LGBTQ+ History

& Heritage

In 2011, members of the LGBTQ+ Community worked with the Plymouth Museum and Art Gallery and the Plymouth and West Devon Record Office (now both part of The Box) in a project called “Pride in Our Past” to create an accession in the city archives to document the lives of the LGBTQ+ communities in the city.

With the completiion of this Natiional Heritage Lottery Fund project, the museum held a nine week exhbition and Plymouth’s LFBTQ+ community deposted a collection of materials collected in that time. That collection remains part of The Box’s collction and is stored as Accession 3901 and can be accessed here

 By the time, however, the Community Archive which had been collected as part of this project, had won a national award and it was clear to the community that this material was still important to rhe community. and needed to remain in the community whilst also being available to The Box and its rearchers.  

Pride in Plymouth became the custodians of the archive and its first use was to inform Alan Butler’s PhD  research. 

 

Pride in Our Past

Our Award Winning Community Archive has collected the stories and histories of the city’s LGBTQ+ Community for over a decade now.

Pride in Plymouth LGBTQ+ Community Archive

We work with a number of individuals and organisations across the city to provide advocacy and support require to help raise awareness of LGBTQ+ lives.

Lesbian Voices of Plymouth

Our Award Winning Community Archive has collected the stories and histories of the city’s LGBTQ+ Community for over a decade now.

The Rainbow Connection

We work with a number of individuals and organisations across the city to provide advocacy and support require to help raise awareness of LGBTQ+ lives.

Performing Pride in Plymouth 1950 – 2012 PhD 

Our Award Winning Community Archive has collected the stories and histories of the city’s LGBTQ+ Community for over a decade now.

Mirrorball Museum 

We work with a number of individuals and organisations across the city to provide advocacy and support require to help raise awareness of LGBTQ+ lives.

Bretonpride

BretonPride 2025 was a collaborative project organised by Queer District Collective, Pride in Plymouth Community Trust, and 37 Looe Street.

It was a month-long celebration of Pride in the Bretonside area of Plymouth, known in recent years as the city’s queer district. Main venues include 37 Looe Street, The Old Queeriosity Shop, The Swallow, Minerva Café , and The Little Box. The trail and related events ran Tuesday-Saturday throughout June. 

Thank you to Plymouth Octopus for supporting the event with a Collective Grant from them. 

Warm Spaces

We work with a number of individuals and organisations across the city to provide advocacy and support require to help raise awareness of LGBTQ+ lives.