Join Us for "Signposts on the Road to Equality: LGBT+ Rights and Highlights from Westminster City Archives”
Date: Wednesday, 12th February 2025
Time: 5:00–7:00 PM
Location: Westminster City Archives, 10 St Ann's Street, London, SW1P 2DF
Discover the struggles and triumphs of LGBT+ rights through Philip’s engaging talk, "Signposts on the Road to Equality." Highlights include trans rights, personal insights, and treasures from Westminster City Archives, bringing to light histories often pushed to the margins. This updated 2025 presentation offers a broader understanding of the path to equality.
Speaker Bios
Amanda House (she/her)
Senior Archivist at Westminster City Archives. Along with the Westminster Archives team Amanda is responsible for collecting, sharing, and caring for the archives which tell Westminster’s history. Amanda and the team are passionate about working towards ensuring the archives reflects all of Westminster’s communities, voices, and narratives.
Philip Scott (he/him)
Philip, a City of Westminster guide since 2019, taught in east London for over 30 years. Originally from Lancashire, he’s passionate about sharing London’s rich history, particularly the marginalised narratives of LGBT+ communities, and draws on his own experiences as a gay man.
Programme
- 5:00–5:30 PM: Welcome & Introduction to LGBTQ+ highlights display from Westminster City Archives.
- 5:30–6:10 PM: Talk: "Signposts on the Road to Equality: LGBT+ Rights" by Philip Scott.
- 6:10–6:30 PM: Q&A Session
- 6:30–6:45 PM: Networking & Socialising
Join us to hear these compelling stories, challenge the prevailing narratives, and engage in meaningful discussion.
Support Our Event: To make this event accessible to all, we offer free tickets to those facing financial difficulties. However, if you’re able, we kindly ask for contributions to help cover the costs of organising this event, which totals around £275 (including £100 for administration and promotion, £75 for drinks, refreshments, and snacks, and £50 each for the speakers’ contributions). Your support is greatly appreciated.
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Access: From the street, wheelchair users should be aware there is a downward gradient that leads to a level entrance. The event will take place in the ground floor. There is level access to an accessible toilet.
Westminster City Archives are located on 10 St Ann's Street, London SW1P 2DE between Morrison Court on 12 St Ann’s Street and behind Abbey Community Centre on Great Smith Street. The entrance to the archives is to the right of Morrison Court and then down a short pathway on the left. Please note there is no access to the archives from Great Smith Street. The what 3 words locations is ///tender.fault.ticket. If you are experiencing difficulties finding us please call Westminster Archives on 020 7641 5180.
Acknowledgments: A huge thank you to our supporters; this event wouldn't be possible without you.
