I am delighted to confirm that the first LGBT editathon in the UK will be running on Saturday 18th October at Bishopsgate Library.

The library is well known for hosting LGBT archives, including materials for the UK Campaign for Homosexual Equality, a huge collection of early LGBT literature, LGBT rights protest literature and materials, and Gay News (later Gay Times) archives including original press photography.

Please sign up if you are interested in finding out more about the archives, and would like to join us in improving the content of Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons better to represent UK LGBT+ history and culture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_LGBT_studies/Editathons/B...

The editathon is part of a global initiative by the Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group to increase the quality of knowledge for LGBT topics on Wikimedia projects.

Links: * WM-LGBT+ User Group - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_LGBT/Portal * Pride editathons - http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/07/07/wikipedia-holds-pride-edit-a-thons-to-i...

Cheers, Fae