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BlackOut UK & The National Portrait Gallery Present: The Inaugural Berto Pasuka Lecture & Prize Launch. Celebrated as one of the most exquisite voices in British music, vocalist and songwriter David McAlmont marks 25 years of international artistic contributions and achievements by giving an illuminating overview of his career and more recent historical academic research and achievements focused on extraordinary people who challenged conventions of sexuality and gender both in their lives and in the places they created and inhabited. The Pasuka Lecture and Prize, named in honour of the pioneering dancer, choreographer, Jamaican migrant to Britain, and Black gay man, Berto Pasuka (1911-1963), celebrate pioneering contributions to the arts. The Lecture and Prize honour and celebrate creative work that unapologetically confronts and challenges conventional narratives around race and sexuality that amplify the existence of voices too often hidden and unheard in cultural spaces. The appointment as Chair of the Prize Panel and the invitation to give the Inaugural Pasuka Lecture crystallises Davids collaborative work with BlackOut UK to amplify the presence of Black Queer people in cultural spaces.
Tickets : £ 10 Con 8 Tickets
Address : National Portrait Gallery
St. Martin's Pl
London
WC2H 0HE
Telephone : 020 7306 0055
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- 01 Dec – Matthew Shepard (1976–1998), American student
- 01 Dec – Takeda Shingen (1521-1573), Japanese daimyō & Buddhist monk
- 02 Dec – Gianni Versace (1946–1997), Italian fashion designer
- 02 Dec – Jason Collins (1978–), American basketball player
- 04 Dec – Cornell Woolrich (1903–1968), American crime writer
- 06 Dec – Tom Hulce (1953–), American actor & theater producer
- 06 Dec – William II of the Netherlands (1792–1849), Dutch monarch
- 07 Dec – Willa Cather (1873–1947), American writer
- 07 Dec – Hurd Hatfield (1917–1998), American actor
- 08 Dec– Brendan Burke (1988–2010), Canadian hockey player
- 08 Dec – Norman Douglas (1868–1952), British writer
- 10 Dec – Tommy Kirk (1941–2021), American actor & businessman
- 10 Dec – Mark Takano (1960–), American Democratic congressman (California)
- 11 Dec – Jean Marais (1913–1998), French actor
- 12 Dec – Brandon Teena (1972–1993), American trans man, subject of the Academy Award-winning Boys Don't Cry (1999)
- 13 Dec – Anton Hysén (1990–), Swedish soccer player
- 14 Dec – Jobriath (1946–1983), American rock musician & actor
- 14 Dec – Amini Fonua (1989–), Tongan swimmer
- 15 Dec – Nero (37-68), Roman emperor, 54-68 AD
- 16 Dec – Noël Coward (1899–1973), English playwright, composer, actor & singer
- 17 Dec – Paul Cadmus (1904–1999), American painter
- 18 Dec – Brian Orser (1961–), Canadian figure skater & coach,1987 World Champion
- 19 Dec – Jean Genet (1910–1986), French novelist, playwright & political activist
- 20 Dec – Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902–1942), British royalty
- 21 Dec – Michael Tilson Thomas (1944–), American conductor, pianist &composer
- 22 Dec – Marc Allégret (1900–1973), French screenwriter & film director
- 24 Dec – Galba (3 BC-69 AD), Roman emperor, first in the Year of Four Emperors
- 25 Dec – Albert Cashier (1843-1915), Irish-American trans Union Army soldier
- 25 Dec – Quentin Crisp (1908–1999), English writer, raconteur & gay icon
- 25 Dec – Ismail Merchant (1936–2005), Indian-born film producer & director
- 26 Dec – David Sedaris (1956–), American humorist, comedian, author & radio contributor
- 27 Dec – Guido Westerwelle (1961–2016), German politician & former Vice Chancellor of Germany
- 29 Dec – Billy Tipton (1914-1989), American jazz musician, bandleader & talent broker
- 30 Dec – Titus (31-81), Roman emperor, 79-81 AD.
- 30 Dec – Paul Bowles (1910–1999), American expatriate composer, author & translator
- 31 Dec – Orry-Kelly (1897–1964), Australian costume designer