during the project was shared with unfortunately that did not happen and it our partners Glamorgan Archives; Amgueddfa has sat on my computer for many years. Cymru - National Museum Wales; and Cardiff However, I felt it was too important a Story Museum (now Museum of Cardiff). Six oral source to let it disappear and decided to histories were also completed and these are resurrect and update it, a decision made now lodged with Amgueddfa Cymru - National easier by the generosity of Rhondda Pride Museum Wales and Museum of Cardiff. who sponsored turning the text into an e-mag. The content is selective so apologies for any gaps and errors. I hope to expand the content every few years so please do feel free to send in any suggestions; the easiest way is to message me on Twitter. There is a short reading list at the end, obviously there is a lot more available but these are publications I often recommend to people. I hope you enjoy the timeline and find it interesting. In the meantime, kept promoting our history because if we don’t others won’t do it for us. Norena Shopland Editor Sample panel from the Welsh Pride exhibition (2012) WELSH PRIDE | 3 Ceri Harris BEM (pronouns she/her/hi) – Former Chair A Few Words of the LGBT ECWales. Currently the Equality & Diversity Manager for Velindre A number of people were University NHS Trust. Passionate about instrumental in working on and inclusion, dignity and respect. supporting Welsh Pride and I have invited a few Wto outline The LGBT Excellence Centre, for all its faults, was a pioneer regarding its projects on Gender why they felt it was important Fluidity, and LGBT+ Heritage. It opened the to take a role in the project. doors for many other LGBT+ projects in Wales. It gave a voice to those that had been hidden for so long and it gave us Norena Shopland! Who now gives so many hidden voices an opportunity to be heard. So, what does Welsh Pride mean to me and why is it so important. It’s a rainbow cwtch of comfort, belonging and also fierceness. A welsh mam, protecting their offspring. Andrew White Director of Wales, It seems so strange, looking back to think why in Wales we waited so long to have a LGBT+ National Lottery Heritage Fund project to look at Welsh Pride, but that’s because we now see LGBT+ history so widely We were delighted to fund the Welsh Pride discussed and celebrated. We only have to go project in 2012 to focus on the cultural heritage back briefly in time to see that was not always of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender the case. people in Wales over the previous 100 years. It began chart the often invisible history of If we were to stop someone in the street and LGBT communities in Wales by exploring the ask them to name an LGBT+ Icon, who would social, political and personal aspects of what they come up with? RuPaul? Elton John, Ellen? life was like for LGBT people over the years. All recent celebrities. Thinking back to my own upbringing, as a gay Then ask them to identify a Welsh Icon, it teenager I could scarcely believe that there becomes even harder. We are not taught our were other lesbian gay, bi or trans people in history. I’m always surprised by the amount Wales, let alone that people like us had been of people who have never heard of Stonewall, around throughout our nation’s long and section 28 or that it wasn’t until 1992 that the inspiring history. People like us were not World Health Organisation declassified same- confined to certain towns or cities, classes or sex attraction as a mental illness. It amazes professions. Often persecuted, sometimes me that LGBT+ people don’t know the events celebrated, we were always part of Welsh or names of the people who sacrificed their history and continue to be so. dignity, authentic lives, so we can have the freedoms we have today. It’s wonderful to see the updated timeline launched this LGBT+ History Month. Knowing It was just less than a decade ago, that Wales our history is vital to understanding our received funding for the first time to look at present and to informing our future. All Welsh Pride and its beautiful history. Which too often LGBT+ people have been erased or when you consider the LGBT+ icons of Terrance edited from our history books. This resource Higgins, Jan Morris, Ivor Novello, Eleanor Butler brings to life the rich history of queer Wales. and Sarah Ponsonby (the Ladies of Llangollen). It’s a great starting point for learning about We are a nation steeped in LGBT+ Icons that the people on whose shoulders we stand. cries out to be celebrated and known. 4 | WELSH PRIDE The project was vital to collect people’s stories and experiences, to share them for the generations to come. So easily we can forget the struggles that our LGBT+ family have fought to give us the rights we have now. Welsh heritage is so often overlooked, hidden under the banner of Britishness, but the Welsh have a unique voice and needs to be known and represented. Historically as a nation it has been conquered and subjugated by English law and moral persecution, but it has also led the way too. Welsh Pride for me is a celebration of perseverance, solidarity and a need to get our stories heard. The project and exhibition gave a platform for the stories of people who made a difference, who both quietly lived their truth but also banged the drum for the rights of others. Whether LGBT+ or Ally, the Welsh have and will continue to leave its mark on the world and as a proud member the charity that led the project that opened the doors for others. I will always be full of Welsh Pride. It seems so strange, looking back to think why in Wales we waited so long to have a LGBT+ project to look at Welsh Pride, but that’s because we now see LGBT+ history so widely discussed and celebrated. WELSH PRIDE | 5 Susan Edwards Former senior curator of Glamorgan Archives Welsh Pride - celebrating LGBT heritage in Wales - was launched at the Senedd at the start of February (LGBT history month) 2011. Alongside the launch, the National Lottery Heritage Fund awarded a grant for a project to research the history of LGBT people in Wales and celebrate their contribution to the nation’s culture and heritage. It was my great privilege to represent archive services on the project board together with heritage partners including National Museums Wales. The project produced an exhibition and the research undertaken fed into the development of new galleries at the National History Museum in St Fagans. The timeline presented here is another output from the project with a continued relevance today. The history and existence of LGBT people in Wales has been overlooked and hidden for so long that every generation can feel like the first of its kind: the “coming out” which is so much a part of each individual’s story could be extended to the entire community. Welsh scholars are working to rectify this and there has been a recent and welcome production of popular histories on the subject. The more knowledgeable we are about our past the more confidence we can have in demanding our present rights and the better we can build for the future. Welsh Pride was intended to raise awareness of the long term existence of LGBT people in Wales, explore the issues they continue to face and challenge discrimination. Reaching into the past to celebrate the achievements of our predecessors is an excellent contribution to greater understanding and the research deserves to be better known and better used.
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