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16/08/2024

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16/08/2024

We can’t wait to see you in September 🫶 Please Dm us on Instagram to get access to our 24/25 freshers groupchat!

New committee just dropped 💞
16/08/2024

New committee just dropped 💞

Film night! At 6pm Friday 23rd February we will be watching Bottoms in Cornwallis Northwest Seminar room 8! Come along a...
20/02/2024

Film night!
At 6pm Friday 23rd February we will be watching Bottoms in Cornwallis Northwest Seminar room 8!
Come along and join us for this amazing q***r comedy!

Introducing: Dr. Sara Josephine Barker She/HerDr. Sara Josephine Baker, also known as Dr Jo, was born on the 15th of Nov...
15/02/2024

Introducing: Dr. Sara Josephine Barker
She/Her
Dr. Sara Josephine Baker, also known as Dr Jo, was born on the 15th of November 1873 in New York.

She significantly contributed to public health and child welfare in many ways throughout the US.

Dr Jo was openly gay and lived with her partner, Ida Wylie.

DrJo studied medicine and graduated in 1898. She was appointed medical inspector for the City Health Department in 1901 and became assistant to the Commissioner of Health in 1907.

Dr Jo aided in the apprehension of “Typhoid Mary” Mallon and developed a comprehensive approach to preventative health care for children.

She tested this new approach in the summer of 1908 in a slum district, which resulted in 1,200 less recorded cases of infant mortality by the end of the summer.

Dr Jo did this through teaching simple hygiene, ventilation, bathing, light clothing and breast feeding, as well as conducting follow-up visits.

Dr Jo became the Director of the Division of Child Hygiene in August 1908 - this was the first government agency in the world devoted to child health.

While she was director, Dr Jo evolved a broad programe which included strict examination and licensing of midwives, appointment of school nurses and doctors, compulsory use of silver nitrate drops in the eyes of newborns, inspection of school children for infectious diseases, and new methods of distributing information on health and hygiene among the poor.

Dr Jo created the “Little Mothers’ Leagues” which provided training to young girls who were required to care for young infants while their mothers were working.

As a result of Dr Jo’s work, the infant mortality rate in New York fell from 144 per 1,000 live births in 1908, to 88 in 1918 and 66 in 1923.

In 1917, Dr Jo became the first woman to receive a doctorate in public heath from the New York University-Bellevue Hospital Medical School.

Sources

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sara-Josephine-Baker

https://www.hra.nhs.uk/about-us/news-updates/lgbt-history-month-blog-medicine-underthescope/

Introducing: Alan L. HartAlan L. Hart (1890-1962) was an Oregon physician, researcher, and writer and one of the first f...
09/02/2024

Introducing: Alan L. Hart
Alan L. Hart (1890-1962) was an Oregon physician, researcher, and writer and one of the first female-to-male transgender persons to undergo a hysterectomy in the United States and live the remainder of his life as a man.
He pioneered the use of X-Ray photography in tuberculosis detection.
Dr. Hart was instrumental in developing tuberculosis screening programs at the time that TB was the largest disease killer in the US. Utilizing an X-Ray system Dr. Hart developed, doctors managed to cut the tuberculosis death toll down to one-fiftieth from previous levels.

Freddie Mercury was a British singer and songwriter, who achieved worldwide acclaim as the lead vocalist and pianist for...
07/02/2024

Freddie Mercury was a British singer and songwriter, who achieved worldwide acclaim as the lead vocalist and pianist for rock band ‘Queen’. He was born ‘Farrokh Bulsara, in Zanzibar to Indian immigrant parents. He later migrated to the UK where he would go on to join ‘Queen’ with Brian May, Roger Taylor, and later John Deacon.
Their albums ‘Sheer Heart Attack’ and
‘A Night at the Opera’ reached high positions on international charts.
Mercury was alive during a time when same-sex attraction was considered a mental illness, and LGBTQ+ individuals were not accepted. He never went public with his sexuality, though he openly dated both men and women.
Mercury experienced bi-erasure, where society at large attempted to force him into a narrow restrictive mold of either being gay or straight. However, towards the later portion of his life, Mercury would have a string of lovers, of both sexes, adding legitmacy to the rhetoric that he was bisexual.
He was a skilled and talented performer and opted to wear flamboyant costumes on stage, pushing against the prevalent heteronormative perception of masculinity.
He often donned outfits that defied societal and gender norms such as leotards, tight leather, and PVC attire that was reminiscent of a biker image that was popular among gay nightclub go-oers.
Queen put on one of its best live performances at the Live Aid charity concert in 1985, which raised millions of dollars for the famine in Ethiopia. Mercury displayed his incredible vocal range, multi-instrument playing, and engaging stage presence. The band played the closing songs of ‘ We Are the Champions’ and ‘We Will Rock You’.
In 1981, the AIDS epidemic began, and with it, increased levels of homophobia and bigotry. Getting a diagnosis of HIV was essentially an admission that the person was a homosexual.
Mercury was diagnosed with HIV and kept it a secret for many years from the public, till 1991, when he released a statement confirming his diagnosis 24 hours before his death.
He died at age 45.

Introducing: Alan TuringAlan Turing, a brilliant mathematician and computer scientist, is not only celebrated for his gr...
05/02/2024

Introducing: Alan Turing

Alan Turing, a brilliant mathematician and computer scientist, is not only celebrated for his ground-breaking work in breaking the Enigma code during World War II but also for his enduring legacy as an LGBTQ icon. Born in 1912, Turing was a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence and laid the foundation for modern computing.

Turing's contributions to the war effort were invaluable, but his personal life faced persecution due to his homosexuality. In the early 1950s, he was convicted of "gross indecency" under discriminatory laws criminalizing same-sex relationships. The conviction led to his tragic death by su***de in 1954.

In 2013, Turing received a posthumous royal pardon, acknowledging the injustice he endured. His story sparked a global conversation on LGBTQ rights and led to the UK's Turing Law, which posthumously pardoned thousands convicted under outdated laws. Turing's courage, intellect, and resilience continue to inspire and symbolize the ongoing fight for LGBTQ equality worldwide.

For our next weekly Friday event, we'll be doing some Valentine's Crafts on the 9th of February at 6-8pm! It'll be in Co...
04/02/2024

For our next weekly Friday event, we'll be doing some Valentine's Crafts on the 9th of February at 6-8pm! It'll be in Cornwallis North Seminar Room 6 this week. We will be providing crafting materials, but if you have anything you specifically want to bring to make crafts with - feel free to bring it! We hope to see you there!

Introducing: Marsha P. Johnson Marsha was born on August 24th, 1945, in New Jersy. She was assigned male at birth and wa...
04/02/2024

Introducing: Marsha P. Johnson

Marsha was born on August 24th, 1945, in New Jersy. She was assigned male at birth and was a proud Trans woman, drag queen and activist.
The P in her name stood for “Pay It No Mind” which was her motto.

Marsha was on the front line of the Stonewall Riots, she stood up to the police and resisted arrest. After stonewall she quickly became involved in the gay rights movement campaigning for equal rights for the LGBTQ+ community as well as the Trans community.

Marsha worked with her friend, and fellow Trans woman, Sylvia Rivera to create STAR (Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries) in 1970, which was an organisation that was dedicated to sheltering young Trans individuals who were shunned by their families.

She was a kind, joyous lady who was always seen smiling despite the hardships she went through.

Marsh was diagnosed with HIV in 1990 and was public with her diagnosis, telling people in an interview not to be afraid of those with the disease.

Marsha passed away on July 6th, 1992, aged 46.

Sources

https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/marsha-p-johnson
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marsha-P-Johnson

For LGBT Month this year, the committee is sharing the lives and stories of important q***r icons from the past and pres...
03/02/2024

For LGBT Month this year, the committee is sharing the lives and stories of important q***r icons from the past and present.
Introducing: Lili Elbe (1882-1931)
Lili Ilse Elvenes, better known as Lili Elbe, was a Danish painter, transgender woman, and among the early recipients of gender-affirming surgery.
A film inspired by her life, The Danish Girl, was released in 2015.
She was the first known recipient of a uterus transplant in an attempt to achieve pregnancy but died due to the subsequent complications.

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