Meet the Author: Emily Garside - Rainbow Wales

Queer Britain
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Saturday 27th June 2026 at 2:30 PM

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Meet the Author: Emily Garside - Rainbow Wales

Lisa Power interviews Emily Garside to explore who are the Queer figures, past and present, who have made, and continue to make, Welsh history?

Discover the diverse array of LGBTQ+ figures influencing Wales – and the world – in an exploration of the household names and hidden icons who have shaped their fields and driven forward Queer representation.  

From Jan Morris to Ivor Novello, Kenneth Williams to Callum Scott Howells, Jess Fishlock to Lauren Price, via Terrence Higgins, The Vivienne and Owain Wyn Evans, Welsh people have marked the breadth and variety of Queer achievement.

Rainbow Wales is an exciting, inspiring tour of figures from culture and sport to politics and activism, and a jubilant exploration of the rich tapestry of Queer identity in Wales. 

Your ticket also includes admission to Queer Britain Museum - before or after the event, you can explore our exhibitions.

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Emily Garside, author

Emily Garside is a writer and professional nerd, based in Cardiff. She has a PhD in theatrical responses to the AIDS crisis and is a leading expert on LGBTQ+ theatre. Emily regularly writes for journals such as The Queer Review, American Theatre, and Wales Art Review, and she is also the author of Love That Journey For Me: The Queer Revolution of Schitt’s Creek.

Lisa Power MBE, host

Lisa is a lifelong campaigner on LGBTQ+ rights and HIV. Co-founder of Stonewall, she spent 14 years volunteering with helpline Switchboard LGBT+ and 17 years working for Terrence Higgins Trust, culminating as Policy Director.

As Secretary-General of the International Lesbian & Gay Association she was the first out queer person to speak on our rights at the UN in New York and continues to support grass roots organisations across the world and in the UK.

Author of a history of the London Gay Liberation Front, she was historical advisor to the acclaimed series "It's A Sin"