Jan 272016
The Saturday of Bristol’s contribution to the 2016 National Festival of LGBT History will see a range of speakers from all of the UK, and one from the USA, presenting free talks at M Shed.
When: Saturday, 20 February 2016 from 11:00 to 16:30
Where: Studio Rooms, M Shed – Wapping Road Bristol BS1 4RN
The programme of talks is as follows:
IMPORTANT – Schedule changes: Stuart Milk now 12:20, Bisi Alimi cancelled. See below.
Studio Two:
- 11:00 UK Black Pride: How far we have come? – Phyll Opoku-Gyimah, UK Black Pride
- 11:40 LGBT Rights in the Workplace – Now & Then – Julia Beasley, QualitySolicitors Boroughs Day
- 12:20: Stuart Milk
- 13:20 Bisexuals of Colour: The Past Influencing the Present and Shaping the Future – Jacq Applebee
- 14:00 Pride of Place: ‘Gay Buildings’ and England’s LGBTQ Heritage – Sandra Stancliffe, Historic England
- 14:40 LGBT History: is it all one shade? – Travis Alabanza
- 15:20 Creating Trans Pride – Sarah Savage
Studio One:
- 11:00 Educating OUT prejudice – Em Williams
- 11:40 Sources for LGBT history: an archivist’s perspective – Allie Dillon, Bristol Records Office
- 12:20 Break
- 13:20 Beyond The Well of Loneliness: Radclyffe Hall in the Archive – Jana Funke, Exeter University
- 14:00 Forgotten Histories: Trans Activists of Colour – Sabah Choudrey
- 14:40 Gay Liberation, Sexual Revolution & Radical Queens – Stuart Feather
- 15:20 Out and Proud in Trade unions – Darienne Flemington & Mark Kelly, UNISON