03/02/2021
The University of Wolverhampton is celebrating LGBT History Month this February with a series of free online talks exploring emerging gender and sexual identities in popular culture.
LGBT History Month is an annual month-long observance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history, and the history of the gay rights and related civil rights movements.
The talks have been organised by the Faculty of Arts, Business and Social Sciences at the University.
Claire Buckerfield, Faculty Public Engagement Co-ordinator at the University, said: “LGBT+ History Month is a chance to look back at LGBT+ History as well as raising awareness of issues, events and concerns that face the LGBT+ community today.
The University of Wolverhampton is presenting a series of Friday afternoon Zoom panels featuring musical theatre performers and writers as part of LGBT History Month. The panels will be hosted by Dr James Lovelock, who is currently writing a book on LGBTQ characters and queer representation in contemporary musical theatre. On Friday 5th February at 4pm, James will be joined by Layton Williams (Everybody s Talking About Jamie), Alex Thomas-Smith (Bat Out Of Hell) and WIll Wilhelm (Oklahoma!) to talk about their different approaches to playing Angel in Rent.
Then on Friday 12th February at 4pm, Callum Heinrich (Mamma Mia), Arun Blair-Mangat (& Juliet) and Beth Hinton-Lever (Peter Pan) make up the panel to explore bisexual representation in the theatre and beyond. Finally, on Friday 19th February at 4pm, there will be a Queer Writing Panel with Finn Anderson (Islander), Tania Azevedo (Deptford Wives) and Laura Schein (Emojiland). The panels are supported by the University of Wolverham