Monica B. Pearl
@mbpearl.bsky.social
teacher reader expat/immigrant newyorker in Manchester UK
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Tomorrow! 📢 bonus post-show 'In Conversation' event with @mbpearl.bsky.social and EACW alumnus Gabriel Clark, star of David Drake’s The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me - an urgent conversation on activism and art:
The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me – Hope Mill Theatre
Hive North presents
hopemilltheatre.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Tomorrow! 📢 bonus post-show 'In Conversation' event with @mbpearl.bsky.social and EACW alumnus Gabriel Clark, star of David Drake’s The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me - an urgent conversation on activism and art:
Tomorrow!
Really looking forward to this. On February 10th, Opening Night, I will be in conversation with Gabriel Clark who will be performing in David Drake's The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me at Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester.
The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me – Hope Mill Theatre
hopemilltheatre.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Tomorrow!
Really looking forward to this. On February 10th, Opening Night, I will be in conversation with Gabriel Clark who will be performing in David Drake's The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me at Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester.
The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me – Hope Mill Theatre
hopemilltheatre.co.uk
January 17, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Really looking forward to this. On February 10th, Opening Night, I will be in conversation with Gabriel Clark who will be performing in David Drake's The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me at Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester.
Come hear my Introduction to Peter Hujar's Day on January 8th at HOME in Manchester.
Peter Hujar’s Day (12A) — A recreation of a 1974 conversation between photographer Peter Hujar and writer Linda Rosenkrantz.
A recreation of a 1974 conversation between photographer Peter Hujar and writer Linda Rosenkrantz.
homemcr.org
December 30, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Come hear my Introduction to Peter Hujar's Day on January 8th at HOME in Manchester.
The Manchester launch of The Emotions of LGBT Rights and Reforms: Repairing Law (Edinburgh UP) by the wonderful @senthorun.bsky.social.
December 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The Manchester launch of The Emotions of LGBT Rights and Reforms: Repairing Law (Edinburgh UP) by the wonderful @senthorun.bsky.social.
World AIDS Day vigil. Sackville Gardens. Manchester. I remember.
December 2, 2025 at 10:23 AM
World AIDS Day vigil. Sackville Gardens. Manchester. I remember.
If you are in Nijmegen, Netherlands, in December - or can get there!
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Research Symposium: The Cultural Memory of AIDS | Radboud University
In this symposium, experts reflect on cultural responses to AIDS through keynotes, a roundtable on memory, and staged readings by Underground Theatre Nijmegen.
www.ru.nl
November 22, 2025 at 8:55 AM
If you are in Nijmegen, Netherlands, in December - or can get there!
www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...
www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...
It begins. Year 19 (!) of cutting edge international queer art. Outburst Queer Arts Festival
OUTBURST QUEER ARTS FESTIVAL 2025
Queer Art, Revolutionary imagination
outburstarts.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:28 PM
It begins. Year 19 (!) of cutting edge international queer art. Outburst Queer Arts Festival
Presented by @georgehousetrust.bsky.social
40 Years of HIV Activism presents: Looking for Langston (1989)
Join us for a special evening of film, memory and conversation as part of our programme exploring Manchester’s histories of HIV.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Presented by @georgehousetrust.bsky.social
"Treat the community like gold." Wisdom from Sarah Schulman @sarahschulman.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
"Treat the community like gold." Wisdom from Sarah Schulman @sarahschulman.bsky.social
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Grateful for the inspired and inspiring talks that @libankerdc.bsky.social @posypoet.bsky.social @mbpearl.bsky.social gave at today’s “Resistance in the Age of Trump 2.0” roundtable today & for the great student turnout!
October 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Grateful for the inspired and inspiring talks that @libankerdc.bsky.social @posypoet.bsky.social @mbpearl.bsky.social gave at today’s “Resistance in the Age of Trump 2.0” roundtable today & for the great student turnout!
Remarkably unincendiary Daily Mirror article about Trans life - in 1937. Unearthed by @elierlick.bsky.social.
October 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Remarkably unincendiary Daily Mirror article about Trans life - in 1937. Unearthed by @elierlick.bsky.social.
The late great Urvashi Vaid.
September 28, 2025 at 10:36 AM
The late great Urvashi Vaid.
Still on at Manchester Central Library. @georgehousetrust.bsky.social
ACTING UP! - Library Live
ACTING UP! tells the story of 40 years of HIV activism in the region through archives, testimonies and films. The exhibition honours the memories of lives lost and continues the […]
librarylive.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Still on at Manchester Central Library. @georgehousetrust.bsky.social
NYC propaganda in Denmark. Attire worn by @dazzler25.bsky.social. Global support for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.
September 11, 2025 at 9:08 AM
NYC propaganda in Denmark. Attire worn by @dazzler25.bsky.social. Global support for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.
Just finished reading this good gay novel by South African author @wisaniirvin.bsky.social. Plenty of copies at @thebooklounge.bsky.social
August 8, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Just finished reading this good gay novel by South African author @wisaniirvin.bsky.social. Plenty of copies at @thebooklounge.bsky.social
Queer Pasts conference Copenhagen opening keynote. Archives of Dissent: Sexuality, Caste, History @anjaliarondekar.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Queer Pasts conference Copenhagen opening keynote. Archives of Dissent: Sexuality, Caste, History @anjaliarondekar.bsky.social
Queer Pasts at the University of Copenhagen and Roskilde University.
May 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Queer Pasts at the University of Copenhagen and Roskilde University.
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As part of the Homotopia takeover of Museum of Liverpool and the Holly Johnson exhibition (Sat 5th April), @mbpearl.bsky.social and myself will be talking "Don't Relax! Culture, Protest, and Music during the AIDS Crisis" event info here: www.homotopia.net/events/homot...
Homotopia Takeover Day - homotopia
Saturday 5 April 2025, Lecture Theatre, Museum of Liverpool The inaugural Homotopia Takeover presents a line-up of live music, talks and provocations responding to The Holly Johnson Story. Join us...
www.homotopia.net
April 1, 2025 at 8:40 AM
As part of the Homotopia takeover of Museum of Liverpool and the Holly Johnson exhibition (Sat 5th April), @mbpearl.bsky.social and myself will be talking "Don't Relax! Culture, Protest, and Music during the AIDS Crisis" event info here: www.homotopia.net/events/homot...
This Saturday, April 5th "Don't Relax! Culture, Protest, and Music during the AIDS Crisis" with @garyneedham.bsky.social at Museum of Liverpool organized by Homotopia.
April 1, 2025 at 8:07 AM
This Saturday, April 5th "Don't Relax! Culture, Protest, and Music during the AIDS Crisis" with @garyneedham.bsky.social at Museum of Liverpool organized by Homotopia.
Tomorrow!
Looking forward to my discussion with @jvmartin92.bsky.social and Jackie Stacey about these two films by @pratibha.bsky.social. At #HOMEmcr in conjunction with Women in Revolt! exhibition at Whitworth Art Gallery. March 12th.
Women in Revolt! Reframing AIDS and Video 28 + post-screening discussion - HOME
Two short films foregrounding feminist protest in the 1980s.
homemcr.org
March 11, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Tomorrow!
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Whether you're one who marches or one who brings water to marchers or one who helps arrested marchers in court or one who helps fund the march or one who writes about the march or one who contacts leaders and/or media about why the march, you're needed, you're part of us.
March 8, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Whether you're one who marches or one who brings water to marchers or one who helps arrested marchers in court or one who helps fund the march or one who writes about the march or one who contacts leaders and/or media about why the march, you're needed, you're part of us.
In which I expound on the power of activism - and art (and queer friendship!). Along with @dombilton.bsky.social.
Important Lessons From LGBTQ+ History - Podcast
YouTube video by The University of Manchester
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March 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
In which I expound on the power of activism - and art (and queer friendship!). Along with @dombilton.bsky.social.