LGBT+ History Month Events

Apittame Arts: Creative Writing Group - Theme Love

Start and end time: 14:00 – 15:30
Location: Studio 1, Attenborough Arts Centre

Come, spend an evening writing and exploring your imagination. You don't have to be Shakespeare or Maya Angelou; all you need is a pen, some paper. You can create a world outside of the woes of everyday life. Together during this session, I hope to explore with you some creative writing following themes of love and all its forms. All that is required from you is your presence and openness to share the writings that are created in this space.

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Reelpolitik: A HyPIR Film Club – But I’m A Cheerleader Film Screening

Start and end time: 16:00 – 18:00
Location: Attenborough Film Theatre, Attenborough Building

Celebrate LGBT+ History Month with a Valentine’s Day special screening of Jamie Babbit’s 1999 romantic comedy. 

Presented by Dr Sarah-Jane Walton and Dr Jenn Hobbs, the screening will be followed by an after-viewing discussion.

All staff and students are welcome to attend.

Training Event: LGBTQ+ Inclusive Healthcare Research

Start and end time: 10:00-13:30

LGBTQ+ people experience a number of increased health risks, such as poor mental health and poorer access to health services, compared to the general population. Despite this being well documented, LGBTQ+ people still face a number of systemic barriers when accessing services.

The session will take a look at some of the tangible actions academics can adopt in their research, including inclusive monitoring, to promote LGBTQ+ inclusive healthcare research.

Attendance is by invitation only, as the session is to provide a safe space for staff to share personal experiences and case studies will be used. 

However, should other University staff wish to provide similar training to their research teams, the School of Healthcare are happy to share the contact details of the training provider; if would like this contact information please email the School at healthcareresearch@leicester.ac.uk.

Gendered Intelligence Staff Training: Trans Awareness

Start and end time: 12:00 – 13:45
Location: Online

As a truly inclusive University we want all of our students and staff to feel that they belong and are able to be their true self, and this includes trans members of our community. 

As part of our commitment to trans equity and inclusion, and following feedback from the LGBT+ Equity Action Group and LGBT+ Staff Forum, we have commissioned a programme of trans awareness training sessions, available to all staff, with sessions running throughout 2024. 

The training will be delivered by Gendered Intelligence, a trans-led registered charity that works to increase understanding of gender diversity and to improve the lives of trans people, and aims to increase confidence and understanding around trans identities and ways that we can all ensure we are being trans inclusive in our activities and services.

The first of these sessions is online on 15th February, during LGBT+ History Month, and is open to all staff.

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LGBT+ Staff Forum Social

Start and end time: 17:00-19:00
Location: Attenborough Arts Centre

The LGBT+ Staff Forum is made up of staff who are committed to advancing diversity and inclusion at the University of Leicester for all who identify as LGBT+; working towards making the University of Leicester a welcoming and inclusive place to work and study for all who identify as LGBT+.

If you are interested in advancing LGBT+ equalities issues then come along to one of the Forum meetings.  The Forum is open to all staff and provides a platform and opportunity for staff to exchange information, ideas and raise awareness of equity related diverse experiences within the University in a confidential and safe space.

Ride Leicester – Joe Orton Ride

From 10.00am

Starting from: Town Hall Bike Park, LE1 5BP
Ending: University of Leicester

Join Ride Leicester during the Comedy Festival to discover where acclaimed 1960s playwright Joe Orton grew up, explore his local library and find out what books he borrowed, stop at the theatre that inspired his passion for drama, hear extracts from his unpublished teenage diary and uncover his legacy in the city. Dr Emma Parker, University of Leicester, will explain how growing up in Leicester shaped Orton’s life and work.

The ride ends with a chance to dive into the Orton archive at the University of Leicester.

Please bring a bike lock with you if you have one.

First-timers welcome!

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We Are Here – Chinese Queer Documentary Screening and Director Q&A

Start and end time: 16:00 – 18:00
Location: Attenborough Film Theatre, Attenborough Building

We Are Here 我们在这里, 58min, by Zhao Jing, Shi Tou, Wei Tingting

What happens when 300 lesbians from around the world attend the largest United Nations conference? How did two busloads of lesbians headed to an underground nightclub help spark the birth of a lala (meaning lesbian in Chinese) movement in China? At the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, the first ever lesbian tent at an UN NGO Forum was created. At the tent, ideas were shared, connections were made, identities were assured... with a growing emergence of energy for change. 

在联合国最大的会议上，从全世界来了三百个拉拉，接下来将会发生什么？两辆大巴载满拉拉前往地下夜店，她们是如何点燃了中国拉拉运动的星星之火？1995年，在北京举办的第四次世界妇女大会上，女同性恋第一次在联合国NGO论坛上获得了一个帐篷。在帐篷里，人们分享理念，建立连结，确认自己的身份…… 改变的力量正在浮现。

LGBT+ Staff Forum Social

Start and end time: 17:00-19:00
Location: Attenborough Arts Centre

The LGBT+ Staff Forum is made up of staff who are committed to advancing diversity and inclusion at the University of Leicester for all who identify as LGBT+; working towards making the University of Leicester a welcoming and inclusive place to work and study for all who identify as LGBT+.

If you are interested in advancing LGBT+ equalities issues then come along to one of the Forum meetings.  The Forum is open to all staff and provides a platform and opportunity for staff to exchange information, ideas and raise awareness of equity related diverse experiences within the University in a confidential and safe space.

WORD!

Start and end time: 19:45 – 21:30
Location: Attenborough Arts Centre

WORD! Not just one of the longest running poetry nights in the UK…

WORD! is an 20-year-old voluntary poetry and spoken word organisation based in the East Midlands. Not only does it deliver one of the longest running poetry and spoken word nights in the UK, but it is also pioneering an ever expanding programme of other activities across Leicester and Nottinghamshire.

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