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| Francisco Gomez de Villaboa |
By
Anton Johnson
UNITE House hosted a very successful Lesbian
Gay Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) History Month event of a display of
photographic works by London-based Lesbian Gay Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ)
photographer Francisco Gomez De Villaboa. The event was organised by the Sertuc
LGBT Network and Unite London and Eastern Region LGBT Committee. It exhibited
nine portrait photographs of London-based LGBTQ artists and activists from
Spain, Greece, Cyprus and Ireland to show solidarity in the fight against
austerity across Europe and the impact on LGBTQ communities in those countries.
The exhibition,
at Unite’s London headquarters, was curated and hosted by David Sharkey of the
Unite London and Eastern Region LGBT Committee and started with a welcome from
Jim Kelly the chair of the Unite London and Eastern Region, followed by
Francisco introducing and explaining the works and Rachel Newton from the
Greece Solidarity Campaign.
The attendance
exceeded expectations with people having to stand outside the room whist the
speeches were made.
The photographs
will also be on display at the Horse Hospital in Russell Square in London on 26th
February for the Global Queer Shorts film screening and it is planned to hang
them in the Marble Hall of the TUC Congress House during LGBT History Month and
later in the year show them in Norwich.
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