Running order
7.00pm - welcome from producer Sarah Nicol (including how people can listen to the book) and author dan glass
7.15pm - A tribute to Andrew Lumsden (one of the key contributors in the book) - who passed away in 2023 as we listen to his recordings. See Guardian obituary -Journalist and leading gay rights campaigner who helped set up Gay News and the first Pride march in 197
7.30pm - Readings from three key contributors to the book.
8pm - Sharing from activists looking at key issues facing our community today (and since United Queerdom came out in 2020).
8.30pm - Drinks, snacks and mingling!
‘UNITED QUEERDOM - From the Legends of the Gay Liberation Front to the Queers of Tomorrow’’ Testimonials
'Born to riot! If you want to illuminate the world without fossil fuels, send for Dan Glass.’ Andrew Lumsden, founding activist with the ‘Gay Liberation Front’
‘A joy ride, albeit a very serious one.' David William Foster, Arizona State University
‘A fascinating and inspiring tour through queer activism and beyond.’ Meg-John Barker, author of Queer: A Graphic History
‘Testimony of an extraordinary history that is recognizable, obscured, and deeply moving.' Tim Dean, author of Unlimited Intimacy: Reflections on the Subculture of Barebacking
‘A road map for the ongoing evolution of queer activism and organising.' Ricky Varghese, author of Raw
‘United Queerdom is a thing of beauty. Dan Glass has penned a memoir that pulsates with existential rage, solidarity, and tactical hope.’Amin Ghaziani, University of British Columbia
United Queerdom Audiobook producer
Sarah Nicol is an audio producer and sound recordist who has been working within the audio industry for over twenty years. Starting out in Student Radio in New Zealand, Sarah moved into live music and then television, working at Māori Television, MTV, Channel 4 and the London Olympics. In 2013 Sarah became General Manager of Resonance FM, a Community Arts Radio Station in London.
Sarah is currently freelancing as a Studio Manager at the BBC and Monocle Radio and editing Museum of Homelessness’s Deep Dive podcast.
United Queerdom - author -
Dan Glass is an ‘Aids Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) healthcare and human rights activist, educator, performer and film presenter recognised as 'Activist of the Year,' ‘campaigning role model’ and 'BBC Greater Londoner' for founding ‘Queer Tours of London - A Mince Through Time’. His book(s) ‘United Queerdom’ won Observer book of the week and is now touring ‘Queer Footprints’. Dedicating his life to transformational leadership influenced by his Grandparents stories surviving the Nazi Holocaust, Dan is now on the international committee of Training for Transformation, the Beautiful Trouble art-ivist network and an artist with ‘In Place of War’, catalysing empowerment programmes in Uganda, Poland and beyond. Dan recently founded Queer/Trans Muay Thai & Self Defence movement Bender Defenders. Dan recently presented ‘Never Again - Fighting the Polish far-right’, Censoring Palestine: The Weaponisation Of Anti-Semitism and the Coronavirus cabaret: the online show combating social isolation.’ Contact dan at www.theglassishalffull.co.uk and at alright@theglassishalffull.co.uk / @danglassmincer