The Researching the Rainbow Conference will be held at the University of Kent on Saturday 16 February from 09.00-17.15 and is free to attend and open to all. Tickets for the Conference  are available now on Eventbrite.

This is the University of Kent LGBT+ Staff Network’s third annual Researching the Rainbow Conference and will be held on the University’s Canterbury campus.

The conference, which takes part during LGBT History Month, is to showcase the vast array of excellent research being done on or related to LGBT+ people and issues, and to encourage multi-disciplinary collaboration and networking.

Topics this year include: university peer group intervention for LGBT students at high risk of mental health issues; the experiences of transgender students in higher education; bisexual individuals in LGBT+ spaces; homophobia in Africa; homosexuality and fascism. There will also be round table discussions with Schools Out, Porchlight and METRO Charity. For the keynote lecture we welcome Munroe Bergdorf, model and social activist.