Welcome to SOAS! :)
Right, the society. Well we are having our first meet and greet on Wednesday 6th October in the JCR! Just a meet and greet, with nibbles, ect. Then we will have regular meetings (how regular depending on how often people want them). At the first of the regular meetings we will elect a president of the society and a treasurer. Then the meetings and other events will run on from then.
Alongside Belle McKenzie, I am the LGBT Officer, so will also be organising other events with the LGBT Society, so there will be loads going on!
We will be at the fresher's fayre on Saturday, I will be there from 10-12, but others will be there until 4.
So, it would be cool to see you at the Freshers Fayre or at the meet and greet. Any more questions, please do give me an e-mail at 244974@soas.ac.uk
:)
See you soon,
Art.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
MEET AND GREET!
Our first meet and greet of the year! 6pm, JCR - 6th October! See you there!!! :) - Drinks and nibbles provided.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Welcome back to SOAS or... Welcome to the Freshers!
Hey Everyone!
Hope everyone had a great summer, and that we will all come back looking relaxed, tanned (real or otherwise) and ready to launch into a brand new year.
Also, welcome to all the Freshers... welcome to SOAS! We hope you will love it here. This is the SOAS LGBT blog (obviously) and this is where to come if you need any information. We are currently organising everything for freshers, and our freshers event. So we will let you know via the mailing list (soaslgbt@gmail.com) as to what we are doing when it is all confirmed. We also have twitter - SOASLGBT.
So keep checking back, or join us on twitter, and we can't wait to see everyone in a week or so! :)
Art
Hope everyone had a great summer, and that we will all come back looking relaxed, tanned (real or otherwise) and ready to launch into a brand new year.
Also, welcome to all the Freshers... welcome to SOAS! We hope you will love it here. This is the SOAS LGBT blog (obviously) and this is where to come if you need any information. We are currently organising everything for freshers, and our freshers event. So we will let you know via the mailing list (soaslgbt@gmail.com) as to what we are doing when it is all confirmed. We also have twitter - SOASLGBT.
So keep checking back, or join us on twitter, and we can't wait to see everyone in a week or so! :)
Art
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Picnic this Saturday!
Come on down to Russell Square this Saturday for fun, food, sun, and excellent company.
We'll be gathering at 12pm near the fountain! See you!
Here's the Facebook event! http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/event.php?eid=119475491401124&ref=mf
We'll be gathering at 12pm near the fountain! See you!
Here's the Facebook event! http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/event.php?eid=119475491401124&ref=mf
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Change of details for Post-Grad event! :)
SOAS GBLT Postgrads & Mature Students social!
Come along and meet other gay, bisexual, lesbian and trans postgrads and mature students!
We will be meeting in the Institute of Education bar between 6 and 8 tomorrow (Thursday February 25th) - look for the banner! Come for the whole thing, or just drop by to say hello.
Partners and friends welcome.
(If you don't know where the IOE bar is, come to the SOAS steps at around 6 and someone will be there to point you in the right direction. Or call Laura on 07790 097379.)
Come along and meet other gay, bisexual, lesbian and trans postgrads and mature students!
We will be meeting in the Institute of Education bar between 6 and 8 tomorrow (Thursday February 25th) - look for the banner! Come for the whole thing, or just drop by to say hello.
Partners and friends welcome.
(If you don't know where the IOE bar is, come to the SOAS steps at around 6 and someone will be there to point you in the right direction. Or call Laura on 07790 097379.)
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Post-Grad Social. THIS THURSDAY!!! 6-8pm
Come and meet other LBGT postgrads and mature students for drinks and nibbles!
Partners and friends welcome :)
Date: Thursday, 25 February 2010
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Location: SOAS (room to be confirmed)
Join the event here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=301064166800&ref=ts
See you there!!! :)
Partners and friends welcome :)
Date: Thursday, 25 February 2010
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Location: SOAS (room to be confirmed)
Join the event here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=301064166800&ref=ts
See you there!!! :)
Is Gay's the Word being priced out of the marketplace? - By the Sunday Observer.
- Ain't nothing going on but the rent at the gay bookshop that's being squeezed to death by the council
The key player
Gay's the Word on Bloomsbury's Marchmont Street, the country's only LBGT book shop, celebrated its 30th anniversary last year. It's long been something of an institution for gay Londoners, while Allen Ginsberg and Edmund White have given readings there.
The issue
Three years ago, the shop's future was thrown into uncertainty when Camden Council increased the rent. Now it faces the same problem, only this time the council's rent increase demand is for a hefty 25%, more than the shop's managers say they can afford. The news comes at a time when the country's independent bookshops are struggling, with recent figures showing that they're now closing at a rate of two a week. Currently, just 1,289 remain. Elsewhere, the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop in New York, the world's oldest gay and lesbian bookshop and the inspiration for Gay's the Word, has just announced that it will close in March due to financial difficulties.
What's been said
Uli Lenart, the store's assistant manager, described the prospect of such an increase in rent as "absolutely terminal to the business". He added: "Of course we expect an increase, but give us a realistic one - 25% is just mental. We're booksellers, not magicians!" The shop's many famous fans include Simon Callow, Ali Smith and Sarah Waters, who spoke over the phone last week to say: "It's really dismaying. I've known the bookshop since I first moved to London more than 20years ago when it was hugely important to me as a young lesbian. It's always been so much more than a bookshop, such a community resource, and that's impossible to replace. It would be terrible to lose it."
The latest
Uli Lenart and Jim Macsweeney have requested an appointment with the leader of the council and hope to reach a compromise.
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/feb/21/gays-the-word-rent-rise?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20theguardian/books/rss%20(Books)
The key player
Gay's the Word on Bloomsbury's Marchmont Street, the country's only LBGT book shop, celebrated its 30th anniversary last year. It's long been something of an institution for gay Londoners, while Allen Ginsberg and Edmund White have given readings there.
The issue
Three years ago, the shop's future was thrown into uncertainty when Camden Council increased the rent. Now it faces the same problem, only this time the council's rent increase demand is for a hefty 25%, more than the shop's managers say they can afford. The news comes at a time when the country's independent bookshops are struggling, with recent figures showing that they're now closing at a rate of two a week. Currently, just 1,289 remain. Elsewhere, the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop in New York, the world's oldest gay and lesbian bookshop and the inspiration for Gay's the Word, has just announced that it will close in March due to financial difficulties.
What's been said
Uli Lenart, the store's assistant manager, described the prospect of such an increase in rent as "absolutely terminal to the business". He added: "Of course we expect an increase, but give us a realistic one - 25% is just mental. We're booksellers, not magicians!" The shop's many famous fans include Simon Callow, Ali Smith and Sarah Waters, who spoke over the phone last week to say: "It's really dismaying. I've known the bookshop since I first moved to London more than 20years ago when it was hugely important to me as a young lesbian. It's always been so much more than a bookshop, such a community resource, and that's impossible to replace. It would be terrible to lose it."
The latest
Uli Lenart and Jim Macsweeney have requested an appointment with the leader of the council and hope to reach a compromise.
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/feb/21/gays-the-word-rent-rise?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20theguardian/books/rss%20(Books)
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