St Peters House Library, University of Brighton

@christineburns is a #Trans activist who edited the book 'Trans Britain: our journey from the shadows'. @guardian said it was one of the most interesting books of 2018. Our own @theFoxFisher has a chapter in it.

Former #PoetLaureate, Dame #CarolAnnDuffy, is openly lesbian. If you read only one collection of hers, make it 'The World's Wife', in which the wives of famous men such as Mrs Midas, Frau Freud & Queen Kong get a voice. What an imagination!

Artist, filmmaker & distinguished professor of Arts @ucsc, Isaac Julien was born in #Hackney, #London in 1960. We love his movies 'Looking For Langston' (1989) & 'Young Soul Rebels' (1991). Knighted & quite right too!

#DerekJarman was a filmmaker, artist & #LGBT+ activist who died of #AIDS in 1994 (age 52😢). He made many movies but #Caravaggio (1986) is seen as his most accessible. He emulates the artist's use of #chiaroscuro (light/dark) in the film. Just beautiful! Watch it.

#DavidBowie is probably the most famous bisexual this country has produced. Our students learn about the pivotal moment in #UK cultural history when he performed #Starman on 'Top Of The Pops' in 1972. It was a life-changing 3 mins for many young #LGBT+ people.

2/2: #Wittgenstein had three male loves in his life & one female. Whenever he wanted to escape from philosophy, he would go the cinema, take a front row seat & completely immerse himself in the movies of #CarmenMiranda. & who can blame him.

1/2: Have you read the philosopher #Wittgenstein? Born #Vienna (1889) & taught @Cambridge_Uni. Famous for his 'Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus'. Oh just call it the 'TLP' for short (everyone else does😂).

2/2: Is #Orlando the first trans novel ever? Quote: “The change of sex, though it altered [Orlando’s] future, did nothing whatsoever to alter [Orlando’s] identity.” Watch #TildaSwinton's magnificent performance😱in the 1992🎥by #SallyPotter.😍

1/2: #VirginiaWoolf's novel #Orlando (1928) was inspired by her affair with #VitaSackvilleWest. Both women were quite open about their love for each other at a time when #British society was socially conservative.

Exhibition The Biba Story, 1964-1975 at the Fashion and Textile Museum, 22 March – 8 September 2024. The Biba Story delves into the rise of the world’s first lifestyle label, Biba, and how it revolutionized fashion and shopping in the 1960s and 1970s. fashiontextilemuseum.org/exhibitions/th…

#JudgmentAtNuremberg -Stanley Kramer (1961) is on BBC Four at 9pm. It's about the Nuremberg Trials and is quite astonishing in its moral clarity. Everyone in this is great- and everyone is in it. But it is #JudyGarland who is the revelation. youtube.com/watch?v=tMVS4a…

Ready, set, Brighton! 🎉 It's great to see students arriving at our halls and back into the city. As our campuses continue to fill up, our staff and student ambassadors will be around to help you. 🙌

✨ Fashion, identity, painting... tickets are on sale today for #SargentAndFashion, a show that celebrates #JohnSingerSargent’s striking portraits of stylish sitters. 🎀 See almost 60 paintings alongside period garments from the portraits themselves. 🎟️ bit.ly/3EuZFPs

“I just happened to paint words like someone else paints flowers.” — Ed Ruscha Meet artist Ed Ruscha!

Job Vacancy at the University of Brighton: Information Adviser jobs.brighton.ac.uk/IS5149-23-335

New statue displayed on #Hove plinth bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

@BBC6Music @BBCSounds "People stare at the makeup on his face, laughed at his long black hair, his animal grace. The boy in the bright blue jeans jumped up on the stage. Lady Stardust sang his songs of darkness & disgrace. #DavidBowie #LadyStardust aka 'He Was Alright (A Song for #Marc)' on demo

Help #NP6Music make a playlist of tracks that really sing the praises of other musicians. Sunday from 6pm, listen via @BBCSounds.

Gabrielle Chanel Fashion Manifesto has just opened at @V_and_A 🌟 We loved seeing this fab news show at the press preview. Here's a sneak peek at the exhibition. Stay tuned for our full review out later today!