Sunday, 28 October 2012

Shameless Plug: Poofs & Pop

POOFTERS, POP AND PANDEMICS
The first in a series of talks organised by the Lesbian & Gay Newsmedia Archive
Wednesday 28th November at the Bishopsgate Institute, London EC2.

Richard Smith: The Queen Is Dead: How Pop came out in the 80s (Then went back in again)
Richard is a freelance writer and author of Seduced and Abandoned: Essays on gay men and popular music.

Dr Lucy Robinson: Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me: Aids related charity singles in Thatcher's Britain
Lucy is Lecturer in Modern British History at the University of Sussex and author of Gay Men and the Left in Post-War Britain: How the personal got political.

Entry is free, but numbers are limited, so please book and secure your place: Stefan.Dickers@bishopsgate.org.uk  (0207 7392 9200). More details here.

Soft drinks and hard liquor will be available!

3 comments:

  1. i dig.
    will this be uploaded to youtube?

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    1. I'll ask about getting an audio recording done (trust me, you wouldn't want to watch a video).

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  2. thank you.
    break a leg luvvie!
    x

    p.s. trust me, richard, i would like to watch…just short of night vision goggles. possibly. ;p

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