

Come join us at our Circa-Club monthly events including Drinks Parties & Art Exhibitions. Social Events for 200+ gay professional men and their friends in central London. Complimentary Glass of Wine on arrival. Click for more details
Sociologist Professor Amin Ghaziani and cultural historian and activist Dr Diarmuid Hester discuss common themes of displacement, courage, determination and freedoms won in their books about gay life and queer identity.In Long Live Queer Nightlife: How the Closing of Gay Bars Sparked a Revolution Ghaziani uses his own experience of underground parties in London to uncover an unexpected revolution revitalising urban night life. Ghaziani explains how he found a scene far removed from the traditional image of the gay bar and its largely white, gay male clientele. Instead, it was a world of secret parties where culture creatives, many of them queer, trans and from racial minorities, were reclaiming the night in the name of those left out. Ghaziani is professor of sociology and Canada Research Chair in Urban Sexualities at the University of British Columbia. He researched his book while a visiting professor at London School of Economics. He is the author of The Dividends of Dissent, Sex Cultures, and There Goes the Gayborhood?In Nothing Ever Just Disappears: Seven Hidden Histories, Hester brings to life the stories of seven figures and the connections between where they lived, who they loved and the art they created. They include the writer, E M Forster, the French dancer and singer, Josephine Baker, and the surrealist, Claude Cahun. Hester argues that a queer sense of place is central to the history of the 20th century. Hester is an expert on sexually dissident literature, art, film and performance and teaches at the University of Cambridge. He co-founded Cambridges queer performance and music night Club Urania.Discussions will be chaired by historian Professor Matt Cook, the University of Oxfords first Jonathan Cooper Chair of the History of Sexualities.
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- 01 July – Charles Laughton (1899–1962), English-American actor, screenwriter, producer & director
- 01 July – Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme (1654–1712), French military commander
- 01 July – Orlando Cruz (1981–), Puerto Rican professional boxer
- 02 July – Daniel Kowalski (1975–), Australian freestyle swimmer
- 02 July – Johnny Weir (1984–), American figure skater, 2008 World Bronze Medalist
- 02 July – Sylvia Rae Rivera (1951–2002), Civil Rights activist, advocate for Transgender rights
- 04 July – Stephen Boyd (1931–1977), British actor
- 04 July – Steven Cojocaru (1970–), Canadian fashion critic/TV personality
- 05 July – Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), French poet, artist & director
- 05 July – Hein Vos (1903–1972), Dutch politician/economist, 1st gay member of Cabinet of the Netherlands
- 06 July – Merv Griffin (1925–2007), American TV host, musician, actor & media mogul
- 07 July – George Cukor (1899–1983), American film director
- 09 July – David Hockney (1937–), English painter & photographer
- 10 July – Marcel Proust (1871–1922), French novelist
- 11 July – Giorgio Armani (1934–), Italian fashion designer
- 12 July – Van Cliburn (1934–2013), American pianist
- 14 July – Randy Boissonnault (1970–), Canadian politician
- 14 July – Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1610–1670), Italian aristocrat
- 15 July – David Cicilline (1961–), American Democratic congressman (Rhode Island)
- 15 July – Olly Alexander (1990–), British singer (Years & Years)
- 16 July – Reinaldo Arenas (1943–1990), Cuban poet, novelist & playwright
- 16 July – Tony Kushner (1956–), American playwright & screenwriter
- 17 July – Charles Lapointe (1944–), Canadian business executive & politician
- 18 July – Elio Di Rupo (1951–), Prime Minister of Belgium
- 19 July – Joseph Hansen (1923–2004), American crime writer & poet
- 20 July – Rokas Žilinskas (1972–2017), Lithuanian journalist & politician
- 21 July – Rufus Wainwright (1973–), American/Canadian singer-songwriter
- 24 July – Gus Van Sant (1952–), American director
- 29 July – Dag Hammarskjöld (1905–1961), Swedish diplomat & 2nd Secretary-General of the U.N.
- 29 July – Paul Taylor (1930–), American choreographer
- 30 July – Sean Patrick Maloney (1966–), American Democratic congressman (New York)
- 30 July – Pascal Smet (1967–), Belgian politician