Syeda
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History of Section 28 in schools, PhDing 21-25 Cambridge Modern History.
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As a memoir in essays, this is a big change. I'm telling my own stories..but also a broader story about changes in queer life around the Millennium: from private to public; disconnected to online; gay and lesbian to queer and trans; AIDS as death sentence to manageable condition (for some) etc.
My Bad
A powerful and hilarious personal history that tells the true story of the queer ’90s and how it transformed queer life in the decades that followed
The 19...
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October 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
As a memoir in essays, this is a big change. I'm telling my own stories..but also a broader story about changes in queer life around the Millennium: from private to public; disconnected to online; gay and lesbian to queer and trans; AIDS as death sentence to manageable condition (for some) etc.
Passed my viva (with corrections)!
Celebrated with Maggie Thatcher Queen of Soho (at the beautiful Wilton's Music Hall) which, fittingly, features in my thesis on Section 28 and queer collective memory.
wiltons.org.uk/whats-on/mar...
Celebrated with Maggie Thatcher Queen of Soho (at the beautiful Wilton's Music Hall) which, fittingly, features in my thesis on Section 28 and queer collective memory.
wiltons.org.uk/whats-on/mar...
Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho - Wilton's Music Hall
James Seabright by arrangement with Áine Flanagan presents Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho We are 100! Maggie returns in her smash hit drag extravaganza to mark the centenary of her epic arrival on ...
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October 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Passed my viva (with corrections)!
Celebrated with Maggie Thatcher Queen of Soho (at the beautiful Wilton's Music Hall) which, fittingly, features in my thesis on Section 28 and queer collective memory.
wiltons.org.uk/whats-on/mar...
Celebrated with Maggie Thatcher Queen of Soho (at the beautiful Wilton's Music Hall) which, fittingly, features in my thesis on Section 28 and queer collective memory.
wiltons.org.uk/whats-on/mar...
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Some big news: the University of Birmingham is launching a new MA in Gender & Sexuality. It's interdisciplinary, with a focus on combining theory & practice. It's going to be amazing. I'm convening it: message or email with questions. www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/postgr... @unibirmingham.bsky.social
Gender and Sexuality MA - University of Birmingham
Course information for prospective postgraduate students on our MA History taught masters degree programme at the University of Birmingham.
www.birmingham.ac.uk
September 15, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Some big news: the University of Birmingham is launching a new MA in Gender & Sexuality. It's interdisciplinary, with a focus on combining theory & practice. It's going to be amazing. I'm convening it: message or email with questions. www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/postgr... @unibirmingham.bsky.social
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KPOW! ZAP! BLAM! WHAMF!
In 1979 the Anti-Nazi League published 'Action Pact', a comic showing schoolchildren Mike & Vince battling NF fascist lies together as the Justice Brothers
National & local ephemera, photos & more feature in the archives of the Leamington Anti-Racist, Anti-Fascist Committee
In 1979 the Anti-Nazi League published 'Action Pact', a comic showing schoolchildren Mike & Vince battling NF fascist lies together as the Justice Brothers
National & local ephemera, photos & more feature in the archives of the Leamington Anti-Racist, Anti-Fascist Committee
September 15, 2025 at 11:43 AM
KPOW! ZAP! BLAM! WHAMF!
In 1979 the Anti-Nazi League published 'Action Pact', a comic showing schoolchildren Mike & Vince battling NF fascist lies together as the Justice Brothers
National & local ephemera, photos & more feature in the archives of the Leamington Anti-Racist, Anti-Fascist Committee
In 1979 the Anti-Nazi League published 'Action Pact', a comic showing schoolchildren Mike & Vince battling NF fascist lies together as the Justice Brothers
National & local ephemera, photos & more feature in the archives of the Leamington Anti-Racist, Anti-Fascist Committee
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I'm looking for participants for my oral history on space and feminism! Please share with anybody you feel may have contacts and email me if you have any questions or would like to get involved: sinead.carter@pgr.reading.ac.uk
July 4, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I'm looking for participants for my oral history on space and feminism! Please share with anybody you feel may have contacts and email me if you have any questions or would like to get involved: sinead.carter@pgr.reading.ac.uk
It's South Asian History Month. If you fancy finding out about Ugandan Asians in the UK, why not sign up? August 14th, 19:00 - 20:30, online. www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/glob...
Global Connections: Oral Histories of Ugandan Asians in Britain after 1972
This one day course brings together evidence from interviews with the ever decreasing number of original arrivals to the UK from Uganda, following Idi Amin’s expulsion in 1972.
Using oral history we a...
www.citylit.ac.uk
August 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM
It's South Asian History Month. If you fancy finding out about Ugandan Asians in the UK, why not sign up? August 14th, 19:00 - 20:30, online. www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/glob...
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If you're at #IGALA13 this week, look out for our display of key books on language, gender & sexuality.
Plus, pick up a discount flyer to pre-order IGALA President @lucyjones.bsky.social's new book, Language and LGBTQ+ Youth, at 35% off: Bloomsbury.com/language-and-lgbtq-youth-9781350469495/
Plus, pick up a discount flyer to pre-order IGALA President @lucyjones.bsky.social's new book, Language and LGBTQ+ Youth, at 35% off: Bloomsbury.com/language-and-lgbtq-youth-9781350469495/
July 23, 2025 at 10:47 AM
If you're at #IGALA13 this week, look out for our display of key books on language, gender & sexuality.
Plus, pick up a discount flyer to pre-order IGALA President @lucyjones.bsky.social's new book, Language and LGBTQ+ Youth, at 35% off: Bloomsbury.com/language-and-lgbtq-youth-9781350469495/
Plus, pick up a discount flyer to pre-order IGALA President @lucyjones.bsky.social's new book, Language and LGBTQ+ Youth, at 35% off: Bloomsbury.com/language-and-lgbtq-youth-9781350469495/
The joy of juxtaposition in footnotes: The Smiths and Poly Styrene on the same page! Makes 4 years of PhD research all worthwhile.
July 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The joy of juxtaposition in footnotes: The Smiths and Poly Styrene on the same page! Makes 4 years of PhD research all worthwhile.
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Right. Niche question, maybe. Anyone got any good recommendations for academic analysis of queer (female) erotica, erotics, the queer (female) gaze in film or literature? Not really sure where to start looking, or even if there is much in the way of a body of work on the topic. (Must be, surely?)
June 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Right. Niche question, maybe. Anyone got any good recommendations for academic analysis of queer (female) erotica, erotics, the queer (female) gaze in film or literature? Not really sure where to start looking, or even if there is much in the way of a body of work on the topic. (Must be, surely?)
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I seem to post a lot about Section 28. 4pm, today (Friday 6th June) - free, online. It will be worth your while, I promise. #IHR #HistoryofSexuality #HistSex #Section28 Everyone is welcome
I seem to post a lot about Section 28. 4pm, today (Friday 6th June) - free, online. It will be worth your while, I promise. #IHR #HistoryofSexuality #HistSex #Section28 Everyone is welcome
Collective Memories of Section 28
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June 6, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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I seem to post a lot about Section 28. 4pm, today (Friday 6th June) - free, online. It will be worth your while, I promise. #IHR #HistoryofSexuality #HistSex #Section28 Everyone is welcome
I seem to post a lot about Section 28. 4pm, today (Friday 6th June) - free, online. It will be worth your while, I promise. #IHR #HistoryofSexuality #HistSex #Section28 Everyone is welcome
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Really excited about our upcoming interdisciplinary conference on the 'Legacies of Section 28' in contemporary history, education and activism, which will be held at UCL on 6th and 7th June. For more details and to register for this free event: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Legacies of Section 28
As we face renewed attacks on the dignity and rights of trans and non-binary people in the UK, many have pointed to the parallels with Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988, which prohibited loc...
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May 23, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Really excited about our upcoming interdisciplinary conference on the 'Legacies of Section 28' in contemporary history, education and activism, which will be held at UCL on 6th and 7th June. For more details and to register for this free event: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Friday 30th May. Turner Contemporary Rendezvous, Margate. 17:30 - 21:00. An evening of conversation, music, and food to celebrate the final weekend of Resistance: How protest shaped Britain and photography shaped protest.
turnercontemporary.org/whats-on/eve...
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May 16, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Friday 30th May. Turner Contemporary Rendezvous, Margate. 17:30 - 21:00. An evening of conversation, music, and food to celebrate the final weekend of Resistance: How protest shaped Britain and photography shaped protest.
turnercontemporary.org/whats-on/eve...
turnercontemporary.org/whats-on/eve...
If it’s ok for schools to read these stories then surely it’s ok for every child to hear them?
The Supreme Court will rule on whether parents have a religious right to withdraw their children from class on days when storybooks with gay and transgender themes are discussed.
Listen to "The Daily."
Listen to "The Daily."
Children’s Books Go Before the Supreme Court
The justices will rule on whether parents have a religious right to withdraw their children from class on days when storybooks with gay and transgender themes are discussed.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:36 AM
If it’s ok for schools to read these stories then surely it’s ok for every child to hear them?
metrocharity.org.uk/news/2025/fe... Out From the Centre:40 yrs of local history, untold stories + power of collectivity. METRO Charity has advocated for diverse &inclusive health, youth, &community support since ‘80s, from frontline Section 28 protests to community-based HIV/STI testing in London
April 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
metrocharity.org.uk/news/2025/fe... Out From the Centre:40 yrs of local history, untold stories + power of collectivity. METRO Charity has advocated for diverse &inclusive health, youth, &community support since ‘80s, from frontline Section 28 protests to community-based HIV/STI testing in London
#History_Teachers! Free CPD for #AQA History #GCSE. 23 June 2025 all day. Black Cultural Archives. Reserve your seat buff.ly/HVQxCLo
This event is brought to you by RHUL's Inclusive Histories project, in collaboration with Black Cultural Archives, The London Archives, and AQA.
This event is brought to you by RHUL's Inclusive Histories project, in collaboration with Black Cultural Archives, The London Archives, and AQA.
April 9, 2025 at 1:06 PM
#History_Teachers! Free CPD for #AQA History #GCSE. 23 June 2025 all day. Black Cultural Archives. Reserve your seat buff.ly/HVQxCLo
This event is brought to you by RHUL's Inclusive Histories project, in collaboration with Black Cultural Archives, The London Archives, and AQA.
This event is brought to you by RHUL's Inclusive Histories project, in collaboration with Black Cultural Archives, The London Archives, and AQA.
Kickstarter: Janine Wiedel's new book:
'Life at the Fence, Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp'. Wiedel spent 1983/84 @ GCWPC documenting Non-Violent Direct Actions & the women's lives ... Pre-order @ reduced price www.kickstarter.com/projects/fru...
#Greenham_Common #CND #Women #history #1980s
'Life at the Fence, Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp'. Wiedel spent 1983/84 @ GCWPC documenting Non-Violent Direct Actions & the women's lives ... Pre-order @ reduced price www.kickstarter.com/projects/fru...
#Greenham_Common #CND #Women #history #1980s
Life at the Fence
Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp 1983/84
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April 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Kickstarter: Janine Wiedel's new book:
'Life at the Fence, Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp'. Wiedel spent 1983/84 @ GCWPC documenting Non-Violent Direct Actions & the women's lives ... Pre-order @ reduced price www.kickstarter.com/projects/fru...
#Greenham_Common #CND #Women #history #1980s
'Life at the Fence, Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp'. Wiedel spent 1983/84 @ GCWPC documenting Non-Violent Direct Actions & the women's lives ... Pre-order @ reduced price www.kickstarter.com/projects/fru...
#Greenham_Common #CND #Women #history #1980s
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📢 Wowzers 😮! What a line up we have for @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social Term 3. Fab speakers incl: @racheljcollett.bsky.social @nataliethomlinson.bsky.social @lauratisdall.bsky.social Lucy Robinson Lukas Herde + Jennifer Wallis. Join us via link below 👇 www.history.ac.uk/seminars/con...
April 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
📢 Wowzers 😮! What a line up we have for @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social Term 3. Fab speakers incl: @racheljcollett.bsky.social @nataliethomlinson.bsky.social @lauratisdall.bsky.social Lucy Robinson Lukas Herde + Jennifer Wallis. Join us via link below 👇 www.history.ac.uk/seminars/con...
Back for more #sex_ed. Any teachers who kept a copy of the teacher's notes from #BBC Scene 'Two of Us' c.1990?
Do we need to start an archive of teaching materials because there does not seem to be a decent one anywhere? (Happy to be corrected, if there is a comprehensive UK one). #teachers
Do we need to start an archive of teaching materials because there does not seem to be a decent one anywhere? (Happy to be corrected, if there is a comprehensive UK one). #teachers
March 30, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Fascinating insights into health and sex education as interpreted by a year 4 pupil in 1989. #sexeducation #HIV #AIDS #teachers #dont_eat_crisps_with_gin
March 9, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Fascinating insights into health and sex education as interpreted by a year 4 pupil in 1989. #sexeducation #HIV #AIDS #teachers #dont_eat_crisps_with_gin
I'm running a wee course at CityLit based on my PhD research. Please do sign up if you're interested ☺️
www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/sect...
www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/sect...
Section 28 and Collective Memory: LGBTQ+ Activism, Education, and Resistance
Explore the history of Section 28 (1988-2003) in three online workshops. We examine its political origins and effects and how it shaped LGBTQ+ rights and collective memory in Britain.al history we ask...
www.citylit.ac.uk
February 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I'm running a wee course at CityLit based on my PhD research. Please do sign up if you're interested ☺️
www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/sect...
www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/sect...
Dear, dear me. I just sent an email thanking an interview partner for their 'unvaluable' content. This reminds me of the time I sent a (hastily dictated) condolence bouquet & card, 'sorry for your life'. OUCH.
February 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Dear, dear me. I just sent an email thanking an interview partner for their 'unvaluable' content. This reminds me of the time I sent a (hastily dictated) condolence bouquet & card, 'sorry for your life'. OUCH.
IHR History of Sexuality next seminar: ‘A Sterile Syringe, a Book, and a Towel to Lie On: The History of Lesbian Motherhood and Donor Insemination in England throughout the 1970s and 1980s’, Dr Samuel Vermote
28 Jan online #lesbianmotherhood #histsex #iht
www.history.ac.uk/events/a-ste...
28 Jan online #lesbianmotherhood #histsex #iht
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A Sterile Syringe, a Book, and a Towel to Lie On: The History of Lesbian Motherhood and Donor Insemination in England throughout the 1970s and 1980s
www.history.ac.uk
January 18, 2025 at 9:16 AM
IHR History of Sexuality next seminar: ‘A Sterile Syringe, a Book, and a Towel to Lie On: The History of Lesbian Motherhood and Donor Insemination in England throughout the 1970s and 1980s’, Dr Samuel Vermote
28 Jan online #lesbianmotherhood #histsex #iht
www.history.ac.uk/events/a-ste...
28 Jan online #lesbianmotherhood #histsex #iht
www.history.ac.uk/events/a-ste...
Apparently the CfP has been extended to Feb so still time to get your proposals in!
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Legacies of Section 28 – CALL FOR PAPERS | RHS
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January 18, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Apparently the CfP has been extended to Feb so still time to get your proposals in!
royalhistsoc.org/calendar/leg....
royalhistsoc.org/calendar/leg....
Any people here who are on immunotherapy? What reasonable adjustments (U.K.) have you asked for at work? Feel free to DM!
January 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Any people here who are on immunotherapy? What reasonable adjustments (U.K.) have you asked for at work? Feel free to DM!
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A Happy New Year! And some cheeky promo for the workshop — Sexual Health: Past, Present and Future — that @claireplmartin.bsky.social and I are organising for 2-3 July. Please share widely!
⏰ Deadline for abstracts: Valentine's Day 💋
#histsex #histmed #sexualhealth #SRH #GUM
⏰ Deadline for abstracts: Valentine's Day 💋
#histsex #histmed #sexualhealth #SRH #GUM
January 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
A Happy New Year! And some cheeky promo for the workshop — Sexual Health: Past, Present and Future — that @claireplmartin.bsky.social and I are organising for 2-3 July. Please share widely!
⏰ Deadline for abstracts: Valentine's Day 💋
#histsex #histmed #sexualhealth #SRH #GUM
⏰ Deadline for abstracts: Valentine's Day 💋
#histsex #histmed #sexualhealth #SRH #GUM