Join us from 2pm on Saturday 12 March for a closing gathering in tribute to those who lived through Section 28 and in memory of Derek Jarman, who would have celebrated his 80th birthday this year, and from whom our current exhibition takes its name.
May you of a better future, love without a care and remember we loved too.
As the shadows closed in, the stars came out.
I am in love.
(Derek Jarman, At Your Own Risk, 1992)
Love over fear will always prevail. This discussion and sharing circle facilitated by Dan continues building queer love in community from London across the world. The sharing ‘heart-circle’ is a love-driven informal ritual space to share our lived experiences and hopes for the future, to allow inner peace to take root and unfurl, and to foster understanding of the impact of the legislation on the LGBTQIA+ community then and today.
At the core of this space is a rekindling of lost love – for ourselves and for each other – to strive for a world that brings meaningful social change. Through exploring love in a cultural and community context perhaps we can understand the fears, pathologies and chains in which we imprison ourselves, making way for revolutionary change in the fight against oppression.
Please email us at [email protected] if you can make it along.
Dan Glass has been recognised as Attitude Magazine’s ‘campaigning role models for LGBTQI youth’, a Guardian ‘UK youth climate leader’, 2017 ‘Activist of the Year’ with the ‘Sexual Freedom Awards’ and was announced a ‘BBC Greater Londoner’ in 2019 for founding ‘Queer Tours of London – A Mince Through Time. Dan is an artist with the global In Place of War artist network and an educator from the ‘Training for Transformation’ movement. He recently presented ‘Never Again – Fighting the Polish far-right’ and the Coronavirus cabaret: the online show combating social isolation’ and his book United Queerdom: From the Legends of the Gay Liberation Front to the Queers of Tomorrow was recognised as Observer book of the week June 2020.
