LGBTQ+ History Month: February
50+ years of Islington LGBT History guided walk
Sunday 1 February, 2pm – 3.30pm
Angel Tube Station to Highbury Fields
forum+ is hosting a guided walk to kick off LGBTQ+ History Month. Explore over 50 years of Islington’s LGBT history, including the UK’s first gay mayor, early rights demonstrations and key local activists.
Islington’s pride talk: one small borough’s big impact on British LGBT+ history
Monday 2 February, 6.30pm – 7.30pm
Islington Museum, EC1V 4NB
Seán McGovern presents a lively talk celebrating Islington’s major role in the fight for LGBT+ equality, highlighting the people, places and organisations that shaped national history.
Launch of the Log Books: voices of queer Britain and the helpline that listened
Thursday 5 February, 7pm – 8.30pm
Housmans Bookshop, N1 9DY
Join authors Tash Walker and Adam Zmith for the launch of The Log Books, an intimate history of LGBTQ+ life uncovered through decades of handwritten helpline notes.
Standard entry ticket £5
forum+ LGBT History Month workshop – Polari, the secret queer language
Thursday 12 February, 6.30pm – 8pm
St Luke’s Community Centre, EC1V 8AJ
A fun, interactive workshop with Dan de la Motte exploring Polari, the secret queer language. Learn its rules, decode phrases and create your own sentences and scenes.
The London Archives LGBTQ+ Collections – document viewing
Friday 20 February, 12.30pm – 2pm
The London Archives, EC1R 0HB
View a curated selection of documents reflecting the lives and experiences of LGBT people, including flagship oral history collections and lesser‑known archives.
Tickets are £5
forum+ LGBT History Month Sassify Zine workshop
Saturday 28 February, 1.30pm – 4.30pm
Whittington Park Community Centre, N19 4RS
A creative zine‑making workshop and social with forum+ and Sassify Zine. Learn about zine culture in the LGBT community and create your own unique artwork.
More Things to do
- Islington Assembly Hall
- Volunteering in Islington
- Playground equipment for disabled children
- Four accessible activities in Islington parks
- Community gardening in Cally Park
- Five things to do in parks
- Islington Borough Ladies FC football sessions
- Islington walking and running routes
- Five ways to explore Islington on foot
- Tufnell Park Market
- Whitecross Street Market
- Camden Passage
- Stroud Green Market
- Exmouth Market
- Archway Market
- Islington Farmers’ Market
- Chapel Market
- Nag’s Head indoor market
- Nag’s Head open-air weekend market
- Free accessible sports
- Over-55s men’s club
- Free fitness classes with Healthy Generations
- Park cuppa
- Best parks for… water fun
- Islington Square Market
- Free health and history walks
- Three ways to… keep kids active
- Finsbury Park Singers and Finsbury A Capella
- Free Friday lunchtime recitals
- Junior parkrun
- Family narrowboat trips
- Ladies’ football training
- Museum of Homelessness
- Summer Reading Challenge
- Free cycling lessons
- Age UK Islington get-togethers
- Olden Community Garden volunteering sessions
- Celebrating ten years of Islington Bereavement Service
- Black History Month 2025
- Volunteer gardening with The Garden Classroom
- Festive events
- Free repair and reuse events this winter
- Wellbeing walks with The Garden Classroom
- Islington menorah-lighting
- Community Gardening at Whittington Park
- Kick Off with a Verse
- Greener homes events: save energy this winter
- Stress management for father’s workshop
- Youth safety events: November
- Fast friends
- Glow in the Angel
- Free play session for under 5’s
- Protecting women and girls together
- Museum of Homelessness festive dog show
- Winter Reading Challenge at Islington Libraries
- Festive fun at libraries
- Autumn cultural things to do: November / December
- Cycling lessons for kids and teens
- Black Cultural Centre’s new art exhibition opens: ‘She Speaks’
- Learn green skills
- Winter cultural things to do: Jan – March
- Cycling lessons for adults
- Finsbury winter warmers
- Mildmay library reopening celebration
- Community gardening: Jan – April
- Gadget support
- Toy donation
- Adult swimming lessons
- Mencap Me Time programme: Jan – April
- Storytelling week: 2-9 February
- Free art workshops
- LGBTQ+ History Month: February
