Next year, Manchester will play host to the first ever National Festival of LGBT History, coinciding with the tenth anniversary of the national LGBT History Month campaign. The festival will take place on the weekend of Valentine’s Day, Saturday 14…
‘The Imitation Game’ at City Screen
From Friday 14 November, City Screen will be showing The Imitation Game, a film about Alan Turing, a famous World War II codebreaker who was prosecuted for homosexuality. For more information, see the synopsis below or visit the City Screen…
National LGBT History Month launch
The national LGBT History Month 2015 campaign is being launched at an event on Tuesday 18 November at The Museum of The Order of St John in London. The evening event, hosted by cabaret artist Rose Collis, will feature music…
David Kato Memorial Lecture
The LGBTQ Network at the University of York Students’ Union (YUSU) have organised the inaugural David Kato Memorial Lecture for 18:30 on Monday 10 November. David Kato was a human rights defender who campaigned for LGBT rights in his home…
Sophie Hicks on the 2014 campaign
Sophie Hicks, York City Football Club‘s Communications and Community Director, provided a few thoughts on this year’s campaign, as well as current and future work to make homophobia history. We received a great response both locally and nationally to the…
Introductory meetings for school outreach volunteering
University of York: Thursday 13 November, 18:30 York St John University: Friday 14 November, 18:30 The meetings will be held on the respective university campuses (exact locations to be confirmed next week) and will last no more than an hour.…