ShrewsburyLGBTHistory

Here's what's coming up in February 2020

Sat, Feb 08

Ludlow Library

THROUGHOUT FEBRUARY: HIM The Role of Magazines & Icons in the Gay Community & the Gay Liberation Movement 1970s &80s (1)

Free to enter. Pride Ludlow, Chang Thai and Pride Ludlow celebrate LGBT History Month.

Sun, Feb 16

The Hive

THROUGHOUT FEBRUARY: Exhibition of Birds and Wildlife photographs, by Jonathan Cutbill (1)

FREE to attend. Jonathan, who died in 2019, was a founder of Gay’s the Word bookshop in London, foremost collector in Britain of books of LGBT relevance and supporter of Shrewsbury LGBT+ History Month. He was also a keen bird photographer.

Sat, Feb 22

Shrewsbury Library

Lesflicks film screenings

A programme of short films

Sat, Feb 22

The Hive

CANCELLED Clowning & Comedy Workshop

Sat, Feb 22

The Hive

Yours Sincerely

£10 per person / £5 under 18. A queer coming-of-age comedy about the complications of 21st-century communication.

Tue, Feb 25

The Hive

Silence was the Answer

Free entry. In Conversation, Mike Fry discusses his newly published ‘memoirs and musings’ which tell of a child with ‘twin sins’: gay and born out-of-wedlock and the many silences that ensued.

Thu, Feb 27

Wellington Library

The Love that Dares to Speak It's Name: Mary Whitehouse and her Shropshire Girls

Free to attend. The Presentation reviews where Mary was coming from, why we had to endure her and how, with great ingenuity and fun, we fought back.

Fri, Feb 28

Shrewsbury Castle

Lecture: Then All the World

£10/7 entry. Mark Hignett from Oswestry Town Museum talks about the significance of hundreds of letters he bought online, which led to a surprising discovery.

Fri, Feb 28

Shrewsbury United Reformed Church

Meet your Old Testament Transcestors

Donations. Come meet the boy with the princess dress, a smooth skinned plotter who is an excellent chef and a warrior princess and her sidekick who is deadly with camping equipment.

Fri, Feb 28

Church Stretton Library

Raise the Roof - spoken word show

£5 / £2. Doors open 6.30pm. A solo spoken word piece which takes you on a journey towards knowing that your dignity is innate.

Sat, Feb 29

The Hive

Know Our History, Make Our Future - LGBT Youth/School Event

FREE to attend. This annual - ever popular - young peoples' showcase of good and great practice around the county

Sat, Feb 29

The Hive

From Fairly Vocal to Varifocal

A celebratory evening of songs and comedy presented by the lesbian singer-songwriter and comedienne CLARE SUMMERSKILL

Mon, Mar 02

University Centre Shrewsbury

Hidden Lives to Open Lives: LGBTQ History in Shropshire, 1938 - the present

Exhibition opening 2nd March, with wine and nibbles, with a presentation at 7pm. The exhibition will be in situ until 15th March.

Wed, Mar 04

Kinokulture, Oswestry's Community Cinema

Portrait Of a Lady On Fire - film screening

In 1770 the young daughter of a French countess develops a mutual attraction to the female artist commissioned to paint her wedding portrait.

Thu, Mar 05

Kinokulture, Oswestry's Community Cinema

Portrait Of a Lady On Fire - film screening

In 1770 the young daughter of a French countess develops a mutual attraction to the female artist commissioned to paint her wedding portrait.

Sat, Mar 14

University Centre Shrewsbury

Clare Summerskill creative writing workshop

Free. Creative Writing Workshop: Exploring Autobiography from an LGBTQ Perspective