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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
- 02 Jun – Brent Hawkes (1950–), Canadian pastor & LGBT rights activist
- 02 Jun – Wentworth Miller (1972–), English-born American actor & screenwriter
- 02 Jun – Zachary Quinto (1977–), American actor
- 02 Jun – Marquis de Sade (1740–1814), French aristocrat, revolutionary politician, philosopher & writer
- 03 Jun – Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997), American beat poet
- 03 Jun – Anderson Cooper (1967–), American journalist, author & television personality
- 05 Jun – John Maynard Keynes 1st Baron Keynes, CB, FBA (1883 – 1946), English economist whose ideas changed the theory/practice of macroeconomics & the economic policies of governments
- 05 Jun – Federico García Lorca (1898–1936), Spanish poet, playwright & theatre director
- 05 Jun – Troye Sivan (1995–), Australian actor & singer
- 05 Jun – Gustáv Slamečka (1959–), Czech politician
- 05 Jun – Johannes, 11th Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1926–1990), German aristocrat & businessman
- 06 Jun – Harvey Fierstein (1952–), American actor & playwright
- 07 Jun – James Ivory (1928–), American film director
- 09 Jun – Cole Porter (1891–1964), American composer & songwriter
- 10 Jun – Maurice Sendak (1928–2012), American children's writer
- 10 Jun – Dustin Lance Black (1974–), American screenwriter, director, producer & LGBT rights activist
- 10 Jun – Sir Terence Rattigan CBE(1911–1977), British dramatist & screenwriter
- 10 Jun – Terrence Higgins (1945– 1982), born in Wales the Terrence Higgins Trust was set up in his memory as he was one of the 1st people to die of an Aids-related illness in the UK.
- 11 Jun – Mario Silva (1966–), Portuguese-Canadian legal scholar & politician
- 12 Jun – Jim Nabors (1930–2017), American actor & singer
- 13 Jun – Paul Lynde (1926–1982), American comedian & actor
- 14 Jun – Boy George (1961–), British singer-songwriter
- 14 Jun – Alan Carr (1976-), English comedian, broadcaster & writer
- 14 Jun – Paul O'Grady MBE (1955- ), English comedian, broadcaster, actor, writer & former drag queen Lily Savage.
- 15 Jun – Simon Callow CBE(1949- ), English actor, director & writer.
- 15 Jun – Neil Patrick Harris (1973–), American actor, singer, director & magician
- 16 Jun – Lou Sullivan (1951-1991), American author & trans activist
- 16 Jun – Joe McElderry (1991–), British singer & model
- 17 Jun – Clodovil Hernandes (1937–2009), Brazilian fashion stylist, television presenter & politician
- 17 Jun – Steven Davies (1986–), English cricketer
- 17 Jun – Carl Van Vechten (1880–1964), American writer & photographer
- 20 Jun – Allan Bell (1947–), Manx politician and Chief Minister of the Isle of Man
- 20 Jun – E. Lynn Harris (1955–2009), American Author
- 22 Jun – Jimmy Somerville (1961–), Scottish pop singer
- 22 Jun – Sir Peter Pears CBE (1910-1986), English tenor. Composer Benjamin Britten was his personal & professional partner for nearly 40 years.
- 23 Jun - Alan Turing (1912–1954), English mathematician & computer scientist
- 25 Jun - Larry Kramer (1935–2020), American playwright, novelist &LGBT rights activist
- 25 Jun – George Michael (1963–2016), English singer, songwriter, record producer & philanthropist
- 26 Jun - Sean Hayes (1970–), American actor & comedian
- 28 Jun - Sunil Babu Pant (1972–), Nepalese politician & LGBT rights activist
- 28 Jun - Jim Kolbe (1942–2022), American politician, Republican congressman (Arizona) (1985–2003)
- 28 Jun - David Kopay (1942–), American football player
- 28 Jun – John Inman (1935 – 2007), English actor & singer best known for his role as Mr Humphries in Are You Being Served ?
- 30 Jun - Alan Joyce (1966–), Australian business executive & CEO of Qantas Airways
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