Meetup Reviews
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Fighting homo/transphobia in and through Education. Special meeting for IDAHO. on Friday May 18, 2012
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Fantastic panel and very interesting issues raised. -
Interesting evening.— Derek Lennard (Events co-ordinator)
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LAUNCH OF LGBT REPUBLIC OF IRAN IN LONDON, AS FOUR YOUNG MEN FACE EXECUTION. on Wednesday May 16, 2012
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I'm impressed with the report LGBT Republic of Iran: An Online Reality?, about which Small Media's Bronwen Robertson was rather modest, but must be congratulated. If I were living in Iran, I would be very excited by the radio programmes that are an off-shoot project of this study. As a gay man who has previously used Gaydar to contact men living in Iran and under other repressive regimes, this report has given me new insights. I'm not good with technology and I think it is crucial that queer geeks should help the rest of us to make a difference for isolated LGBT people. My one reservation is that the coordinators should have facilitated opportunities for community building between those who attended and for further action to add value to the awareness raising. Besides talking in the UK on the matters raised and lobbying politicians, we must connect to LGBT Iranians online. I am keen to hear what Small Media intends to do next to support such global relationship building. Count me in. -
Interesting and informative but didn't see/make contact with any of the others from the Group. -
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An utterly fascinating talk! Well done, Dr Cook, and thanks again to GALHA for being such consistently great hosts of such illuminating events. The lecture inspired me once again to write a blog: http://doloresdelargotowers.blogspot.com/2012/03/wearing-make-up-winking-at-respectable.html. Loved it! Jon -
The talk was very interesting, I would have liked a few more illustrations but thats because im a visual person. -
Fascinating to hear this history of Queer London and how it serves as a back-drop for our story today. -
Matt Cook is a fabulous speaker who explains his subject beautifully and entertainingly. Good with questions too. -
Another fascinating, revealing talk by Matt delivered with clarity and humour.
— Derek Lennard (Events co-ordinator)
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Darwin Day at the Natural History Museum: KAMHA/GALHA Joint Trip on Sunday Feb 12, 2012
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I trust no one gives Richard Unwin a hard time for being too ill on the day to sort the planned tour. The Natural History Museum has so much to see none of us would have had time to see it all on just one trip. Richard, even from his sick bed, so to speak, kept us in touch with each other with phone calls, postings on meetup and responding to messages. I hope others will join me in thanking him for these extraordinary efforts. I know that I enjoyed the day and the others that I met and shared conversations with. It was a fitting tribute and celebration of the contribution that Charles Darwin gave to our understanding of what it is to be human. Charles Robert Darwin FRS (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882).
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I enjoyed the wildlife photography exhibition which I would not have seen if I had not attended the group. -
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Against Nature? Homosexuality and Evolution. A talk by Professor Volker Sommer.. on Friday Feb 10, 2012
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This was an excellent talk - very informative and great fun, too! Thank you so much!
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Excellent - informative and entertaining at the same time. Wish all talks could be this good!
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Very entertaining and a great buzz - thank you very much to Derek, Adam, Richard, Tyrone and the mysterious '1 more', for putting this on. Though fun and a fab start to the weekend, Sommer's talk surprised me a little - I had thought it might focus more on aspects of kin selection in great apes (and I wonder how familiar everyone in the audience might have been with this topic area), but in retrospect and given the venue his more rounded approach was not surprising.— Stuart
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An excellent evening. Packed with information and told with great humour and lovely use of slides. I'll always remember the HE HE, HE HO, HE HO and HO HO genetics.
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Really interesting and amusing presentation. Lots of food for thought. -
Excellent talk. Particularly thought provoking on the use of 'natural' as an argument for and against equality and human rights. Record crowd - full to bursting.
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This was an exceptional event, with a brilliant speaker - read my review at http://jon-doloresdelargo.blogspot.com/2012/02/bonobo-sex-in-brockway-room.html Jx
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Very informative & enjoyable presentation.
— steven
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I'm a new member and it was my first event, I had a great evening! Well done, excellent event! Thx for organising -
Excellent meetup. Thanks are due for Derek Lennard, for organising the event, and Professor Volker Sommer, for his stimulating talk. It was no surprise to see how well attended it was.
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Great topic, well-presented, stimulating questions; very kindly audience.— Behzad
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Professor Sommer gave a very engaging and amusing talk, I'd love to hear more from him on this interesting topic. The overall message I took from his presentation was that we are looking the wrong way if we are expecting to defend homosexuality in humans by comparing it to animal behaviour. However its occurrence in nature does reaffirm that it can be explained by evolutionary theory.— Thalia
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Funny, engaging, and informative. Excellent event.— Joseph Brooks (Chief Science Officer)
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A brilliant, informative and highly amusing talk by Volker Sommer. I really enjoyed it.
— Derek Lennard (Events co-ordinator)
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Very good indeed. Prof Volker gave an engaging and clear talk. I would be interested in reading or hearing more on this.
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This is the second time I saw Professor Volker Sommer's presentation and thoroughly enjoyed it. Very informative evening with great question and answer session at the end of the lecture. The room was packed, great topic.— Jadzia
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I thoroughly enjoyed it, yeat again! I look forward to more outings for The Vinyl Closet in future... Read my blog: http://jon-doloresdelargo. blogspot.com/2012/02/brett-and-teds-excellent-adventures.html Jon x
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An amazing overview of the gay and lesbian traces in pre- and post-Stonewall culture, presented with informed warmth and humour - much recommended!!
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big thanks to Ted, Brett and Chris for the music. (also the home team Hello for their welcome).
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