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We are the LGBTQIA+ Staff Network at King's College London.

Everybody is welcome to our group, regardless of sexual orientation and/or gender identity! If you have any questions just message us. We will be happy to help!
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🌈Pride Month Book Recommendation🌈

🌈Ahead of our Proudly King's Pride Party on Tuesday 1st July, get in the mood by flicking through this gorgeous photo collection!

🌈 Pride: Fifty Years of Parades and Protests

🌈 Available on the Libby app via @kings_libraries . Limited copies available for loan🌈
Book recommendation poster for Pride Month featuring the cover of 'PRIDE: Fifty Years of Parades and Protests' from The New York Times photo archives. The cover shows a person holding a rainbow flag in front of buildings. The poster includes labels like 'non-fiction,' 'visual history,' and 'available at King's.' A URL to https://libbyapp.com/library/kcl is shown, along with a logo reading 'We Are Proudly King's.
June 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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🌊Pride Month Book Recommendation🌊

🌊The Swimming-Pool Library🌊

🌊Find this book, and all our Pride Month Recommendations, FREE on the Libby App!🌊

libbyapp.com/library/kcl
A promotional image for a book recommendation during Pride Month. The background features a gradient of pastel colors with the text 'BOOK RECOMMENDATION PRIDE MONTH' in blue at the top. Centered is the book cover of The Swimming-Pool Library by Vintage Hollinghurst, showing an underwater scene with two hands clasped. Labels around the cover read 'fiction,' 'classic,' and 'available at King's.' At the bottom, there's a URL: https://libbyapp.com/library/kcl and a logo with the text 'We Are Proudly King's
June 25, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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What comes before Part B?

Part-AAYYYYY 🎉

🏳️‍🌈 Last chance to book your place at our Annual Pride Party!🏳️‍⚧️

This is your chance to come together with fellow Proudly King’s members for an evening of celebration, reflection, and community.

www.proudlykings.com
June 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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🖤Join us for an online Lunch & Learn with award-winning model, activist, and writer Yasmin Benoit, as she explores what it means to challenge misconceptions about asexuality in a world that often assumes sex is central to identity. 💜

🖤Mon 23 June
💜13:00 - 14:00
🖤Sign up at proudlykings.com/events
Promotional poster for 'Lunch n Learn: Understanding Asexuality in a Sex-Centred Society' featuring Yasmin Benoit. The event is on Monday, 23 June from 13:00 to 14:00 on Teams. The design uses a purple and white color scheme, with 'We Are Proudly King's' in the top left corner and a partially visible image of Yasmin Benoit in the background. Website link: proudlykings.com/events.
June 18, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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In celebration of Pride month, King's Sport & Wellness is offering 60-minute sessions with a coach where you'll work on Strength training, mobility stretching or Boxing technique.

This event and access to the session is free of charge for Proudly King's members

www.proudlykings.com/event-detail...
Come join us for our community gym day in collaboration with King's Sport & Wellness, for members to exercise in a safe & inclusive space! In celebration of Pride month, King's Sport & Wellness is offering 60-minute sessions with a coach where you'll work on Strength training, mobility stretching or Boxing technique. This event and access to the session is free of charge for Proudly King's members https://www.proudlykings.com/event-details/pride-month-proudly-kings-community-gym-day
June 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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🌿Pride Month Book Recommendation🌿

🌿Under the Udala Trees🌿

🌿One day in 1968, Ijeoma’s father is killed and her world is transformed forever.
🌿She meets Amina, and the two become inseparable.

🌿Available, like all our Pride Month recommendations, FREE on the Libby App via @kings_libraries
Book recommendation for Pride Month featuring 'Under the Udala Trees' by Chinelo Okparanta. The book cover displays a green leafy design with two orange fruits at the bottom. The image notes the book is fiction and explores themes of faith, love, and redemption. It is available at King's via https://libbyapp.com/library/kcl. A logo in the bottom right corner reads 'We Are Proudly King's'
June 18, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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❤️Pride Month Book Recommendation❤️

❤️Taiwan Travelogue❤️

❤️A bittersweet story of love between two women, nested in an artful exploration of language, history, and power.

❤️ Available FREE on the Libby App via King's Libraries!

#lgbtqiabooks #lbgtbooks #bookrecommendation
A book recommendation poster for Pride Month featuring the book Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-Zǐ, translated by Lin King. The book cover shows a window with a scenic view and is labeled as a National Book Award Finalist. The poster highlights that the book is historical fiction, a Golden Tripod Award winner, and available at King's. The URL provided is https://libbyapp.com/library/kcl. At the bottom right corner, there is a logo with the text 'We Are Proudly King's.'
June 16, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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💜Pride Month Book Recommendation💚

💜Sounds Fake But Okay💚

💜Ace + Aro perspectives on love, relationships, sex, and so much more💚

💜Available FREE on the Libby App via @kings_libraries 💚
A book recommendation poster for Pride Month featuring the book "Sounds Fake But Okay" by Sarah Costello and Kayla Kaszyca. The book cover is purple with the title in bold letters, some of which are colored in green and white. Below the title, it reads: "An Asexual and Aromantic Perspective on Love, Relationships, Sex, and Pretty Much Anything Else." The poster includes labels indicating the book is non-fiction, available at King's College London library (with a URL: https://libbyapp.com/library/kcl), and related to asexuality (aspec). Small purple heart icons appear above the book cover. In the bottom right corner is a logo with a rainbow-colored lion head and the text "We Are Proudly King's."
June 12, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Proudly King's are proud to be at #Pride this year - and there's plenty of opportunities to stand strong and celebrate. 💪

If you're part of the LGBTQIA+ community at King's or an ally, get involved with Pride Month!🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Learn more: www.proudlykings.com
June 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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✨Pride Month Book Recommendations✨

✨A Dark and Drowning Tide

✨A lush sapphic fantasy romance

✨Lorelei Kaskel, a folklorist with a quick temper and an even quicker wit, is on an expedition with six eccentric nobles in search of a fabled spring.

Read it on the Libby App via @kings_libraries
A book recommendation poster for Pride Month featuring "A Dark and Drowning Tide" by Allison Saft. The book cover shows two characters—one with dark hair and one with long white hair—standing in front of large water lilies. Surrounding text describes the book as a fantasy novel and sapphic, and notes its availability at King's College London library. A URL is provided: https://libbyapp.com/library/kcl. In the bottom right corner, there's a logo with the text "We Are Proudly King's."
June 9, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Join us for an online Lunch 'n' Learn, part of our Proudly Podcast series, with Sarah Rabin (American expat, military researcher, and former VA employee)!

Sarah's groundbreaking PhD explores the health and wellbeing of LGBTQ+ personnel in the UK Armed Forces.

www.proudlykings.com/event-detail...
June 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Come and meet us at the Staff Wellbeing Fair!

We'll be at Bush House, 8th Floor, from 10:00 - 16:00, Thurs 19th June. Come and find out about Proudly and our great events coming up - and of course chat to us about Pride!

Search: KCL staff wellbeing fair for more details!
Promotional poster for the 'Staff Wellbeing Fair'. The background features a person with short blonde hair and glasses, and another person in a dark shirt with partially visible text reading 'Proudly King's College LGBTQ+ Staff.' A rainbow overlay covers the image. The main text says: 'Meet Proudly King's at the STAFF WELLBEING FAIR.' Additional details at the bottom read: 'Thursday 19 June, 10:00 - 16:00, BUSH HOUSE, 8TH FLOOR.' A heart-shaped logo with rainbow colors and the text 'We Are Proudly King's' is also present
June 6, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Proudly King's Picnic - Guy's

17 Jun 2025, 13:00 – 14:00

The Quad, Guy's Campus

☀️Join us for a relaxed picnic lunch meetup. We'll have picnic blankets and treats, just bring your lunch and friendly conversation. It's a great way to unwind, meet new people, and soak up the summer weather. ☀️
A picnic invitation poster with a background of green grass. The text reads 'Proudly Picnic' in large yellow letters. Below it, in a yellow box, it says 'The Quad, Guy's Campus 13:00 - 14:00 Tuesday 17 June.' There is an open picnic basket on a white cloth with some fruits inside. At the bottom, the text reads 'Bring your lunch and join us to meet new colleagues!' There is also a logo with the text 'We Are Proudly King's' and a URL 'proudlykings.com/events
June 6, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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🌺Pride Month Book Recommendations!🌺

🌺Choosing Family

🌺Royster interweaves her experiences and memories with queer and gender theory to argue that many Black families, certainly her own, have historically had a “queer” attitude toward family.

Available via the Libby App.
Poster recommending the book 'Choosing Family: A Memoir of Queer Motherhood and Black Resistance' by Francesca T. Royster for Pride Month. The poster includes labels 'non-fiction' and 'queer & gender theory', and notes the book is available at King's College London via libbyapp.com/library/kcl. A logo at the bottom reads 'We Are Proudly King's'
June 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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🧾Pride Month Book Recommendations! 🧾

🍵A Cup of Water Under My Bed 🍵

🍵A lyrical, coming-of-age memoir by Daisy Hernández that explores her experiences as a Colombian-Cuban woman.

All our Pride Month Recommendations are accessible through the Libby App / King's Libraries!
Book recommendation poster for Pride Month featuring the cover of 'A Cup of Water Under My Bed: A Memoir' by Daisy Hernandez. The background has a pastel gradient. Green labels highlight that the book is non-fiction and available at King's College London (KCL). A URL to access the book via LibbyApp (https://libbyapp.com/library/kcl) is included. The bottom right corner displays the 'We Are Proudly King's' logo
June 4, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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📚 Pride Month Book Recommendations! 📚

📚 All that Heaven Allows 📚

Find this book through King's Libraries at share.libbyapp.com/title/3877563
A poster promoting a book for Pride Month. The featured book is All That Heaven Allows: A Biography of Rock Hudson by Mark Griffin, with a grayscale image of Rock Hudson on the cover. The poster includes the words 'non-fiction,' 'biography,' and 'available at King's.' A URL is provided: https://libbyapp.com/library/kcl. In the bottom right corner, there's a logo with the text 'We Are Proudly King's
June 3, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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The deadline for Pride in London is fast approaching! ⏰

Do not miss your chance to march in the Pride parade as part of a display of celebration 🎉, resilience 💪 and community 🫶.

Register your interest for Pride by 4 June [for King's Staff only!]

www.proudlykings.com/events

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🩷🤍🩵🖤🤎
June 2, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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🔥Join us for an online Lunch 'n' Learn
🔥Dr Martin Edwardes (Visiting Lecturer in the School of Education, Communication and Society), and their partner, Philip Rescorla
🔥First-hand veterans of the Gay Liberation Front

16 Jun 2025, 12:30 – 13:30

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A poster for an event titled 'How the Gay Liberation Front UK Got Started.' The event is a Lunch n Learn featuring Dr. Martin Edwardes and Philip Rescorla, scheduled for June 16th from 12:30 to 13:30, held online via Microsoft Teams. The poster includes a historical black-and-white photo of people holding signs and banners related to the Gay Liberation Front. At the top, the text 'We Are Proudly King's' appears with a logo. A URL at the bottom reads: proudlykings.com/events.
May 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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🧵13 Jun 2025, 15:30 – 18:00

🧵Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, Bankside, London SE1 9TG, UK

🧵About the event
🧵Join us this Pride month as we visit the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt, displayed for the first time in its entirety, at the Tate Modern.

Join us: proudlykings.com/events
A poster advertising the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt Visit at Tate Modern. The poster features an image of a colorful quilt with various panels dedicated to individuals, including names like Paul Ashton and Nick Game. The event is scheduled for Friday, 13 June at 15:30. There is a banner at the top left corner that reads 'We Are Proudly King's' and a website link at the bottom right corner that says 'proudlykings.com/events
May 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Have our recent comms got you excited for a summer of powerful Pride events? If so, you can start the activism early by attending the Queer@King's placard making workshop on 3rd June at Bush House:

www.kcl.ac.uk/events/queer...
An illustration of a person with pink hair and wearing a red outfit holding up a sign that reads 'QUEER PROTEST AND PLACARD WORKSHOP WITH ARTIST-ACTIVIST ANKA DABROWSKA 03 JUNE 2025 16:30 TO 18:00'. At the bottom, there is a banner with the text 'We Are Proudly King's' and a search bar with the text 'Queer @ King's
May 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Join us for a relaxed picnic lunch meetup. We'll have picnic blankets and treats, just bring your lunch and friendly conversation. It's a great way to unwind, meet new people, and soak up the summer weather. ☀️

4th June 1pm-2pm

Grassy area behind St Mary's Le Strand!

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An illustrated poster for the 'Proudly Picnic' event. The event is scheduled for 04 June 2025 from 13:00 to 14:00 at the grassy area behind St Mary's Le Strand. The image shows a group of people enjoying a picnic on a grassy field with trees and flowers. Some are sitting on blankets, eating, drinking wine, and relaxing. There is also a bicycle with a basket nearby. At the bottom left corner, there is a logo with text 'We Are Proudly King's' and at the bottom right corner, there is text 'proudlykings.com/events'
May 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Virtual Breakfast Club!
Start your Friday morning off with a friendly, informal chat with colleagues.

No agenda, just chill vibes, let's end the week right!

Friday 30th May, 9:30-10am

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A colorful glittery background with a gradient from red to blue. At the top, text reads 'We Are Proudly King's' alongside a logo of a lion's head in a heart shape. Below, large text says 'virtual BREAKFAST' with smaller text underneath reading '9:30AM–10AM'. Cartoon breakfast items—pancakes, bacon, and eggs with smiling faces—are scattered around. A star icon is also present. At the bottom, text reads 'Friday 30 May Online via Teams'. In the bottom right corner is a website link: proudlykings.com/events
May 28, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Saturday May 24th marked Pansexual & Panromantic Awareness and Visibility Day!

🩷 💛 🩵

This day highlights the experiences and challenges faced by members of of the Pan community, with an emphasis on fluidity and inclusivity of their attractions!

Swipe to learn more!
May 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Last week was Agender Pride day, a day to honour and recognise the unique experience and identities of gender individuals, those who identify as having no gender, being gender-neutral or exist outside of the gender spectrum!

Curious to learn more? Swipe our slides!

#AgenderPride
May 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Pride is still a protest and, in an ever-changing climate, it's a vital time for us to come together to celebrate and support each other.

We're marching in Pride in London this year - and 50 spaces are available to join us!

Only open to King's Staff; register by 4 June: www.proudlykings.com/events
May 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM