Friday, 20 January 2023
There are a variety of events and celebrations to get involved in – including film screenings, talks and workshops, as well as opportunities to get creative and ask questions about LGBTQIA+ identities.
LGBT+ History Month has been celebrated throughout February at the university every year since 2005. Its purpose is to raise awareness of LGBT+ history, celebrate people within the LGBT+ community and make progress towards a more equitable future.
Highlights include:
The inspiring film ‘The Imitation Game’ is based on the real-life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing. Turing’s team, including Joan Clarke, analyse Enigma messages while he builds a machine to decipher them. Turing and team finally succeed and become heroes, but in 1952, the quiet genius encounters disgrace when authorities reveal he is gay and send him to prison. Before the screening, a short general knowledge quiz will be hosted to raise the awareness of the event’s participants about the LGBTQIA+ communities.
This event consists of the screening of the 2021 film Bad Women of China and a post-screening Q&A with the queer feminist director Xiaopei He. The focus of the event is on global queer feminist cultural politics. This event asks: what would a queer, feminist and postcolonial queer feminist politics look like, and how is it manifested on screen and in storytelling? Who are the ‘unsung heroes’ working behind the screen?
- Let's Talk... LGBTQ+ in sport
Thursday 23 February, 5.30pm
Conference Room, David Ross Sports Village, University Park
We're celebrating the inspiring students, alumni and staff who are breaking down barriers in the world of sport.
UoNSU Sports Officer Sean Nolan will be sitting down with three members of the University of Nottingham Sport community. They will share their experiences and stories of being out in the world of sport with the opportunity for you to ask questions and chat to the speakers during and after the event.
- LGBTQIA+ reading list – borrow and suggest titles
Throughout February in all UoN libraries
Find your next good read with Libraries’ LGBTQIA+ reading list of staff and student suggested titles including award-winning fiction, graphic novels, essay collections, poetry and more.
Do you have a favourite book by an LGBTQIA+ writer that’s missing from the list? Let Libraries know by completing the online form. Libraries will add suggestions to the shared reading list and purchase as many of the titles as possible.
Most titles from the reading list are available from our libraries in print or ebook format. Click through on the reading list to check availability on NUsearch, its location in our libraries or to place a Click and Collect request.
Find a full list of events to get involved with for this year’s LGBT+ History Month celebrations.