Events archive

The Bookshop of Black Queer Diaspora: On the Contents of Rotimi Fani-Kayode’s Trunk

Tuesday 21 May from 15:00 until 17:00

University of Sussex Campus

Research talk


Hot Topics! A Reading and Discussion Group

Thursday 25 April from 17:30 until 19:30

University of Sussex Campus

A reading and discussion group dedicated to recent non-academic publications relevant to the SexDiss community.


Digital Masquerade: Feminist Rights and Queer Media in China

Wednesday 13 March from 17:00 until 19:00

University of Sussex Campus

Tan's talk focuses on her book, Digital Masquerade, which charts a new wave of feminist and queer media activism in post-millennial China.


Transforming Trans Representation at the V&A

Monday 4 December from 12:00 until 14:00

University of Sussex Campus

Transforming Trans Representation at the V&A


Hot Topics! A Reading and Discussion Group

Tuesday 14 November from 17:00 until 19:00

University of Sussex Campus

A reading and discussion group dedicated to recent non-academic publications relevant to the SexDiss community.


GORE Halloween Special: A Page of Madness

Friday 3 November from 17:00 until 21:00

University of Sussex Campus

Participants will watch a Page of Madness in advance, write a text in response, and read it as part of a live verbal soundtrack to our screening.


Psychoanalysis, Culture and Political Life

Wednesday 18 October from 16:00 until 18:00

University of Sussex Campus

This event will explore the connections between psychoanalysis, culture and political life across the twentieth century and into the present day.


Understanding South Asian queerness through a Decolonial Lens

Tuesday 30 May from 13:00 until 15:00

University of Sussex Campus

A presentation and discussion of queerness, colonialism, and caste oppression, geared toward hope for a collective challenge and change.


Working Class Queers: Book launch and conversation with Prof Yvette Taylor

Friday 26 May from 15:00 until 17:00

Brighton & Hove

A conversation and Q&A with Professor Yvette Taylor, author of Working-Class Queers: Time, Place and Politics (Pluto Press, 2023)


'Designing Queer & Trans Narratives' feat. Cat Fitzpatrick & Bishakh Som

Monday 22 May from 13:00 until 15:00

University of Sussex Campus

A workshop on how to plan, structure and revise queer and trans stories, before, during, and after the actual act of writing, drawing, or filming


Sex Diss Introduces: "Hot Topics"

Thursday 23 March from 17:00 until 19:00

University of Sussex Campus

Join SexDiss for the first session of an exciting new reading and discussion group, titled ‘Hot Topics!’


Centre for Study Of Sexual Dissidence "Away" Afternoon

Friday 11 November from 14:00 until 17:00

University of Sussex Campus

An opportunity to get to know people working in gender and sexuality studies and to consider how the Centre can support this research.


Teenage Dreams in the 21st Century

Wednesday 19 October from 17:00 until 19:00

University of Sussex Campus

Join us for a research talk on the recent history of reproductive rights, adolescent sexuality, and culture wars in the United States.


The Coast is Queer

Friday 7 October from 11:00 until 21:00

University of Sussex Campus

The Coast is Queer LGBTQ+ literature festival will take place at the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (ACCA) from 7 - 9 October.


Bowie Colloquium

Wednesday 27 April from 17:00 until 19:30

University of Sussex Campus

A melancholic special focusing on the songs of David Bowie.


H.D. & Bryher: An Untold Love Story of Modernism

Monday 29 November from 17:00 until 18:30

Online

Professor Susan McCabe will be speaking about her recently published book H.D. & Bryher: An Untold Love Story of Modernism


Several Hermias and Bright Black Blooms(bury)

Tuesday 9 November from 16:00 until 18:00

University of Sussex Campus

This will be a talk on literary archival vestiges, absences, Black Modernisms and Transfixions.


Dr Colby Gordon: "Samson, The Transgender Craze: Milton and the Legal Histories of Transphobia"

Wednesday 21 April from 17:00 until 18:30

Online

Gordon will approach Samson Agonistes as an investigation into the gendered dimensions of criminal mayhem and the state’s seizure of bodily capacities


Reality is Radical: Queer, Avant-Garde, and Utopian Gaming

Monday 8 March from 17:00 until 18:00

Online event

This event will explore the politics of contemporary games.


The Coast is Queer Online LGBTQ+ Literature Festival

Friday 5 February from 0:00 until 0:00

Online

The Coast is Queer Online LGBTQ+ Literature Festival is running online from Friday 5 - Sunday 7 February.