Pride and Protest

Since its inception Pride has been a protest – a demonstration of solidarity and disobedience, in the face of injustice and oppression. 

The first ever Pride was a march, not a parade. It was called the Christopher Street Liberation March, and it marked a year since the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in New York. 

But as part of our panel discussion we want to discuss the role that protest has, can and should play in the LGBTQ+ movement in 2024, and what form should that protest take?

Followed by a drinks reception.

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Our panellists are:- 

Dr Rachell Sánchez-Rivera (they/them) is a Research Fellow in the Study of
Race and Anti-Racism in Gonville & Caius College and an Affiliate Lecturer in
Sociology at the University of Cambridge. In 2020, they were an ESRC
Postdoctoral Fellow in Sociology at Cambridge after they completed their
Ph.D. in Latin American Studies at the University of Cambridge. Their areas
of expertise are in the sociology of health and illness and historical
sociology with a focus on scientific racism, critical eugenics studies, and
reproductive justice in the Americas.

Dr Diarmuid Hester (he/him) is a radical cultural historian, activist, and
author of Nothing Ever Just Disappears: Seven Hidden Histories. He is the
co-founder and host of Club Urania, Cambridge's premier music and performance
night for queer people and their friends. He teaches at the Faculty of
English, University of Cambridge, and is a research associate of Emmanuel
College.

Syeda Ali (she/her) is a third year PhD researcher in the History Department
at the University of Cambridge, looking at the impact of Section 28 in
schools. With a background in education, she is currently working with a
theatre company to produce educational resources for a musical about Section
28.