50 Years of Pride: In Conversation with Dan Glass and Sergey Khazov-Cassia
Event
The second of the Hall’s ‘in conversation’ series, Dan Glass, Gay Liberation Front activist and author chats to award-winning Russian journalist and writer Sergey Khazov-Cassia. This event is hosted by the Principal of St Edmund Hall, Professor Katherine J. Willis.
About the Speakers
Dan Glass is a Gay Liberation Front activist and has been recognised as Attitude Magazine’s ‘campaigning role models for LGBTQI youth’, a Guardian ‘UK youth climate leader’, 2017 ‘Activist of the Year’ with the ‘Sexual Freedom Awards’ and was announced a ‘BBC Greater Londoner’ in 2019 for founding ‘Queer Tours of London – A Mince Through Time’. An intersectional campaigner, author and performer, Dan’s work spans across climate justice and human rights to sex-positivity and healthcare. From holding ‘HIV anti-stigma classes’ as part of the Beyond UKIP Cabaret he put on in Nigel Farage’s local pub, to the publication of his book United Queerdom: From the Legends of the Gay Liberation Front to the Queers of Tomorrow (2020), Dan is a formidable and visionary pillar of the British LGBTQIA+ community.
Sergey Khazov-Cassia is an award-winning Russian journalist and writer living in Moscow and working for Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Sergey has written and produced a series of articles and documentaries on LGBT+ and human rights. He is also the author of two novels A Different Childhood (2014) and The Gospel according to (2016), which reflect on the life and struggles of a gay person in both the Soviet Union and modern Russia.
Location
This event is held in Doctorow Hall and online on YouTube
Registration
You must register in order to receive the Zoom joining link by 17:00 on the day before the talk.
Please note that this lecture will be recorded and published on St Edmund Hall’s digital and print communication platforms where appropriate.