The big attraction for this year's LGBT History Month is the Celebration and Awards Evening on Tuesday February 15th. This will be held in the Ballroom at Nottingham Council House from 7 to 9pm.

Awards will be presented to LAFS (Lesbians in Ashfield Friendship and Support)Nottingham Ballbois football teamOutburst LGBT Youth Group and Davina Daniels

These are all to groups, individuals, organisations which are providing valuable services to the local LGBT community.

There will also be two presentations of the Michael Raymond Award for groups, organisations etc which are no longer active, but provided valuable services in the past. The awards will go to Part Two Club and Ross SmithThe North Notts LGB Development Group and Julia Hughes

The awards will be presented by Peter Tatchell. Please note that the ballrom holds a maximum of 200 people, so late arrivals may have to be refused entrance.

Nottinghamshire's Rainbow Heritage is also putting on small scale displays in the following places:

Libraries
Arnold Jan 31st to Feb 21st
Clifton Feb 7th to Feb 25th
Hyson Green Jan 17th to Jan 29th
Keyworth Jan 31st to Feb 25th
Meadows Feb 1st to Feb 25th
Radcliffe on Trent Feb 7th to Feb 28th
Radford Feb 2nd to Feb 25th
Sherwood Feb 1st to Feb 12th
Sneinton Feb 1st to Feb 12th
West Bridgford Feb 7th to Feb 20th

Civic Centres
Gedling Feb 1st to Feb 9th
Rushcliffe Jan 31st to Feb 7th

Other
Nottingham Council House Feb 14th to Feb 15th
West Bridgford Register Office Jan 31st to Feb 7th

Gay History Tours: guided tours around the city

This year’s tours are Valentine themed.
For more details + dates and times, e-mail pegasus.tour@amserve.com

The theme for LBGT History Month 2011 is sport. Nottingham's gay football team, the Ballbois, will be hosting a number of events throughout the month, including a launch night at the New Foresters on Jan 29th, Football vs Homophobia day on Feb 19th, and matches, talks and other events.
For more information see www.nottinghamballbois.com

The Warren Cup

The BBC recently broadcast a series called “The History of the World in 100 objects”. One of those objects was the Warren Cup.

This Roman silver cup, decorated with scenes of homosexual love, is one of the highlights of the British Museum and is central to a wider discussion on sex and sexuality in the Roman world.

The Weston Gallery in the Lakeside Arts Centre at the University of Nottingham, is running an exhibition and a series of talks on the theme of Roman Sexuality: mages, myths and meanings … with the Warren Cup as its centrepiece. The events run from January 14th to April 10th.

Coinciding with LGBT History Month, the following event takes place on Friday 11th February between 1 and 2 pm.

THE WARREN CUP:
A REFLECTION OF ROMAN SOCIETY?

Dr Paul Roberts, Senior Curator of Roman Art and Archaeology, British Museum and Co-curator of the exhibition, looks at the Warren Cup in the context of Roman society. How widespread was sexual imagery and what did it mean to the Romans? Was the Warren Cup a depiction of fact or a flight of fantasy? Admission is free but places are limited so please book your tickets with the Box Office on 0115 846 7777. For further details go to

www.lakesidearts.org.uk

There will be many other events taking place locally and nationally - we hear that there are plans for events at the University of Nottingham, Bilborough College, Nottingham City Homes amongst others. When details have been finalised, you will find them on our Calendar page ... click HERE

For national events, go to the calendar on the national LGBT HIstory Month website at  www.lgbthistorymonth.org.uk

Current scores for the 12 regions on the above website's calendar are:

East Midlands 212
Greater London 124
Scotland 41
North West 38
South East 24
East of England 19
Wales 16
West Midlands 14
South West 14
North East 3
Northern Ireland 2
Yorkshire and Humberside 1