Sexuality Summer School – Public Events Programme (Open to all!)

23 May 2025

This year, the Sexuality Summer School returns with the theme 'Intergenerationality'.

Date: Sunday 25 May

Time: 3.30-5.45pm
Venue: HOME Cinema

Film Screenings: A Place of Rage and Khush, followed by a discussion with Pratibha Parmar and author Jackie Kay.

Date: Monday 26 May
Time: 4-6pm
Venue: Anthony Burgess Foundation 

Opening Academic Plenary Lecture: Tavia Nyong'o, Between Desire and Dissociation: Queer Magical Thinking in Hetero-Authoritarian Times.

Date: Tuesday 27 May
Time: 5.30-7.30pm
Venue: Sister 

Roundtable Discussion on Intergenerationality and Activism, in partnership with George House Trust, celebrating 40 years of supporting people with HIV and AIDS in Manchester. 

Date: Wednesday 28 May
Time: 12.30-2pm
Venue: John Rylands Library

Richard Dyer in conversation with Jon Savage about his 2024 book, The Secret Public: How LGBTQ Resistance Shaped Popular Culture (1955–1979). 

Date: Wednesday 28 May
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Blackwells Manchester

Roundtable Discussion of Desi Queers: LGBTQ+ South Asians and Cultural Belonging in Britain (2025).

For more information about the theme, details of public events, and ticket links, visit the SSS website.