February 2014
LGBT
HISTORY
MONTH
A series of events and courses
at Morley College celebrating
LGBT lives and achievements.
Part of national LGBT History
Month celebrations.
LGBT EVENTS & COURSES
Common Ground
With One Voice
Eat Your Words
3 - 13 February 2014
Cardew Space
7 February 2014, 19:00 - 21:15
Emma Cons Hall
29 January, 5 & 12 February
10:30 - 13:30
Course code: PEW003A
An interactive display exploring
differences and commonalities.
An evening of performances from
Morley staff, students and groups
within the community.
Local and Historical Perspectives:
LGBT Information Fair
6 February 2014, 11:00 - 15:00
Emma Cons Hall
An information fair providing
practical information and advice
with stalls and speakers.
Talks include:
11:00 - 12:00
How we can Educate Out
Prejudice: Visibilising and
Usualising
Sue Sanders, founder of LGBT
History Month, with introduction
by Maggi Hambling.
13:00 - 13:45
Reporting Hate Crime in Southwark
LGBT Liaison Officers, London
Metropolitan Police
The evening will include the
Diversity Choir as special guests
and a screening of Codebreaker,
a short film about a choral
commission commemorating
British codebreaker Alan Turing,
who was recently posthumously
pardoned for his 1952 conviction
for homosexuality.
This event will be the official launch
event for national LGBT History
Month Celebrations.
A creative course exploring
perceptions, language and labels
used to describe LGBT people and
lives. The culmination of the course
will be an interactive tea party,
where you can share your findings
through the medium of cupcakes.
14 February 2014, 11:15 - 11:45
Room C30
A student from Morley’s English for
Speakers of Other Languages
(ESOL) department shares their
experience of working for Labrys, a
campaigning organisation of LGBT
rights in Kyrgyzstan.
Rainbow Through the Lens
Queering the Classic:
Pomp and Portraiture
12 February 2014, 18:00 - 20:00
Venue TBC*
12 February 2014, 12:00 - 13:00
Venue TBC*
Open Barbers, a hairdressing
service for all genders and
sexualities, will be offering
participants chance to explore
gender and identity through
hairstyling and vintage clothing
provided by Kookie of London.
Sadie Lee, award-winning painter,
discusses LGBT themed work,
her own practice, and her role as
facilitatator of the Queer
Perspective talks at the National
Portrait Gallery.
International Perspectives:
Russian LGBT Migrants in Berlin:
Between the Ethno-national and
the Queer Diasporas
Queering the Picture
International Perspectives:
Being LGBT in Kyrgyzstan
14:00 - 14:45
Metro @30
The Metro Centre
14 February 2014, 10:15 - 11:00
C30
14:45 - 15:00
Families Together London:
Supporting Your LGBT Child
Dr Richard Mole, Senior Lecturer in
Slavonic and East European Studies
at University College London, leads
a discussion on Russian LGBT
migrants in London and Berlin.
25 February - 7 March 2014
Cardew Space
A photographic exhibition by
members of Four in Ten, South
London and Maudsley NHS (SLaM)
LGBT Peer Support Group.
Further Information
All LGBT History Month events are
free and open to the public but
booking is advised.
For further information and
booking information visit
www.morleycollege.ac.uk/lgbt
* All events take place at Morley
College. For exact locations please
check at reception on the day of
the event.
EDUCATE OUT PREJUDICE
Educate Out Prejudice is an
innovative new project which
aims to offer practical solutions to
support the inclusion of Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual and Transgender
(LGBT) themes into adult learning.
It is funded by the Skills Funding
Agency’s Equality and Diversity
Innovation Fund (EDIF).
As part of the project the College is
inviting all members of the Morley
community to join its staff and
student focus groups to:
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explore LGBT lives and issues
at Morley College
promote positive attitudes
towards LGBT lives
support the development of
the collection of LGBT data.
The next focus groups will be held
on the following dates:
Friday 14 March 2014
Student focus group, 11:00 - 13:00
Staff focus group, 14:00 - 16 00
Room B29
Friday 2 May 2014
Student focus group, 11:00 - 13:00
Staff focus group, 14:00 - 16 00
Room B29
Refreshments will be provided.
To find out more or reserve a place
email edif@morleycollege.ac.uk or
call Carole Powell on 020 7450 1880.
Morley College
61 Westminster Bridge Road
London SE1 7HT
T: 020 7450 1889
enquiries@morleycollege.ac.uk
www.morleycollege.ac.uk
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