{"id":62648,"date":"2025-02-28T12:24:54","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T12:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=62648"},"modified":"2025-02-28T12:25:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T12:25:53","slug":"notts-queer-history-archive-hosts-talk-to-conclude-queen-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/02\/28\/notts-queer-history-archive-hosts-talk-to-conclude-queen-history-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Notts Queer History Archive Hosts Talk to Conclude Queer History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Stories of struggle and resilience by members of the LBGTQ+ community were shared at a talk at Sheffield Central Library on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Journalist and author CJ De Barra began this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/accounts\/login\/?next=%2Fnottsqueerhistoryarchive%2F&amp;source=omni_redirect\">project<\/a> just over three years ago,\u00a0preserving stories that would have been lost otherwise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>De Barra said: \u201cIt&#8217;s important because we are losing our history. 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