LGBT+ UK Web Archive of resources

In July 2020 the British Library, the UK Web Archive and CILIP LGBTQ+ Network relaunched the LGBTQ+ Lives Online web archive collection.

The aim of the UK Web Archive is to collect content published on the UK web that reflects all aspects of life in the UK. This includes important aspects of British culture and events that shape society.

The LGBTQ+ Lives Online collection reflects the important role this community plays in British society. Currently 438 sites are divided into sub sections, plus a search box. Although there is a dedicated collection about the LGBTQ+ community, many of the websites tagged in this collection also intersect with other collections in the archive (sport, political action and communication, oral history in the UK) https://www.webarchive.org.uk/en/ukwa/collection/1151  

You can read more about the project and the curators on this blogpost: https://blogs.bl.uk/webarchive/2020/11/lgbtq-lives-online-introducing-the-lead-curators.html  

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