21st February
Local History Day –
Bristol at M Shed
1:00pm – 4:00pm
A day of talks on local LGBT History
at M Shed. Talks will include:
• Up The Step, Behind the Curtain
– Andrew Foyle, OutStories
Bristol
• Freedom Youth: the first 20 Years
– An oral History – Lori Streich
& Rosa Fanti, Freedom Youth
• Mary Renault and The Charioteer
– Jonathan Rowe
• Local History of Gay West
– Colin O’Brien & James
Whatmore, Gay West
• Making Gaywaves – Community
Radio for LGBT People in the
West Country – Terry Starr,
ShoutOut Radio
• The Tara Hudson campaign –
Ceri Jenkins & Sophie Tyler,
Bath Gender Equality Network
• Devils in Human Shape: Sodomy
and the Law in 18th Century
Bristol – Prof. Steve Poole,
University of the West of England
Professor Poole’s talk will be followed
by a theatrical presentation by Tom
Marshman based on the historical
events described.
For more information about the
weekend of events in Bristol, see the
OutStories Bristol website.
23rd February
Be the Rainbow - Human Flag
1.30pm, The Green outside Shire
Hall, Castle Street, Cambridge, CB3 0AJ
To celebrate Cambridgeshire County Council
flying the rainbow flag during LGBT history
month and following the success of last year’s
event, we will again be creating a human
rainbow flag at the Council’s HQ, Shire Hall,
Cambridge. This will involve a wide variety of
people including councillors, members of the
LGBT community, local organisations, friends
and family.
Visit Cambridgeshire County Council’s website,
Facebook and Twitter pages for more details.
Cost: FREE
28th February
LGBT History Walk around Bath
2:00pm – 3:30pm at Meet at the War Memorial
at the entrance to Royal Victoria Park, Bath
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 sixty years. The
walk should last about an hour and a half and
finish back by the War Memorial, with the
option of warming up in a local tea-shop. Led by
Robert Howes of Gay West. Contact: 0775 881
0134/info@gaywest.org.uk
This is a free event but a donation to OutStories
Bristol/Gay West would be welcome.
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