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15th February
Piers & Queers: a tour of historical LGBT
Brighton
Where: Meet Regency Square, by the statue
Regency Square
When: 12PM
Cost: £8/6
Tour of Brighton from a lesbian, gay, bisexual,
trans and queer perspective, taking in over 200
years of history in a colourful 80-minute walk
along the beach and historic centre of one of
Europe’s queerest cities.
Homosexual Acts: Unfinished Histories
Benefit Gala
Where: Arcola Theatre, 24 Ashwin Street
When: 7:30pm-11pm
Cost: £20
A benefit for Unfinished Histories celebrating
the 40th anniversary of the first gay theatre
season in Britain at Almost Free theatre in
February 1975 and the work of Gay Sweatshop.
Includes playreadings, personal reflections and
the lesbian feminist band Siren. Contributors
include: Simon Callow, Martin Sherman, Alan
Wakeman, Adjoa Andoh and Tasha Fairbanks.
17th February
Dragtastic
Where: The University of Kent, Canterbury
When:6pm-9pm
Cost: Free
Come along to “Dragtastic” This event will
see you thrown into the fabulous world of Drag
and enable you to learn the tricks of Drag
makeup from an award winning make-up artist
and the know-how to go from drab to drag!
18th February
Meet the Press
Where: The University of Kent, Canterbury
When: 1pm-2:30pm
Cost: Free
Interested in a career in Journalism, Media and
PR? Or just want to come and meet some of
the biggest LGBT publications in the country?
Then “Meet the Press” is for you.
21st February
Drop-in LGBT Coffee Morning with Outline
Where: Surrey History Centre, 130
Goldsworth Road, Woking
When: 10am – 12:30pm
Cost: Free
Come and meet members of Outline, Surrey’s
LGBT support organisation.
Enjoy coffee and cake and a behind the scenes
tour (11.00am) of Surrey History Centre. Free.
No booking required. All welcome!
22nd February
LGBT History Walk around Bath
Where: Bath War Memorial, Royal Victoria
Park
When:2pm-3:30pm
Cost: Free
A walk around the centre of Bath, pointing
out the buildings and monuments which have
LGBT associations, either as places where
people socialised or as meeting places for the
LGBT movement over the last forty years.
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