Pride month 2024

June is Pride Month and an opportunity to celebrate LGBTQ+ identity and raising awareness of issues facing the community around the world. Join us as we come together to support and an opportunity to connect with fellow LGBTQ+ students, staff, and allies at Aberystwyth University.

LGBT Staff Network Coffee hour

  • Friday 28 June, 3-4pm
    Arts Centre (upper level, Theatre Bar) 

Join the LGBT Staff Network for a special Pride Coffee Hour to celebrate Pride month 2024.

An opportunity to come together over coffee and cake to celebrate our diversity and the LGBTQ+ communities at the University and around the world.

This informal social meet is open to all staff and any postgraduates who identify as lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer or questioning, plus friends and allies of our community.

RSVP: So that we know how much coffee and cake to prepare, could you email Dylan Jones, dej20@aber.ac.uk if you hope to come along. 

Arts Centre

  • Pansy (13 July - 24 November) - Pansy is a collaboration between Catrin Webster (Head of School of Art, Aberystwyth) and Roy Efrat. The exhibition explores the complex meanings of the word ‘Pansy’ and comprises large scale oil painting on canvas and video mapping. Pansy combines abstraction with figuration, performance and narrative.
    Inspired by Franz Kafka’s 1926 novel, The Castle, in which we see the protagonist K. struggle with authority, repeatedly trying to make progress but unable to move beyond the Castle’s snowy borders. In Efrat and Webster’s work, the Pansy (P.) navigates a parallel journey across the vast, softly painted canvas. Humorous and playful, the work references identity, perception, sexuality, and gender.
    This exhibition was commissioned by the Glynn Vivian Gallery.

LinkedIn LGBTQ+ courses collection

  • Selection of LGBTQ+ inclusive courses (log-in using your University email and password) including:
    • The Spectrum of Gender Identity in the Workplace
    • Courage as Your Superpower
    • Sustainable LGBTQ+ Allyship
    • Speaking Up for Yourself and Underrepresented Groups