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qUCL @qucl.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Community Cinema - Film_k presents: Go Fish (1994) 7 Oct 7pm UCL East Cinema, Stratford The film has the loose, lived-in feel of a film made by the community it’s about - drawing on Chicago’s real lesbian community. www.ucl.ac.uk/creative-cul...

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Community Cinema - Film_k presents: Go Fish (1994)

Directed by the L-Word’s very own, Rose Troche, Film_k presents a rare screening of Go Fish (1994).

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qUCL @qucl.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

qUCL Annual Lecture: 'Changing Gender' with Susan Stryker 19 Oct 6pm, UCL From nineteenth-century phrenology to present-day anti-trans conspiracies, Stryker finds surprising places to tune into the origins, idiosyncrasies & generative possibilities of the gender concept www.ucl.ac.uk/lgbtq-resear...

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qUCL Annual Lecture: 'Changing Gender' with Susan Stryker

From nineteenth-century phrenology to present-day anti-trans conspiracies to examples from her lifetime as an agenda setting historian, filmmaker and activist, Stryker finds surprising places to tune ...

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qUCL @qucl.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Out Laws: Screening & discussion 11 May 6pm Out Laws follows three queer activists, from Namibia, Sri Lanka & Barbados, as they fight to overturn the colonial-era laws that still criminalise their lives With director James Lewis, Prof Bob Mills & activist Friedel Dausab www.ucl.ac.uk/lgbtq-resear...

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Out Laws: Screening and discussion

Please join us for a film screening and discussion of the documentary Out Laws (2025, Lexi Powner & James Lewis) with director James Lewis, Professor Bob Mills (UCL) and activist Friedel Dausab.

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qUCL @qucl.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Symposium: Unbuilding the Pyrocene 20 May 13:30 – 20:00 @thebartlettucl.bsky.social Exploring Stephen J. Pyne’s Pyrocene through intersectional, queer & global lenses. Keynote by Nigel Clark. Film screening & directors' Q&A of Playing With Fire: An Ecosexual Emergency. www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/eve...

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Symposium: Unbuilding the Pyrocene

Exploring Stephen J. Pyne’s Pyrocene through intersectional, queer and global lenses. Keynote by Nigel Clark, followed by film screening and directors' Q&A of Playing With Fire: An Ecosexual Emergency

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Phillip Ayoub @payoub.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Grateful to @elpais.com for featuring our research on Budapest Pride and its critical role in Orban's eventual defeat. Our findings show how the attempted repression of Pride helped transform LGBTQI visibility into a broader defense of freedom and democracy.

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Dr Kevin Guyan @kevinguyan.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

TICKETS ARE NOW LIVE for the 2026 Queer Data Showcase in Manchester! We’re spotlighting a fantastic group of artists, academics and activists all working with – or interested in – the idea of queer data. 🗓️ Weds 10 June 2026 🌍 HOME, Manchester 👋 All welcome! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/queer-data...

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UCL Gender and Feminisms Research Network @ucl-gfrn.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

GOTH symposium - Gender and Otherness in the Humanities Friday, May 15, 9am-5pm The Open University, Kents Hill Gender and otherness in drama, literature, creative writing and visual culture. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/6th-annual...

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6th Annual GOTH Symposium

SAVE THE DATE: The Annual GOTH Symposium welcomes scholars for two days of productive interdisciplinary discussion and debate.

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Liang Ge (they/them) @liangge11.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Dear folks! I am sending the invitation and warmly invite you join us on 7 May 2026 for two events!!! 🥳 🥳 🥳 QUEER ASIA AS METHOD LAUNCH EVENT ⏰ Time: 13:00–15:00, 7 May 2026 📍 In person: Bush House (SE) 1.05 / Online: Microsoft Teams Register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/queer...

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qUCL @qucl.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Out Laws: Screening and discussion 11 May 6–8:30pm, UCL East Out Laws follows three queer activists, from Namibia, Sri Lanka and Barbados, as they fight to overturn the colonial-era laws that still criminalise their lives. www.ucl.ac.uk/lgbtq-resear...

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Out Laws: Screening and discussion

Please join us for a film screening and discussion of the documentary Out Laws (2025, Lexi Powner & James Lewis) with director James Lewis, Professor Bob Mills (UCL) and activist Friedel Dausab.

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naoise murphy @naoisemurphy.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Friends - I'm launching my book in London at @qucl.bsky.social on May Day - I promise extra anti-capitalism in honour of the occasion 🥖🌹and if that isn't enticement enough, I'll be in conversation with the brilliant Sophie Chauhan and @jackconneely.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/lgbtq-resear...

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Queering Twentieth-Century Irish Women’s Writing: Uneasy Moderns

qUCL are pleased to welcome Dr Naoise Murphy (Manchester) to discuss their new book, disrupting common-sense narratives of modernisation, gender, sexuality and race in the postcolonial state. Chaired ...

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qUCL @qucl.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Queering Twentieth-Century Irish Women’s Writing: Uneasy Moderns 1 May 5:30-7:30pm Dr @naoisemurphy.bsky.social (Manchester) will discuss disrupting common-sense narratives of modernisation, gender, sexuality and race in the postcolonial state. www.ucl.ac.uk/lgbtq-resear...

Book cover of 'Queering Twentieth Century Irish Women's Writing', sliced into two segments, one with title of book and other showing an illustration of a waterfall.

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qUCL @qucl.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Contesting Equality: LGBTIQ+ Rights, the State & Democratic Decline 12 March 6:15–7:30 pm This seminar explores backlash, state power, and activist resistance across the Global North and South. www.ucl.ac.uk/lgbtq-resear...

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Contesting Equality: LGBTIQ+ Rights, the State, and Democratic Decline

This seminar explores backlash, state power, and activist resistance across the Global North and South.

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UCL Institute of Advanced Studies @ucl-ias.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

IAS Book Launch: Creative Critical Interventions for Social Justice 19 March, 6-8pm This edited volume considers the role of storytelling and experimental, creative and often collaborative interventions across, between and beyond disciplines. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

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IAS Book Launch: Creative Critical Interventions for Social Justice

We look forward to the launch of this edited volume with the editors Natasha Tanna, Abeyamí Ortega Domínguez, Hakan Sandal-Wilson.

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UCL Gender and Feminisms Research Network @ucl-gfrn.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Call for Papers: Sexuality and Shame Conference 📅 27-28 May 2026 @exeter.ac.uk Submission Deadline: 27 March This conference explores how sexual shame has been historically produced, regulated, circulated & contested across different periods & social settings exe.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Painting of a seated woman holding her head and covering her eyes with the other hand and a baby with the other. But Men Must Work and Women Must Weep, 1883 by Walter Langley. From Birmingham Museums Trust via UnSplash.

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UCL Arts and Humanities @artshumsucl.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

‘Bright young thing’: Stephen Tennant, a life lived on his own terms, part of Faces of UCL. His story is one that has influence and relevance today. buff.ly/KURnyzq Photo credit: © National Portrait Gallery, London @ucl.ac.uk @sladeschoolucl.bsky.social

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qUCL @qucl.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

🚨Extra tickets now released. Grab them fast! 🤩 Anarchitecture After Everything 10 March 6pm We're delighted Prof Jack Halberstam will give our annual lecture, exploring the meaning of trans embodiment now, with vocab borrowed from a 70’s art collective, “anarchitecture” www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

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qUCL Annual Lecture: Anarchitecture After Everything

qUCL are delighted to welcome Professor Jack Halberstam to give their annual lecture, exploring the meaning of trans embodiment now, using a vocabulary borrowed from a 1970’s art collective called “an...

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UCL Institute of Advanced Studies @ucl-ias.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

It is with great sadness that we are sharing the news that the UCL Faculties of Social & Historical Sciences and Arts & Humanities have decided to close the IAS. We will close our doors forever on 31 July 2026. Follow the link to leave thoughts, comments, memories 💗 www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

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All good things come to an end

It is with great sadness that we are sharing the news that the UCL Faculties of Social & Historical Sciences and Arts & Humanities have decided to close the IAS on 31 July 2026.

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UCL Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment @thebartlettucl.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Visit Queer Britain 🖼️ Join B.Queer and explore queer histories, culture & creativity at Queer Britain. 📍 26 February, 4:00–6:00 pm 🔗 Sign up: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respons…

A group of people happily cross a city street. They are dressed in casual, warm clothing. The background shows a row of buildings, visible traffic lights, and a clear blue sky.

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qUCL @qucl.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Happy 200th anniversary UCL! Read a little about UCL’s Queer History via this blog post from Milo Edwards, a BA Education Studies student, who completed a summer research fellowship with Generation UCL. studentsunionucl.org/articles/ucl...

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UCL’s Queer History: A summer research project

Milo Edwards, a BA Education Studies student, reflects on their summer research fellowship with Generation UCL.

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qUCL @qucl.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Book talk: Feminism Enchanted 24 Feb 6pm qUCL are pleased to welcome Yanbing Er @eryanbing.bsky.social to share insights from her new book. How might feminist thought make sense of a fate that can no longer be indexed by a framework of progressive reason? www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

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Book talk: Feminism Enchanted

qUCL are pleased to welcome Yanbing Er, to share insights from her new book. How might feminist thought make sense of a fate that can no longer be indexed by a framework of progressive reason?

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qUCL @qucl.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group - Session 14 10 February 2026, 3:30pm-5pm An informal discussion group exploring queer and trans themes in medieval and early modern texts. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

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Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group - Session 14

The Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group is an informal discussion group exploring queer and trans themes in medieval and early modern texts.

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qUCL @qucl.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

With the wonderful Max Liboiron, a queer Two Spirit scientist and Indigenous STS scholar whose thinking around science is informed by these intersections. @maxliboiron.bsky.social

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UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies @uclssees.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

🔊 Yugo Queer Join us for this one-day conference, which aims to make area studies more #queer and queer studies more far-reaching. It remaps the #Balkans from a war-torn region into one where new forms of activism, art, and affinity can emerge. 🗓️ 19 February ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

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Yugo Queer

A project by Natalija Stepanović, with support from UCL FRINGE, IAS & qUCL.

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UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies @uclssees.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

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Yugo Queer

A project by Natalija Stepanović, with support from UCL FRINGE, IAS & qUCL.

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UCL Institute of Advanced Studies @ucl-ias.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Counting across worlds (or, how to love a zero) 4 February 2026, 5pm-7pm This presentation outlines the rocky efforts of two Indigenous researchers to collaborate across incommensurability through an extremely relational form of Western knowledge: statistics. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

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Counting across worlds (or, how to love a zero)

This presentation outlines the rocky efforts of two Indigenous researchers to collaborate across incommensurability through an extremely relational form of Western knowledge: statistics.

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Lucy Jane Santos @lucyjanesantos.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Can’t wait to read this. I did some transcribing for the podcast and was such a fascinating project.

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UCL Health Humanities Centre @uclhhcentre.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

The Health Care Closet: Sexual Politics & American Health since the Rights Revolutions of the 1960s 29 Jan 6:15–7:30pm We welcome Prof Jonathan Bell @uclamericas.bsky.social, who will explore an emerging crisis in health care access through the lens of sex and gender. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

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The Health Care Closet: Sexual Politics & American Health since the Rights Revolutions of the 1960s

Join this Health Humanities Seminar with Prof Jonathan Bell (UCL Institute of the Americas), who will explore an emerging crisis in health care access through the lens of sex and gender.

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qUCL @qucl.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Yugo Queer 19 February 2026, 2pm-9pm Yugo Queer remaps the Balkans from a war-torn region into one where new forms of activism, art, and affinity can emerge. This hybrid conference aims to make area studies more queer and queer studies more far-reaching. www.ucl.ac.uk/lgbtq-resear...

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Yugo Queer

Yugo Queer remaps the Balkans from a war-torn region into one where new forms of activism, art, and affinity can emerge. This hybrid conference aims to make area studies more queer and queer studies m...

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UCL Institute of Advanced Studies @ucl-ias.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

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Counting across worlds (or, how to love a zero)

This presentation outlines the rocky efforts of two Indigenous researchers to collaborate across incommensurability through an extremely relational form of Western knowledge: statistics.

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qUCL @qucl.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

The Log Books: Voices of Queer Britain and the Helpline that Listened 9 Feb 5pm Authors Tash Walker & Adam Zmith will launch their book 'The Log Books', an intimate history of LGBTQ+ life over four decades, discovered in a stash of forgotten, handwritten notes. www.ucl.ac.uk/lgbtq-resear...

Front cover of 'The Log Books' showing two people answering telephones in a call centre in the 70s/80s.

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qUCL @qucl.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group Session 13 is on 9 Dec 2pm-3:30pm The Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group is an informal discussion group exploring queer and trans themes in medieval and early modern texts. @ctlnkane.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

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Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group - Session 13

The Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group is an informal discussion group exploring queer and trans themes in medieval and early modern texts.

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qUCL @qucl.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group - Session 12 The Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group is an informal discussion group exploring queer and trans themes in medieval and early modern texts. 25 Nov 2pm-3:30pm with @ctlnkane.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

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Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group - Session 12

The Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group is an informal discussion group exploring queer and trans themes in medieval and early modern texts.

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qUCL @qucl.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group - Session 11 11 Nov 2-3:30pm with @ctlnkane.bsky.social The Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group is an informal discussion group exploring queer and trans themes in medieval and early modern texts. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

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Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group - Session 11

The Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group is an informal discussion group exploring queer and trans themes in medieval and early modern texts.

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Caitlín Kane @ctlnkane.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Join us for this term's Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group @ucl-ias.bsky.social ! Newcomers very welcome, just email me to sign up! For more info: tinyurl.com/y7kue3ek.

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qUCL @qucl.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

'Sticking Together in Tough Times' with Dean Spade 6 Oct 6-8pm Discussing the kinds of bold, rule-breaking, risk-taking resistance that people are taking up to care for each other and save lives right now. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

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'Sticking Together in Tough Times' with Dean Spade

qUCL and the SPRC are pleased to jointly host Dean Spade, who will discuss the kinds of bold, rule-breaking, risk-taking resistance that people are taking up to care for each other and save lives righ...

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qUCL @qucl.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

'Sticking Together in Tough Times' with Dean Spade 6 Oct 6-8pm With @sprc-ucl.bsky.social we are pleased to host Dean Spade, discussing the kinds of bold, rule-breaking, risk-taking resistance that people are taking up to care for each other and save lives right now. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

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'Sticking Together in Tough Times' with Dean Spade

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qUCL @qucl.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Sticking Together in Tough Times 6 Oct 6-8pm at UCL, London We & @sprc-ucl.bsky.social are pleased to host Dean Spade, who will discuss the kinds of bold, rule-breaking, risk-taking resistance that people are taking up to care for each other and save lives right now. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

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'Sticking Together in Tough Times' with Dean Spade

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Dr Edwin Coomasaru @ecoomasaru.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

I am beyond thrilled to announce I have been awarded a Mid-Career Fellowship from @paulmelloncentr.bsky.social and a Visiting Fellowship at @ucl-ias.bsky.social to write a book on ‘Queer Ecologies and Abundant Aesthetics in Sri Lankan Art, 1926-2024’. Pictured: Chathuri Nissansala, ‘Saudade’, 2024.

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UCL Institute of Advanced Studies @ucl-ias.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group - Session 10 29 July 2–3:30pm with @ctlnkane.bsky.social The Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group is an informal discussion group exploring queer and trans themes in medieval and early modern texts. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

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Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group - Session 10

The Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group is an informal discussion group exploring queer and trans themes in medieval and early modern texts.

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UCL Early Modern Exchanges @uclearlymodxcha.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group - Session 9 15 July 2025, 2pm-3:30pm This is an informal discussion group exploring queer and trans themes in medieval and early modern texts. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

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Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group - Session 9

The Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group is an informal discussion group exploring queer and trans themes in medieval and early modern texts.

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qUCL @qucl.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Rainbow Trap – London Launch 📅10 July 2025 ⏰ 6:15pm-8:15pm Join author @kevinguyan.bsky.social to explore ideas from his hot new book 'Rainbow Trap: Queer Lives, Categories and the Dangers of Inclusion' www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

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Rainbow Trap – London Launch

Join author Kevin Guyan to explore ideas from his hot new book 'Rainbow Trap: Queer Lives, Categories and the Dangers of Inclusion'

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UCL Early Modern Exchanges @uclearlymodxcha.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group - Session 8 The Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group is an informal discussion group exploring queer and trans themes in medieval and early modern texts. 10 June 2-3:30pm @ctlnkane.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

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Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group - Session 8

The Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group is an informal discussion group exploring queer and trans themes in medieval and early modern texts.

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Bloomsbury Politics & Area Studies @bloomsburypol.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

🏳️‍🌈 Join author‪ @kevinguyan.bsky.social‬‬ to launch his new book 'Rainbow Trap'. Chaired by Harry Nicholas. Supported by @qucl.bsky.social‬‬ + @thecommonpress.bsky.social 📆: 10 July 2025 🕕: 6:15 pm–8:15 pm 📍: IAS Common Ground, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT Register:

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Rainbow Trap – London Launch

Join author Kevin Guyan to explore ideas from his hot new book 'Rainbow Trap: Queer Lives, Categories and the Dangers of Inclusion'

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qUCL @qucl.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group - Session 7 27 May 2-3:30pm with @ctlnkane.bsky.social The Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group is an informal discussion group exploring queer and trans themes in medieval and early modern texts. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

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Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group - Session 7

The Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group is an informal discussion group exploring queer and trans themes in medieval and early modern texts.

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qUCL @qucl.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Rainbow Trap – London Launch 10 July 6:15pm @ucl-ias.bsky.social Join author @kevinguyan.bsky.social to explore ideas from his hot new book 'Rainbow Trap: Queer Lives, Categories and the Dangers of Inclusion'. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Book cover of 'Rainbow Trap' by Kevin Guyan

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UCL Gender and Feminisms Research Network @ucl-gfrn.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Victim/Suspect: film screening & panel discussion 15 May 3:30–7pm Watch the film & learn about similar UK cases from our panellists, where women accused of lying to police about sexual assault have been prosecuted. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

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Victim/Suspect: film screening and panel discussion

A US reporter discovers a pattern of women who reported sexual assault to police nationwide but were then charged with fabricating their allegations—sometimes facing prison.

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UCL Gender and Feminisms Research Network @ucl-gfrn.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Victim/Suspect: film screening and panel discussion 15 May 3:30–7pm A US reporter discovers a pattern of women who reported sexual assault to police nationwide but were then charged with fabricating their allegations—sometimes facing prison. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

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Victim/Suspect: film screening and panel discussion

A US reporter discovers a pattern of women who reported sexual assault to police nationwide but were then charged with fabricating their allegations—sometimes facing prison.

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