Stories and Case Studies

“I sometimes feel guilty – that I am still alive and some of those wonderful, talented, sexy people aren’t with us anymore. I will raise a glass to those good friends.”

“I wanted to show that we've all got something to offer, whether we're young, or whether we're older. Everyone deserves the spotlight at some point."

“When I came out, my family were all very cool about it. If I could tell my younger self anything it would be that I could have come out sooner – accept yourself sooner.”

“Over time, things do get better and improve. Nowadays, I think generally the whole atmosphere for people who are LGBT+ is much better than it used to be.”

“I made myself a promise that I would never tiptoe around anybody on the issue of my sexual identity, ever again.”

“Libraries are amazing places to promote positive LGBT+ role models and resources. That’s what they’re all about: access to information.”

“My favourite part about helping with the LGBT archive is looking back on the timeline, seeing how we’ve built up more equality than we had.”

Dipak Dristi was set up to help women who speak Gujarati to come together in order to make them feel less isolated within their community.