Plymouth University Research Fellow Receives Plymouth Community Award

Wednesday 4th October marked Devon and Cornwall Police’s Plymouth Commander’s Annual Award Ceremony, where police officers, and members of the public, were recognised for acts of bravery and contributions to the community. One of these awards was made to Dr Alan Butler, Research Fellow with the Plymouth University History Department.  He was awarded the first… Continue reading Plymouth University Research Fellow Receives Plymouth Community Award

20th April 2017: Out of Order Film Screening

6pm, Jill Craigie Cinema, Roland Levinsky Building. Plymouth University Plymouth University in partnership with the University’s LGBT Forum will be showing the documentary Out of Order, followed by light refreshments and a Q&A session with Director/Producer Amanda Bluglass. Out of Order (2016) is a ground-breaking feature documentary directed by Plymouth University Associate Lecturer in Media… Continue reading 20th April 2017: Out of Order Film Screening

4 August 2017: “Queer Beyond London” event in Plymouth

Taking place at 2pm on Saturday 4th August is a Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery “Museum on Tour” event at The Council House, Armada Way, Plymouth PL1 2AA. Come and share your experiences of themes including family and kinship, migration and movement, activism and community building, and the uses of history. Queer Beyond London… Continue reading 4 August 2017: “Queer Beyond London” event in Plymouth

Plymouth LGBT dance film exhibited in Venice until 16 January 2017

Adam Whiting in Heaven is a Place (2014)

A film made by Plymouth University practitioner-researchers, Kayla Parker, Roberta Mock and Ruth Way, is currently screening for a month as part of the Out of Borders Venice International Experimental Art Festival. Heaven is a Place is a community dance film made in collaboration with the advocacy organisation, Pride in Plymouth. It was part of an EU-funded cultural project… Continue reading Plymouth LGBT dance film exhibited in Venice until 16 January 2017

Feature: “The Challenge of Connecting Communities”

BY ALAN BUTLER In retrospect, one of the more surprising things that characterised my PhD project was the need to continuously negotiate and renegotiate a variety roles, along with their associated labels. Some of these, I must admit, did not always automatically sit comfortably with me. My thesis, “Performing LGBT Pride in Plymouth, 1950 to 2012,” considered how… Continue reading Feature: “The Challenge of Connecting Communities”