It being LGBT History Month, I have a pile of public engagements. Most of you won’t be able to get to them, but I’m listing them here just in case, and because it will explain why I’ll be so busy.
- Wed. 3rd: Women’s Outlook on Ujima, hosted by me and featuring the fab Bea Hitchman on lesbians in fiction
- Sat. 6th: London’s LGBT History Festival at the V&A. I’m on at 14:25 in Seminar Room 3, talking about Michael Dillon
- Wed. 17th: Women’s Outlook on Ujima, hosted by me and featuring Stuart Milk
- Fri. 19th: The Civic Launch of Bristol’s LGBT History Festival, which I am introducing
- Sat. 20th: Day one of Bristol’s LGBT History Festival – I’m not actually speaking at this but I am sort of in charge of the whole darn thing
- Sun 21st: Day two of Bristol’s LGBT History Festival, including a reprise of my Michael Dillon talk, 15:00 in Studio One
- Mon. 22nd: BristolCon Fringe – how did that get in there?
- Sat. 27th: Manchester’s LGBT History Festival, again with the Michael Dillon talk, 15:45 in the Archive
- Sat. 27th: Also the LGBT History Academic Conference, in which I am giving a paper on trans people in ancient Mesopotamia and Rome
That, of course, does not include the three training courses I am doing for different NHS organizations (in Minehead, Bristol and Exeter), the events in London and Manchester I’m attending but not speaking at, and the whole week of looking after Stuart Milk in Bristol. With any luck, I’ll get to meet Susan Stryker, Tom Robinson and Juno Dawson. If I am really lucky I might get to say hello to Gandalf.