Oxford LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) History Month Lectures

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Being a working class queer in theatre

Louise Wallwein MBE, a renowned and award-winning poet, playwright and performer, gives the 11th annual LGBT History Month lecture This lecture contains strong language. Louise Wallwein MBE, a renowned and award-winning poet, playwright and performer, gives the 11th annual LGBT History Month lecture organised by the University’s LGBT+ Advisory Group and the Equality and Diversity Unit. Louise has written and performed plays for National Theatre Wales, Contact, The Royal Exchange, Sydney Opera Ho...

Feb 25, 2020•46 min

Faith and Sexuality – A Safeguarding Crisis?

Ozanne outlines clear evidence of the harm that certain teachings have caused the LGBT community and what can be done to address this major safeguarding issue affecting young LGBT Christian teenagers today. The harmful effects of prejudice and discrimination on the LGBTI community have been acknowledged for some time by the medical professions, however few have been able to provide evidence of the role that religion can play in fuelling this. Jayne Ozanne is a well-known gay evangelical who work...

Mar 18, 2019•44 min

What does it mean to be LGBT+ today?

2018's annual lecture, organised by the LGBT+ Staff Network, will be delivered by Asad Dhunna, a London based marketing and communications director. Asad has written for various publications including the Guardian and the Huffington Post. Asad’s blog explores his faith and sexuality, and he also started the podcast Muslim Pride: www.asadd.net and he also started the podcast Muslim Pride.

Feb 21, 2018•34 min

The shock of the new: cultural amnesia, trans erasure, and what we can do about it

Activist and author CN Lester talks about the need for queer/trans history in a world that too often forgets that variations in gender and desire have always been with us.

Feb 24, 2017•39 min

LGBT equality in the 21st Century

Ruth Hunt, Chief Executive of Stonewall and alumna of St Hilda’s, gives the 2015 LGBT History Month Lecture.

Feb 23, 2015•26 min

A Queer-Like Smell

Best-selling author Val McDermid gives the 4th annual Oxford University lecture for LGBT History Month about her own experiences as a gay woman.

Feb 07, 2013•39 min

Alan Turing: The One Who Became a Zero

Andrew Hodges (author of Alan Turing: The Enigma) delivers a lecture on Alan Turing, the founder of modern computer science. This is the third annual lecture for LGBT history month. The British mathematician Alan Turing, whose centenary falls this year, was the founder of modern computer science. He was also the chief scientific figure in the Anglo-American codebreaking effort in World War II, centred on Bletchley Park. His life as a gay man illustrates the harsh oppression but also the growing ...

Mar 02, 2012•55 min

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