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REFLECTIONS
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Not going in the care closet
with Ted Brown, Tony Collins and Sadiya ObjaniThe film Ted and Noel tells the moving story of Ted Brown, a founding-member of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) in the 1970. When his long term partner (Noel Glynn) was diagnosed with dementia, Ted was forced to place him in the care of a local authority care home were Noel was physically abused by staff.
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MAPPING RESISTANCE
A BLOG BY TAM HARTTam Hart shares her experience of attending the screening of the film Ted and Noel at which GLF activist Ted Brown spoke about his loss and fight for justice for his late-partner, Noel. In this blog, Tam explores where the term ‘chosen family’ came from and what its legacy and meaning for us today? What the lines to be drawn between working with, but also resisting, existing medical systems when we envision future forms of care-giving?
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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Queer Carers Group (online)
25.05.2024 | 6 - 7 PMThis safe, online forum brings together perspectives from people who have experienced being an LGBTQ carer in a number of contexts - whether that be looking after a partner, parent or sibling; working through the challenges of chronic illness or challenging institutional violence or setting-up alternative systems of peer support.
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Lego + loss: queer family + end of life care
05.05.2024 | 2.30 - 4.30 PMJoin Polly Maxwell to reimagine the role that queer family plays in caring for family members, especially in end-of-life settings. Polly will talk a bit about their research building on the need to queer ways of ‘doing family’ in the context of death and dying. As part of this creative workshop, Polly will invite participants to use building blocks and Lego to visualize alternative care networks beyond nuclear heteronormative models. How can these networks be better acknowledged, valued and built by us / for us?
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