This panel event took place on Wednesday 7th February 2024.
LGBT+ history is often neglected in mainstream academic study and curriculums, and this panel will spotlight leading experts in the field who have documented, researched and compiled LGBT+ stortes and experiences This is the second of our two day events in celebration of LGBT+ history month and will look at the work these activists and scholars have done in amplifying LGBT+ history and the need to study it.
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DR MOLLY MERRYMAN
Dr Molly Merryman is an associate professor in the Kent State University School of Peace and Conflict Studies and serves as research director for Queer Britain, the UNs first dedicated LGBTQ+ museum. She was involved in the establishment of the first LGBTQ+ Studies program in Ohio and also serves on the advisory board of the UK‘a Outing the Past conference.
DR JUSTIN BENGRY
Dr Justin Bengry is Director of the Centre for Queer History at Goldsmiths, University of London where he convene the world first MA in Queer History, he was lead researcher on Historic England's Pride of Place project, which mapped England's LGBTQ: heritage, and recently co elited Locaring Queer Mistories: Places and Traces Across the UK.
MARC THOMPSON
Marc Thompson, is co-director of The Love Tank, a not for profit organisation promoting the health and wellbeing of under-served communities. He has been involved with leading HIV activism for over 30 years, including co-founding PrePSTER, which works to educate and increase access to PrEP. He has recently curated the digital archive and podcast series Black and Gay, Back in the Day' documenting Black LGBT+ life in Britain since the 1970s.
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