LGBT

February is LGBT+ History Month, and the University of Nottingham has a host of events throughout the oncoming weeks in order to celebrate and bring awareness, organised by a “programme board of staff and student volunteers”. Explaining the on-going events is Campus News Editor India....

Daria Paterek Children’s literature has always been a powerful tool in education. Playing an essential role in the development of children, books psychologically and linguistically aid their growth. However, the socio-emotional messages that children’s books convey are often overlooked. I want to focus on how children’s books tackle diversity,...

Daisy Forster Daisy meets with Skylar Turnbull Hurd, Alice Walker and Tara Philips to discuss the penultimate production in the Nottingham New Theatre’s online season, ‘Misorientation’. ‘Misorientation’ will be broadcast on the Nottingham New Theatre’s YouTube channel on Wednesday 2nd September 2020 at 7pm. Daisy Forster  Featured image courtesy...

In celebration of pride month, I’m going to take you back to the 1960s, where homosexual relations were illegal and the riots that initiated Pride began. Picture this; it’s the year 1969 in New York City, you’ve recently discovered your sexuality, and wish to express it freely. However, its...

As a rainbow flag flew gently above the Trent Building, at the feet of the main entrance to the Portland building lay another rainbow. Decorated across the road in bright and cheerful paint was the new University of Nottingham rainbow crossing. “A generous crowd accumulated as LGBT+ officer Sam...

On Tuesday the High Court in Birmingham ruled a ban on the anti-LGBT lesson protests occurring outside of Anderton Park Primary School. Since May, protestors have been chanting outside of the school gates causing disruption to the students and staff. Headteacher Sarah Hewitt-Clarkson described the demonstrations as “toxic and...

Ahead of the Amplify festival at Nottingham Playhouse, Nina chatted to playwright Hannah Greenstreet on her queer adaptation of Andromeda with director Charlotte Vickers. ...