Bristol Distinguished Address Series
From Evolution to Activism: Representation from Nature to Bristol Pride
Key Information:
- Date and time
- Tue 24 February 2026
18:00 - 21:00 - Location
- Hybrid: Online and Bristol Beacon, Trenchard Street, Further info
- Contact
- Events Team events@uwe.ac.uk +44 (0)117 32 81631
- Cost
- Free
- Attendance
- Booking required
Description
This event dives into how ideas of what is “natural” have been constructed, challenged, reclaimed, and transformed into fuel for social change. Through science, storytelling, activism, and lived experience, our panel explores Pride as a living movement of resistance, visibility, and community.
Join us this LGBTQ+ History month for a panel hosted by Louise Ndibwirende, featuring Daryn Carter and Antonia Forster, as we rethink what “natural” really means and how we can mobilise that understanding to build a more liberated future.
LGBT+ History Month
LGBT+ History Month (UK) is celebrated every February to honour the lives, culture and achievements of LGBT+ people. Launched by Schools OUT UK in 2004, it promotes visibility, education and inclusion across schools, workplaces and communities. The 2026 theme is Science and Innovation.
Programme
- 18:00 - Arrival and registration in Lantern Hall
- 18:30 - Event starts in Lantern Hall and livestream begins
- 19:30 - Q&A
- 19:45 - Event and livestream ends
- 19:45-21:00 - In-person networking and drinks.
How to attend
You can attend this event in person, or watch online via live-stream. Please register so we can send you all the relevant details.
Attending in person: Further information on how to find us will be emailed to you a few days before the event.
Attending online: The live-stream link will be emailed to you a few days before the event.
- Cost: Free
- Attendance: Booking required
Accessibility
Accessibility
UWE Bristol welcomes all abilities/disabilities, ages, ethnicities, and genders to our events. If you have any questions, concerns or additional requirements then please let us know, by contacting events@uwe.ac.uk, so that we can make your time at this event as comfortable as possible.
Venue information
- Disabled parking: No
- Step-free access: Yes
- Accessible toilets: Yes
- Assisted Listening: Yes
- Guide/assistance dog-friendly: Yes
- Quiet spaces available: Yes