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UK LGBT EVENTS - LGBT+ History Month 2022 - Online Launch - Zoom @ National Gallery
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LGBT+ History Month 2022 - Online Launch - Zoom @ National Gallery

The National Gallery is pleased to welcome LGBT+ History Month for a celebratory event to launch its annual theme. Founder of LGBT+ History Month Professor Emeritus Sue Sanders, Schools OUT UK Chair Lynne Nicholls, and LGBT+ History Month Patron Dan Vo introduce us to the five icons selected to represent this coming years subject, 'Art and Politics The Arc is Long'. The five faces are: Mark Aguhar, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Doris Brabham Hatt, Fiore de Henriquez and Keith Haring. Sue, Lynne and Dan are joined in conversation with speakers who will reveal how these individuals embody its concept: Sarah Cosgriff, Errol Francis (Culture&), Tony Malone, Richard Whymark and Claire Mead. We also explore works in the collection by Rosa Bonheur and Gwen John related to the theme. This event is an opportunity to draw attention to three key milestones in 2022: the 50th anniversary of the first Pride march in Britain led by the Gay Liberation Front; the 50th birthday of LGBT+ mental health charity London Friend; and the 40th birthday of the Terrence Higgins Trust, the UK's leading HIV and sexual health support charity. Image: Detail from Gwen John, 'Self portrait', about 1900 LGBT+ History Month LGBT+ History Month is an initiative by Schools OUT UK every February that focuses on the celebration and recognition of LGBT+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, plus) people and culture, past and present; increasing the visibility of diverse LGBT+ histories, lives and their experiences. It has been celebrated every year in the UK since 2005. Claiming our past, celebrating our present, creating our future. In association with Schools OUT UK and The Proud Trust.

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