Over the weekend of the 29th March-1st April, the NUS conference is being held in Manchester.

The conferences allows you to be part of a national policy making process and also take part in talks, workshops and national level representation elections. Through the LGBT campaign at the Union of UEA Students, we can send delegrates for the following categories: two women’s spaces, two open spaces, one black and ethnic minorities spot and one trans spot.

If you’d like to be evolved, email us at union.lgbt@uea.ac.uk with 100-150 words on  why you would like to attend. You can check this website out for more information. We will be running delegate elections at the beginning of March to register our places by the 15th March.

It is a very rewarding, interesting and enjoyable weekend – so even if you’re not sure and would just like more information – do not hesitate to email back here or to union.lgbt@uea.ac.uk

To try to fill our vacant Events Co-Ordinator role, we will hold a by-election beore our social event on February 16th.

If you’re a social butterfly, have some great event ideas and have a good knowledge of the various venues around Norwich, this is the spot for you!  You’ll be responsible for organizing our events but you’ll be assisted in running and promoting them.

If this interests you, you can download a nominations form here.

We will run the voting before  heading into the city. The election will only take 10-20 minutes so do come along and put a vote in.

It’s going to be held on Sunday 26th February from 8pm until midnight in The Hive. And the best part is that it is completly free entry!

Remember, you will need to bring ID if you want to buy drinks, and drink sensibly with us!

As part of LGBT History Month, there is a special careers event aimed at LGBT students.

Should you mention your LGBT-related activities on job applications or in interviews? How do you come out at work? You’ll be able to discuss these issues, and more!

This is a great event organised by the UEA Staff Pride network as part of their LGBT history month series of talks and events.

The talk will be conducted by Anne Hillary, from the Careers Centre and has been put in place with students in mind and will undoubtedly be an interesting and informative session- so do come along.

The Facebook event for information can be found here.

Due to the success of our social a few weeks ago, we’re going to do it all over again! On Thursday 16th February, meet us in the Red Bar from 8pm. We’ll then leave campus at 10pm and take a bus to the Castle. We’ll probably then move on to The Loft afterwards.

Feel free to bring your friends and coursemates. Don’t forget your ID and remember to drink sensibly with us!

You can RSVP to this event on Facebook here

We’ll be meeting in the Blue Bar on campus at 8pm tonight. We’ll then take a bus to town, where we’ll head to The Castle at about 10pm.

Bring your friends, ID and a smile! And remember to drink responsibly.

To see what other events we have planned for LGBT History Month, check out this post.

In the United Kingdom, LGBT History Month is observed during February, to coincide with a major celebration of the 2005 abolition of Section 28, which had the effect of prohibiting schools from discussing LGBT issues or counselling LGBT or questioning youth.

We have three social events for LGBT History Month, including two trips to the city and our popular club night on campus – Liberate!

There are loads of events going on around the UEA and in Norwich as well.

We’re working on making an ‘It Gets Better’ style video about students from the UEA during LGBT History month. If you’d like more information, click here.

Around Norwich, there is a 5-a-side football tournament being held on Sunday 19th February as part of the ‘Kick Homophobia out of Football’ campaign and a screening of the Tomboy film in Cinema City on the 21st February. The Sing with Pride choir are performing on 29th February at Jurnets Bar.

There are also a number of public lectures being held in the UEA, ranging from ‘Trans History’  to the author Diana Souhami on her work writing books about LGBT people. Keep an eye out for posters around the UEA campus celebrating LGBT people’s achievments over history and for slides on the TVs in the bars.

As ever, you can keep up with events by visiting this website, or chatting to us on Facebook and Twitter or email.

We need people to get involved in a supportive-video project for the Union of UEA students LGBT campaign.

As part of LGBT history month in February, the LGBT campaign within the Union of UEA Students are looking to make a video in the style of the recent It Gets Better messages. We hope to feature UEA students and staff to get the message across that we are a supportive institution.

The video project won’t take up a lot of your time and should be finished by the end of February. If you’d like to share your story, or have any questions, please email union.lgbt@uea.ac.uk

You can learn more about the UUEAS’ LGBT officer and the LGBT campaign here, or on Facebook and Twitter.

February is LGBT History Month, a celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans peoples’ contribution to history and culture and how far we’ve come in the fight for liberty and equality.

If you’ve got any ideas of what you’d like us to do, why not get in touch on Facebook or Twitter or email secretary@ueapride.co.uk?

Make sure you check this website, and our homes on Facebook and Twitter so that you know what events we’re holding this year. You can also sign up to our mailing list, by sending us an email to secretary@ueapride.co.uk and asking to be added!

Apologies for not having updated this website in a few weeks.

We held a by-election on Thursday 10th November, to fill vacant spots on our committee. We are pleased to announce that Alessandra Covne and Char Hare were elected as Welfare officers

The committee for UEAPride 2010/11 looks like this

• Hayley Kearns – President
• Charlie Christie – Secretary
• Ed Tarpey – Treasurer
• James Catton – Web Editor
• Sophie Cooper – Communications
• Andrew Kitchener, Paul Scott, Char Hare and Alessandra Coyne – Welfare Officers