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In support of LGBTQ+ History Month in February, the Jesus College EDI Committee is delighted to announce three upcoming events that each explores a different aspect of equality, diversity and inclusion.
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Raymond Trau – The Ongoing Struggles of Coming Out at Work for LGBTQ+ Workers
Tuesday 11th February
13.00-14.00, Ship Street Centre Lecture Theatre, Ship Street
Dr Raymond Trau, a former Visiting Fellow at Jesus College, talks about his research into workplace inclusion.
All welcome.
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Sophie-Grace Chappell – On being a transgender person in a cisgender world
Monday 17th February
17.00-18.00, Cheng Kar Shun Digital Hub, Market Street
In her extraordinary new book Trans Figured, renowned philosopher Sophie-Grace Chappell combines personal memoir, philosophical reflection, open letters, science fiction writing, and poetry to help us all figure out transgender. What is it really like to be transgender? How can we as a society do better to accept the reality of trans lives and to welcome and include trans adults, trans children, and trans families? How can trans people thrive in a cisgendered world?
For too long now, clouds of myth, misinformation, alarmism, and wrong-headed ideology have masked the reality of trans people’s lives. By answering questions like these, Sophie’s book blows away the clouds and gives us the truth instead. Join Sophie-Grace for a discussion on themes of the book. Refreshments from 4.30pm. All welcome.
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Samuel Woodward – The Body and Sexuality in Plato
Tuesday 25th February
13.00-14.00, Ship Street Centre Lecture Theatre, Ship Street
DPhil student Samuel Woodward talks about his research on Ancient Greek approaches towards homosexuality.
All welcome.
About LGBTQ+ History Month
LGBTQ+ History Month was launched by the charity Schools Out, following the repeal of Section 28 of the Local Government Act (1988). Section 28 had made it illegal for schools to “promote” homosexuality as a “pretended family relationship” and all but silenced any positive teaching about LGBTQ+ people in schools. LGBT+ History Month seeks to celebrate this hidden history, and has become a powerful opportunity to recognise LGBTQ+ voices and challenge cisheteronormative assumptions and narratives.
