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LGBTQ+ Europe in 2021: Blog series

26 February 2021

February is LGBTQ+ History Month in the UK. To mark this occasion, we've published three new pieces on the ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ Europe BlogÌýfrom researchers and students working on queer issues in Europe.

A group of marchers in a Gay Pride march in Poland crossing a street. Many are carrying or wearing rainbow flags.

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, ESRC-funded PhD Candidate at ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳, explores the challenges queer refugees and support organisations have faced in Germany since 2015.


, Final Year Russian Studies Student at ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ SSEES, explores how queerness and ideas of European values intersect in Russia


Richard C.M. Mole, Professor of Political Sociology (×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ SSEES), researches identity, sexuality, and migration, particularly of queer individuals in Eastern Europe. In this piece, he looks at the experiences of queer Poles leaving their home towns and migrating to Warsaw or elsewhere in Europe, where they can more freely explore or express their sexuality.

Richard Mole’s new Open Access edited volume onÌýÌýwill be published by ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ Press on 8 March 2021.


For more great LGBTQ+ History content, check out ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ History's page of links and resources.