LEIG Fund - LGBTQ+ Equality

In 2023, LEIG awarded funding to 8 projects pioneered by staff and students at UCL: An exhibition entitled Blueprints of Hope: Celebrating LGBTQ+ London has been displayed in the Octagon Gallery from 1 March - 18 August 2023. Following UCL Urban Lab research which demonstrated a 58% drop in London’s LGBTQ+ venues between 2006, this exhibition explores the importance of queer spaces in London throughout history and in present day. [...] UCL staff and students who would like to run LGBTQ+ inclusion activities or research projects are eligible to apply to the LEIG Fund. Applicants are not required to identify as a member of the LGTBQ+ community; however, their proposal must have a clear aim that aligns and contributes to the visions outlined in the LEIG’s Terms of Reference, particularly work that supports trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming members of UCL. [...] This proposal is a collaboration between the UCL Anthropology department’s QueerAnth network, CRIPtic Arts (a leading disability arts organisation), and UCL's Centre for Health Humanities. This project encompasses a series of performance research workshops and a final performance open to all at the Bloomsbury Theatre which will showcase the artistic work of queer deaf and disabled artists within the UCL community.