UK LGBT+ History Month

​February is UK LGBT+ History Month. this years theme is  Poetry, Prose and Plays. Many students don't realise that some of the authors they are reading in school are members of the LGBT+ community. This information can be so important to students who are questioning and exploring their sexual orientation and/or gender identity. 

The people chosen to represent the theme of Poetry, Prose and Plays are

• Lorraine Hansberry,
  
• E. M. Forster,
  
• William Shakespeare 
  
• Dawn Langley Simmons. 

The entire year is dedicated to Lyra McKee who was a writer and journalist from Northern Ireland. On 18 April 2019, Lyra was fatally shot during rioting in the Creggan area of Derry.

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