Lyrid meteor shower 2024: How to see a stunning fireball tonight sciencefocus.com/lyrid-meteor-s…

A reminder that at the end of this week I will be running tours of British Museum exploring the dark and surprising history of monsters, beasts and mythical hybrids!

If you're at a loss, come join me on 26th and 27th.
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Today on #BetwixtTheSheets I am talking to the utterly brilliant Caroline Dodds Pennock about her work on sexuality in the Aztec Empire

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Join us tomorrow at 6 pm BST for 'Women, Environment and Networks of Empire'.
Stories about Elizabeth Gwillim & Mary Symonds: Two sisters in Madras to exploring their world of natural history, art, food and fashion through their letters and paintings. 👇
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Out soon!! And huge thanks again Michael Cashman 🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇮🇪🇪🇺🇬🇧 for the wonderful comment!

📅MARK YOUR CALENDAR 📅 Saturday 27 April at 1600 we'll be doing our LGBTQIA+ tour of V&A 👍🏛️🏳️‍🌈. It would be great to see you - yes you!- join us 🥰
FREE, JUST ROCK UP UNDER THE BIG CHANDELIER.

The exhibition on the #legacies of #eugenics is now on display at Museum of Oxford. Thank you to the wonderful team Think Human! Looking forward to tomorrow's discussion of #anti -Roma #racism .

Looking for something to do on Saturday afternoon? Come along on my death tour of The British Museum! Problematic displays of human remains! Mexican death gods! Heart coffins!

🎟️ £25! Social in a pub afterwards!

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An oral history of Queer as Folk, the groundbreaking gay series that changed British TV for good trib.al/MvXn7LR

NEW BLOG 🚨 COMMEMORATING DARWIN: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON EVOLUTIONARY SCIENCE, RELIGION AND POLITICS by Joel Barnes and Ian Hesketh PLS RT #histsci #twitterstorians #Darwin

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Preorder WOMEN IN THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS in any format Barnes & Noble from 4/17/-4/19 and get 25% off with code PREORDER25. Discount is only for B&N members but free memberships are available: barnesandnoble.com/membership/
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I *may* have mentioned I have a book out soon (ahem, out in North America 17 Sept) and US readers can nip in quick to get 25% off through the lovely people at Barnes & Noble Barnes & Noble Basic Books #BNPreorder #StraightActing

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This is one of many ancient representations of Hermaphroditus, a god of male and female sex, whose creation story is most famously told by Latin poet Ovid.

That such a lovely, languorous figure should have a penis has often unsettled modern viewers.

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The deadline for this fab opportunity is coming up in a couple weeks - do share with any students you think might be a good fit!

Our next round of Outreach and Engagement Project Grants is open! The BSHS supports small projects and seedcorn initiatives in the broader history of science. Apply by May 17 and receive up to £500 to support your project. #BSHSGrants #HistSci bshs.org.uk/grants/outreac…

Nice to get down to my local beach today. ☀️🌊🐙🍦

Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend!✨

The Queer Medical Humanities Network Public Research Showcase Queer Medical Humanities Network taking place next Friday 19th April Health Innovation Campus, Lancaster University is now open for registration on the Eventbrite! 🏳️‍🌈🩺 #medhums #healthhums #queermedhums eventbrite.com/e/queer-medica…

Gender diversity in the (tr)animal kingdom has been blurring the lines of 'biological sex' since the beginning of time 🐠

Here's just a few examples of the animals who ignore the binary 👇

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Antennae issue #63 'queering nature' is now online!
With contributions by With original contributions by
Elena Antoniolli
Gianlorenzo Chiaraluce
Remina Greenfield
Justyna Górowska
Thomas Hughes
Ewelina Jarosz
Ross McBee
Emma Merkling
Benedetta Panisson
Barney Pau

🏳️‍🌈 #SeizedBooks launches today! 

Our new online exhibition explores the censorship of LGBTQ+ lit & the defiant campaign against 1984 raids on Gay's The Word.

Explore confiscated titles, the legal battle & queer reading cultures: london.ac.uk/seized-books