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December 2021
Consortium Annual General Meeting
For the second year we are sad not to be holding our usual networking style event for Members, but hope you will still engage with the event, hear what the team have been doing to ensure the LGBT+ sector is well positioned and give you the chance to ask any questions of our Senior Team and Board of Trustees. As part of the event we will launch our new Strategic Plan with Equity a continued theme right across our future…
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Ofcom’s LGBTQ+ History Month Event
A hybrid event to focus on LGBTQ+ Representation in Broadcasting. Join us for Ofcom’s LGBTQ+ History Month event on Wednesday 9 February, from 4pm – 6pm either online or in-person at Ofcom’s Riverside House office, 2a Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1 9HA. We will be looking at LGBTQ+ representation and experiences both on-screen and behind the scenes, including the progress made over the years as well as where more work still needs to be done. We will hear from: Russell…
Find out more »Iris on the Move: Best of Iris Trans Stories + intro and Q&A
We are absolutely delighted to welcome back highlights from the 15th Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival. The festival brought a huge variety of LGBT+ short films to our cinema in-person in 2020 and online in 2021 and now it is back with two wonderful shorts programmes. This diverse selection of outstanding short films showcases unique stories from around the world with a strong British representation. DOUBLE BILL OFFER: Get tickets for the 2 Iris on the Move events on Wednesday…
Find out more »Love is Love: Let’s Talk About Consent
Join our host Deenah for a Q&A with sex educator Makenzie Marts. We're talking inclusivity, queerness and consent in relationships! Did you know that foreplay is sunnah? Or that Islam is actually a sex-positive religion? Much of the shame that shrouds sexuality is cultural in nature, rather than religious. The truth is, rarely are sex and relationships talked about openly and without shame or embarrassment. This isn’t limited to religious circles either - and a lack of education and information…
Find out more »Author Talk with AK Johns
We are delighted to kick off the return of our evening events with a reading and author talk from local writer AK Johns. Join Adam to hear about his writing journey and inspiration for his LGBT+ romance novel, 'Found'. There will be a chance for Q&A's and refreshments will be available. FREE but booking essential: 01392 407061 [email protected]
Find out more »March 2022
Abolishing legal sex status: A help or hindrance to gender equality?
Should legal sex and gender status be abolished? What might such a future law look like; and what are its risks? Should legal sex and gender status be abolished? What might such a future law look like; and what are its risks? Currently in Britain, we each have a legal gender, starting with the sex we are registered as at birth. This legal structure has been criticised on several grounds, including that it: a) contributes to a system which gives…
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