See the full programme for more details of the following events.
Monday 9 – Friday 27 February: Queerness is Forming
09:00-18:00 | Quad South foyer, York St John University, Lord Mayor’s Walk, YO31 7EX
An exhibition of queer art by local artist Nathan Chenery that focuses on our shared identity as ‘other’ and questions assimilation over acceptance.
Monday 23 – Friday 27 February: Awareness-raising display
09:00-18:00 | Central atrium, York College, Sim Balk lane, YO23 2BB
A display highlighting important LGBT figures from the past, changes in attitudes through time and support networks that exist today.
Tuesday 24 February: The double-glazed glass ceiling – lesbian role models in the workplace
17:00-20:30 | Aviva, Wellington Row, YO1 6HY
Influential lesbian women from Stonewall, Aviva and the NHS will talk about their experiences at work and in the community, followed by optional drinks and networking.
Tuesday 24 February: The changing Church of England: developing attitudes towards LGBT+ issues and ministry with LGBT+ Christian youth
18:00 | ATB/056, Seebohm Rowntree Building, University of York, YO10 5DD
Reverend Sally Hitchener will talk about her personal experiences, the Church’s changing attitudes, her work supporting young LGBT Christians and acting as a spokesperson for the Church on social issues.
Tuesday 24 February: The rise and fall of Polari – Britain’s gay language
19:00-20:00 | Treehouse, Berrick Saul Building, University of York, YO10 5DD
The talk discusses the rise and fall of Polari – a secret form of language used mainly by gay men and lesbians in the UK in the 20th century – and asks if it will ever come back.
Wednesday 25 February: The Well of Loneliness or the depths of despair? An evening with Radclyffe Hall
18:00-20:00 | Quad South Hall (QS/030), York St John University, Lord Mayor’s Walk, YO31 7EX
Celebrated York writer Fiona Shaw will host an evening of debate with three panel members around the novel’s place in the literary canon and its potential to speak to a contemporary audience.
Thursday 26 February: The Pink Wall/El muro rosa
18:00-20:00 | Email maria.muradascasas@york.ac.uk for the venue
Spanish-language film screening with English subtitles, followed by a question and answer session.
Thursday 26 February: Go York lecture – Rikki Arundel
18:00-19:30 | Fountains Lecture Theatre (FT/002), York St John University, Lord Mayor’s Walk, YO31 7EX
Trans activist and inspirational speaker Rikki Arundel will deliver an LGBT History-themed lecture as part of the Go York series.
Thursday 26 February: Reading group
18:30 | Thomas’s Bar York, Museum Street, YO1 7DT
The monthly L-Lit: York Lesbian Reading Group event, this time exploring The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood.
Thursday 26 February: Do us proud: the York LGBT History Month 2015 closing event
19:30 | The Basement, City Screen, 13-17 Coney Street, YO1 9QL
The month’s official closing event will see an exciting variety of spoken word and poetry from a diverse line-up of seven LGBT performers and one ‘token’ straight cisgender.
Saturday 28 February: York’s LGBT history: make your own rainbow plaque
13:00-16:00 | Quaker Meeting House, Friargate, YO1 9RL
People are invited to add to York’s seventy-plus blue plaques that commemorate famous people or events with special temporary rainbow plaques, marking places of personal significance and political importance.
Saturday 28 February: Queer art now (and then)
19:00-20:30 | PH/011, The Phoenix Centre, York St John University, Lord Mayor’s Walk, YO31 7EX
Local artist Nathan Chenery will talk about what is happening in queer art now and how it differs and has evolved from what came before it.
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