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BRADFORD DISTRICT LGBTQ+ HISTORY MONTH 2021 #lgbthistorymonth #Bradford2025
Welcome
Our community has never had it easy and
the rights we enjoy today have been gained
through struggle, protest and an unrelenting
determination to say we do matter, we do Rainbow
have a voice and we can make a positive
impact on the world. Covid has presented
Conversations
us with many challenges as a society and
the isolation experienced by members of the Richard Dunbar will speak to members
LGBTQ+ community is why we were keen to of the LGBTQ+ Community and allies
ensure this programme of events is not only to share their own stories of struggle
entertaining but also clearly points towards and celebration, who it is from the
the places where people can get support. history of the movement that inspires
them and what they think should
Hello everyone, One thing I know about our community and
happen to achieve true inclusion.
It is a great pleasure to welcome you to this the Bradford District is that we are extremely
exciting and engaging programme of events creative, resilient, radical and compassionate.
Whilst we can’t meet in person these events These are public events. Please follow
as we mark LGBTQ+ History Month across
are about bringing people together, providing Richard on Instagram (richard_dunbar) in
Bradford district.
some much needed entertainment and giving order to take part. A full programme of guests
The events you will see listed represent you some hope about the type of district we will be published on Richard’s Instagram on
contributions from a wide range of individuals want to create. Friday 29th January.
and organisations who work hard all year
round to not only inform the wider public In Solidarity
about our history but who do everything Cllr Richard Dunbar @bradfordmdc
possible all year round to ensure the places
LGBTQ+ Champion
we live, work and play are as open, inclusive @bradfordmdc
and accepting as possible.
@bradfordmdc
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BRADFORD
A city of culture
Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture bid is
proud to support this year’s LGBTQ+ While we can’t meet in person this
History Month. Bradford has a legacy of LGBTQ+ History Month , it is more
communities coming together to fight for important than ever that we connect,
equality – and our LGBTQ+ history is share and learn together. LGBTQ+
an important part of that story. A chance History Month is about community,
to come together, learn something new, looking back to look forwards and
demand change or let your hair down, challenging the status quo. If you ask
we look forward to highlighting and us, film is a great way to do all three.
celebrating the breadth of LGBTQ+ Join us throughout the month on twitter
culture in Bradford and beyond. and our website for recommendations,
watch-a-longs and a look at the history
Rick Shaw
Images ©Karol Wyszynski
of LGBTQ+ storytelling through film and
Bradford 2025 Bid Director
television.
www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk
@MediaMuseum
For more information on how you can get involved
and having your say on Bradford’s bid please go
to bradford2025.co.uk or search Bradford2025 on
Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
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Support
Bradford Equity Partnership works
to develop the LGBTQ+ community
by supporting social groups in our
At Staying Put, we help all victims and community centre, providing training and
Community Action Bradford & District survivors of domestic abuse and sexual taking on projects specific to the LGBTQ+
is an infrastructure charity which exists violence, regardless of your gender community of Bradford and District. Visit
to make a positive change to local identity or sexual orientation. www.equitypartnership.org.uk/ for
communities. more information.
Relationships shouldn’t hurt, if yours
Download their free Bradford District does, contact us to find out how we can
Covid Support Booklet at help you.
www.cabad.org.uk/self-care-booklet
You can call us on 0808 2800 999,
Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 4.30pm (we
are closed at 1pm for half an hour each
day).
If you would prefer to use webchat,
visit our website - stayingput.uk.net -
between 5pm-8pm weekdays, or from
11am-2pm weekends.
We’re here to let all lesbian, gay, bi Yorkshire MESMAC is one of the oldest
and trans people, here and abroad, and largest sexual health organisations in
know they’re not alone. We believe the country. We offer services to various
we’re stronger united, so we partner communities across Yorkshire, including
with organisations that help us create men who have sex with men, people
real change for the better. We’re here of colour and other marginalised races,
to support those who can’t yet be people misusing drugs, sex workers and
themselves. LGBT+ young people and adults.
Find out more at www.stonewall.org.uk Find out more at www.mesmac.org.uk
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Ongoing throughout Youth Service Release Date –
the month . . . Bradford Council’s Youth Service are hosting
over 100 separate events alone. If you are
Beyond Shadows
A visually stunning short dance film celebrating
13-19 and want to know more please contact Bradford’s LGBTQ+ communities and allies,
the following Youth Workers. showing the vibrancy that shines through us all.
Throughout the month on BradfordSouth: Supported by Bradford LiT and Kala Sangam.
tracey.gill@bradford.gov.uk Free and no booking required. Visit
BCB Radio Sew Keighley Pride BradfordWest: www.vincevirr.com to find out more.
Join us on BCB for a sewing workshop with very nicole.stott@bradford.gov.uk
special guests Marigold Adams, Lady Bushra BradfordEast: 2:45pm - 4:15pm
and Gerry Bell, to talk all things drag and make norrina.rashid@bradford.gov.uk
their patches for Sew Keighley Pride. Love is Love: Lesflicks
Shipley:
For more information email carys.bose@bradford.gov.uk
LBGTHM Film Festival – Watch
sophie@iclseducation.org Keighley: Party: ‘Mind & Body’ Cert. 18.
helen.johnson-renshaw@bradford.gov.uk Join us for a fantastic LGBT History Month
Every Thursday (except programme aimed at increasing the knowledge
18th February) 6pm - 8pm of, and access to lesbian and bisexual film
organised by Lesflicks.
LGBTQ+ Group Monday 1 February Free and hosted on MS Teams. Email
A new LBGTQ+ group in Shipley for young
l.kaur@bradfordcollege.ac.uk to book your
people. The group will be free, fun, supportive
place.
and informative and focused on developing the
ideas of its members. 11am 4pm - 5:30pm
For more information email LGBTQ+ History Month University of Bradford LGBTQ+
debra.peters@bradford.gov.uk
Virtual Flag Raising Ceremony History Month Opening Event
LGBTQ+ History Month gets underway for The University of Bradford, University of
Bradford College – Bradford District with the traditional flagraising. Bradford Union of Students (UBU) and the
film screenings This year, the ceremony will be virtual and will LGBTQ+ Staff Network invite you to the
Bradford College will be hosting a number of be available to watch on Bradford Council’s opening of LGBTQ+ History Month at the
student-only film events as part of LGBTQ+ social media channels. University of Bradford.
History month. Visit Free and available to watch on Bradford Council Free and hosted on Zoom. Visit
www.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/our-events/ social media. www.bradford.ac.uk/events/ for more
information.
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working in Higher Education as an LGBT+
Sunday 7 February Tuesday 9 February person? Come and listen to our panel and find
out!
Free and hosted on Zoom. Visit
www.bradford.ac.uk/events for further
From 3pm (drop in) 12noon - 1pm information.
Music Video Party Section 28 Then and Now
Join us for a Sunday afternoon listening
party where we journey through a playlist of
2021 marks 18 years since Section 28 was
repealed. This event is an overview of what Friday 12 February
contemporary music videos exploring queer Section 28 was, the political environment when it
expression and sparking queer joy. was introduced and its relevance in 2021.
Free and streamved via Watch2Gether. Free and hosted on Zoom visit
There is no need to sign up for an account, just www.bradford.ac.uk/events for further 9:30am - 12noon
follow the link: information. Love is Love: Transgender
https://w2g.tv/v55y4v9aimymlt4szh Awareness
Wednesday 10 February Transgender awareness training for staff and HE
students by Saorsa Tweedale (DWP National
Equality Ambassador).
Monday 8 February Free and hosted on MS Teams. Email
2pm - 3pm l.kaur@bradfordcollege.ac.uk to book your
Love is Love: LGBT+ Stars: Ed Firth place.
– Artist and Author
2:45pm - 4:15pm 12noon - 1pm
An audience with East London-based artist and
Love is Love: Lesflicks author Ed Firth. When is a Bisexual not a
LBGTHM Film Festival – Watch Free and hosted on MS Teams. Email Bisexual?” (never!)
Party: ‘Body & Soul’ Cert. 18. a.din2@bradfordcollege.ac.uk to book your Ever wondered what it is like to be bisexual?
place. There are many misconceptions about bisexual
Join us for a fantastic LGBT History Month
people, who are not always visible in society.
programme aimed at increasing the knowledge of, 5pm - 6pm Hear from three bisexual people talking about
and access to lesbian and bisexual film organised
by Lesflicks. LGBTQ+ Leadership in Higher their experiences.
Education Free and hosted on Zoom. Visit
Free and hosted on MS Teams. Email
LGBTQ+ leaders are rare in all sectors and www.bradford.ac.uk/events for further
l.kaur@bradfordcollege.ac.uk to book your place.
universities are not an exception. What’s it like information
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experiences faced by LGBT+ communities, and 6:30pm
Friday 12 February how to best deliver inclusive and safe services
Peace OUT Show + Tell from
for LGBT+ people in Bradford.
Free and hosted on Zoom. Book online at :
The Peace Museum
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lgbtawareness- Join us for a casual show and tell event sharing
7pm - 8pm tickets-137489407519 the stories of items from The Peace Museum’s
LGBTQ+ Representation on stage, LGBTQ+ collection alongside objects the people
screen and radio Tuesday 16 February of Bradford have brought to share.
Free and hosted on Zoom. Visit
This event will look at the history of LGBTQ+ www.peacemuseum.org.uk/events for further
representation on stage, screen and radio. information.
Panelists include television, film and theatre
Director Dominic Leclerc (Shameless, Skins, 12noon - 1pm 5-7pm
The Syndicate, Silent Witness), Writer Caroline Spirituality and Faith Creative Workshop by LGBTQ+
Mitchell (Emmerdale) and others to be announced. Faith is an important part of many LGBT people’s Youth
Free and hosted on Zoom. Further details to be lives. This 1 hour panel talks to LGBT+ people of
The LGBTQ+ Youth invite you to share in their
announced on Bradford Council social media. faith to explore how they have navigated the two
Stories, Talents, Artistic Expression and their
intersectionalities that, to many, seem at odds.
inspirations!
Monday 15 February Free and hosted on Zoom. Find out more at
www.bradford.ac.uk/events
Email: joseph.taylor@bradford.gov.uk to book
a place.
10am - 11am
Wednesday 17 February Thursday 18 February
Stretch, Burst, Swirl!
A fun and inclusive creative physical workshop
celebrating you! Join by yourself or with the 3pm - 4:30pm 10am
whole family. Yorkshire MESMAC Mind, Body and Soul – LGBTQ
Free and hosted on Zoom. Email Intergenerational Event History Month
hello@vincevirr.com to book your place. A space for all generations of LGBT+ people
Mind, Body and Soul – learn about the history
to come together in joy and learning of how far
2pm - 4pm of LGBTQ+, how this compliments Bradford’s
we’ve come and where we’ve still to go.
diverse culture and about the support and
Yorkshire MESMAC LGBT+ Free and hosted on Zoom. Book your place: resources available.
Awareness Training https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/
Free and hosted on Webex. Email
A training session covering up-to-date anintergenerational-event-for-all-lgbtpeople- lindsay.harmasch@bradford.gov.uk to
terminology within the LGBT+ community, in-bradford-tickets-137493309189 book your place.
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5pm - 6:30pm
Friday 19 February Perspectives: Expanding our Wednesday 24 February
bubbles on pre-colonial queer
identities
7pm - 8:30pm Q&A with Bradford born dancer Vince Virr 1pm - 2pm
Poems, plays and politics: queer and Maputo born theatre maker Yuk Miranda, Trans 101: Myth Busting and
exploring preserved pre-colonial queer identities
lives in the ancient world in traditional songs from Mozambique through Boundary Making
Discover how the politics of passion and power Tramways Remote Residency Program (Glasgow). This session discusses myths and
were played out in the realms of literature Free and hosted on Zoom. To register, email misinformation about trans, non-binary and
and performance, and how scholarship hello@vincevirr.com queer bodies, barriers to healthcare and being a
and interpretation have influenced how we better ally.
understand these relationships today. Free and hosted on Zoom. Visit
£8 and hosted on an online platform. Tuesday 23 February www.bradford.ac.uk/events for further
Book at www.museumoflondon.org.uk information.
6:30pm
10am - 12noon Bradford Queer Book Club
Monday 22 February Our LGBTQ+ Diversity Advantage Save the date for the first of many Bradford
Queer Book Club meetups on 24 February at
Join us to hear more about the diverse LGBTQ+
community of Bradford and discuss the advantages 6.30pm via Zoom. For updates and information
of our shared history and future together. join the mailing list here . All welcome! Register
3pm - 4pm Free and hosted on Zoom. at https://cutt.ly/gj69mrC
A short history of HIV within Meeting ID : 831 5552 1922
Passcode: 570097 7:30pm - 9pm
the LGBTQ+ Community Front Room Poetry
A look at how the HIV pandemic hit LGBT+ 1pm - 2pm An evening of spoken word poetry live from yer
communities and how we rallied together to Love is Love: Peter Tatchell – living room. This month we will be platforming
improve the lives of those affected by HIV. LGBTQ+ open micers alongside an exciting
LGBTQ+ Rights
Free and hosted on Zoom. Register at headliner.
LGBT+ Rights by Peter Tatchell, British human
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a- Free and hosted on Zoom. Find out more
rights campaigner, best known for his work with
shorthistory-of-hiv-within-the-lgbt- information at www.bdproducinghub.co.uk
LGBT social movements.
communitytickets-137491760557
Free and hosted on MS Teams. To book your place Event listings for Wednesday 24 February continues
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Wednesday 24 Fe bruary Friday 26 February Saturday 27 February
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7pm All day event
7:30pm Going Outside: a short play by Bradford Pride LGBT History
MIZKAST Young People’s Leon Fleming. In association with Month Big Closing Party
LGBTQ+ Theatre Group TheMill.TV Bradford Pride invites you to an evening
Film Screening of JOSH’S STORY, a 3 minute He’s been followed. He’s trapped in a flat with of special performances from the stars of
film created by the MIZKAST Young People’s someone he doesn’t know. His options are Bradford’s LGBTQ+ scene to mark the rich
LGBTQ+ Theatre Group. Including a Q&A limited. Going Outside tackles the issue of history of LGBTQ+ entertainment in Bradford.
session after the film. sexuality in the spotlight. Keep an eye out on social media for further
Free and hosted on Zoom. To book your place Pay as you feel. Streamed on TheMill.TV portal details. facebook.com/Bradford-Pride
email rebecca@voidarts.net and Facebook. More details to be announced
soon.
Sunday 28 February
Thursday 25 February Free and hosted on Zoom.
Meeting ID : 831 5552 1922
Passcode: 570097
5pm - 6pm
4pm - 5pm 7:30pm - 10pm Richard Dunbar in conversation
Hate Crime Reporting, why Funnies At Fringe – LGBTQ+ with Miriam Margolyes
report…!! History Month Special Richard Dunbar will speak with the popular and
The importance of Hate Crime Reporting. We are excited to bring you an amazing lineup critically acclaimed actress Miriam Margolyes
Hear from Bradford Hate Crime Alliance of talented LGBTQ+ comedians from across about her early life, career and views on issues
and its partners about their work and the the UK, directly to your homes. Hosted by affecting the world today. This is sure to be an
importance of hate crime reporting. Friz Frizzle Awardwinning Songruiner and entertaining closing event for LGBTQ+ History
comedian. Month in Bradford and one where anything could
Free and hosted on Zoom.
happen!
Meeting ID 895 1431 8832 £3.50 Visit www.bradfordfringe.co.uk for
Passcode 768317 more information. Free and hosted on Zoom. Link to Zoom will be
announced on Bradford Council social media
accounts.
Event listings for Sunday 28 February continues
on next page
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continued Celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month on bcb radio
Tune in to Bradford’s community radio station, BCB 106.6fm and online on
bcbradio.co.uk/player, for a unique range of distinctly Bradford programmes, interviews
and features celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month. Email hello@bcbradio.co.uk or call
BCB 106.6fm
7pm bcbradio.co.uk/player 01274 771677 to get involved!
Bradford Pride Jukebox Bingo
DAILY INTERVIEWS AND FEATURES
Join Bradford Pride for a fabulous evening of
everybody’s favourite: Jukebox Bingo! MONDAY-FRIDAY One-To-One with Carole Moss and guests:
Keep an eye out on social media for further About Bradford 11.30am Thursday 4th February 12-1pm
details. facebook.com/Bradford-Pride Friday 5th February 9-10am
Bradford & Beyond at 1.30pm & 5.30pm
Sunday 7th February 5-6pm
Thursday 11th February 12-1pm
LGBTQ+ History Month Showcase
Friday 12th February 9-10am
with Richard Dunbar and guests:
Sunday 14th February 5-6pm
Saturday 30th January 4-5pm Thursday 18th February 12-1pm
Sunday 31st January 12-1pm Friday 19th February 9-10am
Mon 1st February 4-5pm Sunday 21st February 5-6pm
Thursday 25th February 12-1pm
The Equity Show with Michael Friday 26th February 9-10am
Swires, Al Castle & Andy Suthers Sunday 28th Feb 5-6pm
and guests on:
Sunday 31st January 1-2pm I Am No Bird: Queering The Brontes
Monday 1st February 1-2pm Presented by Rosie Freeman
Thursday 4th February 9-10am Sunday 21st February 1-2pm
Sunday 14th February 1-2pm Monday 22nd February 12-1pm
Mon 15th February 12-1pm Thursday 25th February 9-10am
Thursday 18th February 9-10am
Sunday 28th February 1-2pm Sun Free2BMe with Wendy Lewis and
Monday 1st March 12-1pm guests:
Thursday 4th March 9-10am Tuesday 23 February 6-6.30pm
Saturday 28th February 12.30-1pm
10THANK YOU
All the staff and Queens from ICLS Education
The Sun Inn & Candy Nightclub Jack Lynch
BCB Radio Jason Courcoux
Bishop of Bradford - Kala Sangam
Toby Howarth
Leon Fleming
Bradford 2025
Louis Eloi
Bradford College
Mel Pickup - CEO BTHFT
Bradford Equity Partnership
Mika Rowe
Bradford For Everyone
National Science and Media
Bradford Literature Festival Museum
Bradford Fringe Staying Put
Bradford Hate Crime Alliance The Brick Box
Bradford Peace Museum The Leap
Bradford Pride University of Bradford
Bradford Producing Hub Void Arts
Bradford Youth Service West Yorkshire Police
Equality Together Yorkshire MESMAC
Felicia Lumpz
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