Whats your LGBT story 2022

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What's your LGBT+ story? Takes place on Wednesday the 2nd February 2022.

Come and celebrate National Story Telling Week and LGBT+ History Month with Surrey Libraries and the Surrey History Centre. Surrey is a county with a rich LGBT+ history, and archivists at the Surrey History Centre are working to preserve the stories of Surrey's LGBT+ residents, from policeman Harry Daley, lover of E. M. Forster, to Roberta Cowell, the first person in the UK to have gender reassignment surgery. By actively collecting and preserving records of Surrey's LGBT+ people and their lived experience, Surrey History Centre ensures that this history is not lost.

Now we want to hear from you! This National Storytelling Week, come and tell us your Surrey LGBT+ story. Library and archive staff are hosting an online session on the 2nd of February, giving Surrey residents the chance to add their own stories to the collection. Come and tell us your memories of being an LGBT+ person in the county, however recent, and contribute to this wonderful record of the history of our community. The night will open with a reading from Surrey History Centre staff with material from the archive, with more readings throughout the session and lots of chances to share your memories and get involved. If you don't wish to share, then you're also very welcome to come and listen! The event is free, but booking is essential.

Please book a place online via Eventbrite at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/whats-your-lgbt-story-tickets-242699650187 you will then be emailed your unique Zoom link.