Search results for ‘lgbt history month’
Pride around the world
Please join the Centre for Research in Race and Rights for a discussion by leading experts on the importance of Pride. This event will feature organisers and participants from events around the world, including Elif Ceylan Ozsoy (Istanbul Pride), Ibtisam Ahmed (Dhaka Pride) and Leigh Ellis (Nottingham Pride). Part of LGBT History Month.
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.
Pay It No Mind screening
Join us for a screening of Pay It No Mind, a film about the life of Marsha P Johnson, a revolutionary trans activist, Stonewall instigator, Andy Warhol model, drag queen and prostitute, as well as a downtown New York fixture. Part of LGBT History Month.
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?
London Spy – screening and Q&A
The BBC2 drama London Spy, starring Ben Whishaw and Edward Holcroft, was one of the most stylish and divisive series of 2015. We’re delighted to welcome writer Tom Rob Smith, writer and producer of London Spy and author of the best-selling novel Child 44, who will talk about the series after a screening of episode 1. Spoiler alert: the talk is likely to include details covering the entire series. Part of our LGBT History Month 2016 celebrations.
Upendo – film, discussion, performance
Join us for Upendo, an afternoon of film, discussion and performance exploring the LGBTQ community in Africa and its diaspora and issues of human rights, religion and philosophy. Part of our LGBT History Month 2016 celebrations.
Breakfast on Pluto – screening and Q&A
Join us for a screening of the 2005 comedy-drama Breakfast on Pluto, written and directed by Neil Jordan and starring Cillian Murphy. The screening will also include an introduction and a Q&A session. Part of our LGBT History Month 2016 celebrations.
Disco Professor – cancelled
The School of Health Sciences present the Disco Professor – also know as Prof Patrick Callaghan – for an evening of disco music. All money raised going to the Diversity Role Models charity. Part of LGBT History Month.
Pride screening
Join the Faculty of Arts for a screening of ‘Pride’. Introduced by Mike Jackson, co-founder of Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners. Followed by panel discussion featuring Dr Mark Sabine and Dr Christopher Phelps. Part of LGBT History Month.
God loves Uganda screening
The Department of American and Canadian Studies present a screening of ‘God loves Uganda’, followed by a discussion led by Coral Leather. Part of LGBT History Month.