Learning Resources

Using the Haringey Vanguard Archives

This page has been designed with flexibility in mind, the hope is that the resources below can be adapted for, secondary further and higher educational settings, as well as part of individual learning. The activities on this page aim to give a general introduction to some of the key moments, dates, and people involved in the Haringey Vanguard project and the history it has recorded.

For those who wish to develop their knowledge in the subject a suggested further reading has been provided.

How can the Haringey Vanguard archives be used?

Everyone interested in researching and reading about the past’ and people conducting research can access and use this collection. It can also be used in education, in schools to bring the history curriculum to life or evidence activities have taken place. They could also be included as dissertation topics.

Project specific resources

 

Haringey Vanguard Archives

Everyone interested in researching and reading about the past’ and people conducting research can access and use this collection. It can also be used in education, in schools to bring the history curriculum to life or evidence activities have taken place. They could also be included as dissertation topics.

 

The collection is relevant to:

Museums; archives; researchers; historians; authors; academics; teachers; the heritage sector; people interested in LGBT+ history; private and public organisations looking to archive their records.

Download the Haringey Vanguard Project Report – Preserving BME LGBTQ+ History

Download the Haringey Vanguard Project Timeline

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Activities co-designed with Laila El-Metoui Equity and Belonging Consultant https://www.linkedin.com/in/lailaelmetoui/ and Veronica McKenzie

Activity – Facilitators

The following prompts aim to encourage you to reflect on what you have discovered and take action.

Get participants to think about the history of BAME LGBTQ people and whether their rights and history in the UK focus is fairly represented within LGBTQ+ History?
Ask participants to write down any facts they already know about the topic on a post it note and get them to display them on a flip chart paper or a virtual platform such as jamboard to share their fact.
The facts could be a date, a historical event, the name of a person who influenced the rights of BAME LGBTQ people.
You could also consider introducing your group to operational controls and get them to go on the web and search for Haringey AND LGBT AND black – the AND means all pages with those three terms will come up, they can then experiment with changing any words such as Harringay AND lesbian AND African – the possibilities are endless.

Things to consider when researching LGBTQ+ Histories

Consider terminology and how people are described in the past. We are often given a glossary of words and phrases but often these come with no caveats of when to use them or how to use them. If you do not already have a glossary , you might want to select one from Homosaurus.

Dates vary according to countries but there are international celebratory days for the L, the G, the B , the T and beyond. For a comprehensive list of LGBT awareness periods please see https://www.theprideshop.co.uk/the-big-lgbt-calendar-awareness-visibility-and-remembrance-days-in-2021/

Historical erasure exists because of the choices writers/researchers make, not the lack of material, therefore, archives are aiming to halt erasure by
a) tagging material when they see it
b) actively looking for material
c) encourage students/researchers/writers to come in and look.

This does often mean when researching LGBTQ Histories in the archives we need to think about the language we use to search please see:

Further Resources and Reading

 

Speak Out London
http://www.speakoutlondon.org.uk/about-us/speak-out-london-diversity-city

UK Black Pride
https://www.ukblackpride.org.uk/