Ted Whitehead & Don Brown

As the project began to take shape, Alan Butler met Ted Whitehead and Don Brown at history event in the Plymouth Civic’s Centre. At this time, Alan had got quite used to some people being a bit bemused by the project and the idea that Plymouth’s LGBTQ+...

The Pride in Our Past Project

The application for funding was submitted to the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) in January 2011 with the aims: To record and compile the memories of older members of the LGBTQ+ communities To create a permanent static and virtual archive of LGBT life within the city of...

LGBTQ+ History Month 2026 Reflections

Welcome to LGBTQ+ History Month 2026 where we reflect with a series of blogs on Plymouth’s queer history. We begin on Saturday 22nd August 2009, as people gathered at the Plymouth City Centre Piazza to surround a rainbow flag over fifty metres long. The flag had been...