L.G.B.T.
Starting 6pm | 11th Oct | Level 2
Our First LGBT and Friends event of the year! This is a large gathering to break tensions, so we hope you will lose any nervousness that you have, and find the confidence to have a great time at Essex Uni. We aim to make this a fun social event, were you will have fun making new friends, and hopefully not embarrass yourself too much.
We won Best Society of the Year last year, and we’re proud of that! The …

On 7th June 2011 the LGBT society will be holding its main event of the year in order to celebrate its 40th Anniversary.
From 7pm that evening the society has arranged for a panel of academics, alumni and current members as well as members of Colchester outhouse to talk at moot hall on the changes that have happened with regards to Gay rights specifically in Colchester and at The University of Essex.
It will look at how the univ…ersity had one of the first LGBT societies in the country, providing a safe …

On Wednesday, the Students’ Union hosted the Golden Guilds, an award ceremony for the Societies at Essex.
The LGBT and Friends Society was recognised as a Gold Standard Society (the highest standard possible).
Not only that, but we were named Society of the Year and have an amazing trophy.
So, thank you very much for getting involved and I hope that we can build on this in the year to come.

Last weekend, the LGBT society here at Essex University went to the National Union of Students Lesbian, Gay, Bi, and Trans Conference which took place at Sheffield Hallum University from the 6th May to 8th May . We are pleased to announce that the society, which had been nominated for several awards, succeeded in winning a nationally recognized award for,  LGBT Campaign of the Year for their effort with the 40th anniversary celebrations which have been on going throughout the year and are still ongoing. Notably they were also shortlisted …

The University of Essex LGBT & Friends Society would like to thank everyone who attended our Annual General Meeting!!!
The turn-out was fantastic and it was great to see so many of you there, contributing to the society, listening to the Candidates and voting.
We would like to congratulate all the candidates who participated, it truly means a lot to the Society to see so many dedicated members!!!
Therefore, without further ado, the results are as follows:

1. The President: Jordan Cohen
2. The Women’s Officer:  Sarah Bone
3. The Secretary: Deniz Kemal
4. The Treasurer: Tom …