M Shed is delighted to host a collecting event by the Museum of Transology in collaboration with Trans Pride UK. This is one in a series of events aiming to build local trans collections for local trans communities right across the UK and Ireland.
By Mary Milton, Archives Officer, Bristol Archives
Staff at Bristol Archives have made an important discovery about the case of William Critchard and Richard Arnold, two men executed in 1753 for what was then described as “the detestable crime of bugg…
by Cheryl Morgan, co-chair of Outstories Bristol, an LGBTQ+ local history group
Bristol has an impressive connection to transgender history. The great writer, Jan Morris, was born in Clevedon, and the city is also home to two modern trans stars: T…