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Celebrate LGBT culture and history with free events

February is LGBT History Month, and The University of Nottingham is hosting a range of public […]

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Rainbow refugees: LGBT rights in refugee and asylum law

Join the Centre for Research in Race and Rights and the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice (CSSGJ) for a discussion on LGBT immigration. Paul J Dillane, the Executive Direction of the UK Lesbian and Gay Immigration Group, will be in conversation with Ibtisam Ahmed as part of the regular CSSGJ seminar series. Part of LGBT History Month.

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Nottingham: centre of the LGBT universe

The Rights and Justice Research Priority Area and Nottingham Contemporary present ‘Nottingham: centre of the LGBT universe’. With David Edgley, Nottingham LGBT+ Network and Rainbow Heritage. Part of LGBT History Month.

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San Junipero screening and Q&A

The Rights and Justice Research Priority Area presents a screening of San Junipero, followed by a Q&A. San Junipero is the fourth episode of the third series of Black Mirror, and aired in 2016. Part of LGBT History Month.

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Storm Drenched Minds: a film screening

Storm-Drenched Minds is a documentary feature film directed by Karine Lhémon, which tells the story of Hélène and Laurence. Hélène and Laurence’s norms, as out lesbians, as disabled women, living outside the city as poets and artists, are ‘abnormal’ for many. The film exposes an environment designed primarily for able-bodied people, but also the doubts, dramas, tenacity, creativity, laughter, complicity and love of two people. Part of LGBT History Month.

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Holocaust Memorial Day

Join us in the Portland Atrium for a live webcast of a testimony from Holocaust survivor Mala Tribich.

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Citizens of the Third Reich – Everyday Betrayals and the Pink Triangle Prisoners of Sachsenhausen

Dr Max Biddulph, Associate Professor in the School of Education, launches LGBT History Month 2017 with a public lecture. Join us for an exploration of the experiences of pink-triangle prisoners at Sachsenhausen and how social context impacts on our concept of citizenship. How does living in a totalitarian regime influence the behaviour of its citizens, and what are the implications for contemporary societies?

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In conversation with Paralympic swimmer Charlotte Henshaw

Join the People and Culture Team for this event, in conversation with Charlotte Henshaw. Charlotte has been on the British Para-Swimming Team for almost ten years and has won medals at every level of competition including silver at the Paralympics in London.

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