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Lesbian and Gay History often gets overlooked, forgotten or lost. Sometimes this is accidental, sometimes deliberate, sometimes ideological. But times are changing and (at least in Britain) the past lives of lesbians and gay men are now being researched, captured and recorded. Richard Bliss (Actor and Creative Director of Projects Galore) and Kate Sweeny (Film-maker and visual artist) have created a theatrical walking tour for Newcastle Pride 2014. The tour will make accessible the social and legislative frameworks that have surrounded lesbian and gay lives from the earliest beginnings of urban life. The tour uses performance, recordings and film to share undisputed facts with a peppering of fiction to imagine what gay life in Newcastle might have been like from the 16th to the 21st centuries. The walking tour is a circuit of approximately two miles avoiding as many obstacles as possible (such as steps and stairs and it includes standing for periods of up to 10 minutes. The tour lasts about 1hr 30 minutes. Everyone is welcome but Richard and Kate are not able to provide personal assistance.
Tickets : £ 5.00 Tickets
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Newcastle upon Tyne
Starts City Pool
- 01 Aug – Yves Saint Laurent (1936–2008), French fashion designer
- 01 Aug – Lionel Bart (1930–1999), British writer & composer of pop music/musicals including Oliver
- 02 Aug – James Baldwin (1924–1987), American novelist
- 04 Aug – Walter Pater (1839–1894), English essayist & art critic
- 04 Aug – Marcus Urban (1971–), German footballer & diversity adviser
- 04 Aug – Rudi van Dantzig (1933–2012), Dutch choreographer, ballet dancer & writer
- 05 Aug – Heward Grafftey (1928–2010), Canadian politician & business executive
- 06 Aug – Jim McGreevey (1957–), American seminarian & politician, former Gov of New Jersey
- 06 Aug – Andy Warhol (1928–1987), American painter, printmaker & filmmaker
- 08 Aug – Michael Urie (1980–), American actor, television producer & director
- 09 Aug – Michael Kors (1959–), American fashion designer
- 10 Aug – Andrew Sullivan (1963–), English author & political commentator
- 11 Aug – Angus Wilson (1913–1991), English novelist & short story writer
- 13 Aug – Herb Ritts (1952–2002), American fashion photographer
- 13 Aug – Domenico Dolce (1958–), Italian fashion designer (Dolce & Gabbana)
- 13 Aug – Sam Champion (1961–), American TV personality & weather anchor
- 14 Aug – Horst P. Horst (1906–1999), German-American fashion photographer
- 14 Aug – Nick Grimshaw (1984–), English radio/TV presenter
- 14 Aug – Mark Pocan (1964–), American Democratic congressman (Wisconsin)
- 18 Aug – Marcel Carné (1906–1996), French film director
- 19 Aug – Malcolm Forbes (1919–1990), American magazine publisher
- 21 Aug – Miguel Vale de Almeida (1960–), Portuguese anthropologist, LGBT activist, professor & politician
- 24 Aug – Stephen Fry (1957–), English actor, screenwriter, comedian & television presenter
- 24 Aug – Marsha P. Johnson (1945–1992), Gay Liberation Activist
- 25 Aug – Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845–1886), King of Bavaria
- 25 Aug – Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990), American conductor, composer, music lecturer & pianist
- 25 Aug – Rob Halford (1951–), English singer & songwriter, lead vocalist of Judas Priest
- 26 Aug – Christopher Isherwood (1904–1986), English novelist
- 27 Aug – Tom Ford (1961–), American fashion designer & film director
- 29 Aug – Jean Lorrain (1855–1906), French poet, novelist & dandy
- 30 Aug – Ben Bradshaw (1960–), British politician, former Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport (2009–2010), MP for Exeter since 1997
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