The Coast Is Queer: Queer Disability History

Created by The Coast Is Queer

Join LGBTQ+ writers to explore how disabled queer people have shaped culture, community and resistance

The speakers over a simple colourful background, the Coast Is Queer logo

Join Daisy Holder (Queer Disability Through History), Jamie Hale (Shield) and Tom Ryalls (This Book is Short) for this vital conversation on queer disability history and the telling of it, chaired by theatre-maker and activist, Julie McNamara. Insightful, challenging and deeply necessary, this session invites you to rethink the past, and imagine more inclusive, diverse futures.

Event details

When: Sat 17 Oct 2026, 3:30 pm โ€“ 4:45 pm

Format: In-person

Venue:
The Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts
University of Sussex, Gardner Centre Road, Falmer
Brighton
East Sussex
BN1 9RA
England

Cost: Free - ยฃ12

Event type: Festival

Access & inclusion

Event languages

  • British Sign Language (BSL)
  • English

This event includes BSL interpreters.

Access features

  • Sign language interpreters
  • Wheelchair access
  • Hearing loop
  • Quiet space

More access info

Step free entrance and accessible toilet. Access staff available.

Organiser

The Coast Is Queer

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