| Saturday 1 July 2006: Central London |
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Join GALHA members at Marble Arch for the EuroPride Parade and afterwards at the GALHA stall in Trafalgar Square. |
| Sunday 11 June 2006: Islington and Conway Hall, London |
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A Joe Orton walk through Islington, to be followed by a showing of Prick Up Your Ears at Conway Hall. Join us for an easy-going walking tour in North London, where we’ll be taken from present-day Islington back to the 1960s, when it was home to playwright Joe Orton. Our guide is local celebrity Peter Powell, who knew Joe and met him just days before his tragic death. We will then head to Conway Hall, to watch Prick Up Your Ears and enjoy a glass of wine. Peter Powell will be on hand after the film to answer any questions about Joe Orton and his life. Advance booking is essential (£5.00 per person; £4.00 concessions). Please contact the event organiser, Keith Angus, at Keith.Angus@galha.org for booking details and information on where and when to meet. |
| Wednesday 24 to Sunday 28 May 2006: Moscow, Russia |
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Join GALHA members at the International IDAHO Conference and the first Moscow LGBT Festival. |
| Friday 19 May 2006, 7.30pm: Conway Hall |
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 Houzan Mahmoud A panel discussion on what the war in Iraq has meant for women, gays and secularists. Speakers include:
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| Wednesday 17 May 2006, 12.00 noon to 2.00pm: 2 Marsham Street, London SW1 |
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On the second International Day Against Homophobia, LGBT people protest outside the Home Office to highlight the plight of LGBT asylum-seekers who have fled homophobic persecution in countries like Pakistan, Uganda, Sudan, Jamaica, Iran, Belarus, Algeria, Iraq, Nigeria and Egypt. The Home Office is being called to account for five failings:
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| Friday 7 April 2006, 6.00pm: Amnesty International Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA (see map) |
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The UK Launch Meeting for the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO 2006), featuring:
For further information on this meeting, which is organised by GALHA, visit the IDAHO UK website. |
| March 2006: London |
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A GALHA event tying in with the 20th London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (29 March to 12 April 2006). (Cancelled.) |
| February 2006: United Kingdom |
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LGBT History Month, featuring a wide range of activities around the UK. |
| Friday 17 February 2006, 7.30pm: Conway Hall |
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Darwin’s Dream – a DVD preview of a sparkling new piece of multimedia music/theatre written by conductor-composer Graham Treacher, giving a revitalised slant to Charles Darwin’s life and his theory of evolution by natural selection. Darwin’s Dream charts the history of the world from the Big Bang to the present day through Darwin’s science, ideas and dreams. The work features opera singers, a chamber ensemble, and a cast of over 100 children. The London premiere is due to be performed at the Royal Albert Hall in Spring 2006. Our preview is a Darwin Day event jointly sponsored by GALHA and the South Place Ethical Society. Members of the musical work will be on hand to answer questions. Admission is free but donations are welcome. |
| Monday 13 February 2006, 6.30pm: Darwin Lecture Theatre, Darwin Building, UCL, Gower Street, London |
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Psychologist and broadcaster Dr Susan Blackmore gives the British Humanist Association’s Darwin Day Lecture for 2006: “Darwin’s meme: or the origin of culture by means of natural selection”. Chaired by Professor Richard Dawkins. Tickets: £5 (£3 for BHA members). Book by phone (020 7079 3580) or e-mail. |
| 1.00 pm, Saturday 12 November 2005: Chez Gerard Restaurant, 9 Belvedere Road, South Bank, London SE1 8YL |
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GALHA Annual Reunion Lunch. Guest speaker: Dr Evan Harris MP, Member of Parliament for Oxford West and Abingdon and one of GALHA’s vice-presidents. The lunch will be held at 1.00 pm on Saturday 12 November in Chez Gerard’s stylish private function room with a view of the London Eye wheel. It will be a full three course meal with waiter service and includes French baguette, Poilane bread and marinated olives before the starter, and coffee after the dessert. The cost is £23.00 per person. We will gather for drinks and chat beforehand at the cafe-bar at the National Film Theatre on the South Bank, from 12 noon. The bar is under Waterloo Bridge, overlooking the river Thames, and is around two minutes’ walk from the restaurant. Advance booking is essential. For bookings, please contact Lee Stacy (e-mail Lee.Stacy@galha.org). |
| Friday 7 October 2005, 7.30pm: Conway Hall |
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Homophobia in Eastern Europe. A talk by Bill Schiller, co-founder of the International Lesbian and Gay Cultural Network, based on his extensive involvement in campaigns for lesbian and gay rights in the region. Why are churches encouraging their followers to break up gay rights demonstrations in countries such as Latvia? How can the gay rights movement be built in the face of such hostility? The meeting is part of the Belarus Moonbow in Exile festival (see below). |
| Friday 7 to Sunday 9 October 2005: Soho Community Safety Office, 24 Peter Street, London W1 |
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Belarus Moonbow in Exile. A free public festival with writers, artists, documentary filmmakers, singers and poets, organised by the International Lesbian and Gay Cultural Network (ILGCN). Ian Stewart, ILGCN’s Secretary General for Literature, explains: “Hard-pressed lesbians and gay men in the former Soviet Republic of Belarus have asked us to hold a ‘Cultural Festival in Exile’ for them. Homosexual citizens of Belarus dream of the day when they’ll be able to hold their own public celebrations of lesbian and gay culture without armed militia storming their meetings, participants from abroad being turned back at the border, and death threats to organisers.” Activities from 11.00am to 3.00pm each day (11.00am to 6.00pm on Saturday), with follow-on events in different locations. The full schedule is available on the ILGCN website. |
| Friday 2 to Monday 5 September 2005: Chester |
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This year’s GALHA Annual Residential Weekend Gathering takes place at the Dene Hotel in the historic walled city of Chester. The hotel is close to the railway station, has ample free parking, and is within walking distance of the city centre. All members of GALHA and their friends are welcome. For further details and a booking form, please contact George Broadhead (e-mail secretary@galha.org). |
