UEA Pride are proud to announce a number of events for LGBT History Month, starting on 1 February 2012 Admission to all events listed is free, all are welcome. For more information contact Jude Smith, extn 3849:
LGBT HEROES QUIZ
1st to 29th February 2012 at www.uea.ac.uk/csed/lgbt UEA Staff Pride have chosen 12 LGBT Heroes to remember during LGBT History Month and have created a quiz to test your knowledge! Anyone (except Staff Pride members) may enter with the chance of winning a fab prize of CDs, DVD and Books by or about some of our LGBT Heroes! Prize kindly donated by CSED at UEA.
9 Feb 7 pm
Katy-Jon Went
A Trans History from ancient temple prostitutes and third genders to modern transsexuals and genderqueers A history of transgender, third gender and genderqueer from the ancient world to the modern phenomena of surgical transsexualism and social transvestitism. Exploring en route cultural and religious attitudes to gender and taking in the major firsts and breakthroughs of the modern era in gender dysphoria, its understanding and treatment.
15 Feb 5 pm
LGBT and Careers
Arts 2.03
23 Feb 7 pm
Di's Dykes
Diana Souhami on her books about lesbians and why she wrote them: Gluck:
Her Biography, Gertrude and Alice, Greta and Cecil, Mrs Keppel and Her Daughter, The Trials of Radclyffe Hall and Coconut Chaos.
