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Queer events happening in Bristol for LGBT+ History Month 2020
Celebrate LGBT+ History Month at a whole host of events taking place throughout Bristol. From bake sales to a queer writing workshop, there is something for every queer person.
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Bristol University LGBT+ Society
February 8-28, various locations, www.facebook.com/pg/lgbtplusbristol/events
Both of the city’s universities are hosting events for LGBT+ History Month. The University of Bristol’s LGBT+ Society will be hosting a women-loving-women mingle at 99 Queens Road on February 8, a crafternoon on February 26 and an arts and performance showcase on February 28.
A highlight of the month will be the LGBT+ History Month Panel on being BAME and LGBTQ+, an event which will welcome Travis Alabanza, Sharifa Whitney James, Vaneet Mehta and Ferhan Khan to the stage.
Travis Alabanza will take part in a special LGBT+ History Month panel discussion. Photo by Dorethea Tuch
LGBT+ History Month Event
February 8, Aerospace Bristol, www.facebook.com/pg/aerospacebristol/events
Diversity Trust will host this special event with Aerospace Bristol, which will see guest speakers discussing their experiences and project work and performances from Drag Queen Story time.
It’s also the first day of the ground-breaking Revealing Stories exhibition by OutStories Bristol, which runs from February 8 to 23 and explores the hidden histories of Bristol’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans communities through images, artworks, oral history and memorabilia.
UWE Bristol LGBT+ Society
February 11-27, various locations, www.facebook.com/pg/UWELGBT/events
UWE Bristol’s LGBT+ Society have eight events taking place throughout the month. Beginning on Tuesday, February 11 with a social event at Boston Tea Party on Park Street, there will also be several bake sales, movie nights (showing The Death and Life of Marsha P Johnson, Paris is Burning and Bristol24/7’s short film Talking LGBT+), as well as a silent disco of February 21.
Image thanks to Bristol24/7
LGBTQ+ History Month
February 22, M Shed, www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/m-shed/whats-on/lgbt-history-festival
Programmed by Freedom Youth and involving local and international activists, there will be exciting events like a poetry slam as well as panel discussion to reflect on the past, consider the present and act on the future to create a world with freedom for all. Expect though-provoking panel discussion, history and heritage of queer people and workshops.
Celebrating Black Queerness
February 28, RWA, www.shop.rwa.org.uk/products/celebrating-black-queerness
Kiki Bristol and RWA come together to present an evening of art appreciation, open discussion and a unique opportunity to learn from both activist and academic experts. Speakers billed include Lady Phyll, co-founder of Black Pride, Josh Rivers, creator and host of Busy Being Black, performer Travis Alabanza and Bristol’s own Dr Edson Burton.
Edson Burton will speak at the RWA on black queerness. Photo by Ellie Pipe
Bristol Pride Queer Writing Workshop
February 29, Watershed, www.bristolpride.co.uk/events/queer-writing-workshop
Anna Freeman, an award-winning novelist and host of BBC Radio 4’s Sketches: Stories of Art and People will lead a special, four-hour-long writing workshop.
The workshop will focus on the skills and tools to bring lived experiences to life, whether in fiction, poetry or memoir and is produced by Bristol Pride LGBT+ poet laureate Tom Denbigh.
It will also explore queer themes and history and all experiences and writing styles: from poets to novelists to established writers.
Main photo by Dan Regan.
Read more: Celebrating LGBT History Month 2020
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