NATIONAL STUDENT PRIDE’s 15th ANNIVERSARY EVENT

NATIONAL STUDENT PRIDE GIVES WOMXN THE STAGE + GETS DOWN WITH QUEER SEX FOR ITS 15TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT

• Womxn and Sexual Health to take centre stage as headline panel discussions at National Student Pride’s 15th anniversary festival
• Guest appearances and performances from BBC’s RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Baga Chipz, Cheryl Hole and Vinegar Strokes
• Pop ICONS The Pussycat Dolls perform LIVE at G-A-Y Heaven

Get your wristband for the weekend

There’s just ONE WEEK TO GO until National Student Pride 2020. With a packed line-up of speakers, drag superstars and special guests, it’s the biggest LGBT+ event in the student calendar and is set to address some of the most current challenges facing the LGBT+ community.

Taking place 21st – 23rd February 2020, the 15th anniversary edition of National Student Pride will tackle two topical LGBT+ issues on the Main Stage, with the Next Stage premiering the most recent university-based studies into LGBT+ life. The Saturday daytime festival at the University of Westminster Marylebone Campus will also be showcasing upcoming LGBT+ music artists, and play host to the UK’s largest diversity careers fair, featuring top employers including our Headline sponsors EY and Clifford Chance, our Gold sponsor Lloyds Banking Group and our Silver sponsors ASOS, Enterprise Rent-A-Car and Santander.

The Main Stage, hosted by James Barr and Juno Dawson, will open with a guest appearance from UK based drag queen Vinegar Strokes, and will be home to this year’s two headline panels: Womxn: Carving Out Space and Sexual Health

WOMXN: CARVING OUT SPACE

Discrimination, hate crimes, homophobia – what is life like for queer womxn in today’s world? With a lack of representation in the media, disappearing queer spaces, and with these individuals often marginalised within their own LGBT+ community, queer womxn face unique challenges which too often go unnoticed. This year, National Student Pride will bring these issues to the forefront of the conversation, hosting a panel of trailblazers to discuss how queer womxn are treated both within and outside of the LGBT+ community.

National Student Pride is thrilled to welcome guest speakers who will be leading the discussion Lady Phyll, co-founder of UK Black Pride; Munroe Bergdorf, model and trans rights activist; youth worker, writer and speaker Tanya Compas, and GIRLI.

THE NEXT STAGE

The Next Stage is home to Researching the Rainbow; the One Network Panel; and LGBT+ Disability: Access All Rainbows, as well as some unmissable music acts from up and coming LGBT+ performers including Lostchild; Georgina Inkster; Valerio Lysander; Rookes, and Satch Satchell.

RESEARCHING THE RAINBOW

Researching the Rainbow is a brand-new panel at National Student Pride, dedicated to showcasing the best LGBT+ research currently being carried out by students. This year, post-grad students will present research on issues including: Hazel Marzetti on LGBT+ suicide; Cinar Aydogan on coming out online as a trans person; Madeleine Spink on transphobic media coverage; Lauren Brown on the psychology of having multiple LGBT+ identities, and Adam Williams the potential risks of contracting STIs posed by the use of PrEP.

LGBT+ DISABILITY: ACCESS ALL RAINBOWS

Being queer and disabled poses unique challenges, from accessing LGBT+ spaces to navigating the world of dating. This year, National Student Pride welcomes a panel to tell their stories and ask how our community can become truly inclusive. Joining the line-up are Callum Dziedzic, Script Editor and University of York graduate; Calum Medlock, President of UCL Sign Lanugage Society, and Life Coach Char Bailey.

ONE NETWORK PANEL

This panel is hosted by Elly Barnes, founder of Educate & Celebrate and recently appointed MBE for her contribution to services to education, equality and diversity.

PRIDE.CAREERS

Pride.Careers is the UK’s largest LGBT+ careers recruitment fair taking place at National Student Pride, giving LGBT+ students an unrivalled opportunity to meet potential employers and discuss career options. 70 companies host stalls, enabling students to discover potential opportunities available to them upon graduation,

AFTER HOURS ENTERTAINMENT

Kicking off on the Friday night, the opening party will take place at G-A-Y Late with an extra special guest performance from BBC’s RuPaul’s Drag Race UK legend Cheryl Hole, drag star Tayce and Drag King Mark Anthony.

Wrapping up the weekend on Sunday morning, attendees can apply to compete in National Student Pride’s inaugural Draglympics.

More info and lots more details of nightlife and full listing of events on the Student Pride website.