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Anne Roosevelt speaks at human rights conference in Edinburgh

Post author By Natalie Nazanin Imani
Post date September 10, 2018
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On September 7 and 8, the University of Edinburgh Law School and Edinburgh Global Justice Academy hosted the annual conference of the Association of Human Rights Institutes (AHRI), whereby Anne Roosevelt gave a moving speech. This year’s conference coincided with the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. To commemorate the occasion, the […]

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LGBT+ people who have shaped our history

Post author By Emily Oulton
Post date February 28, 2018
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For many, it is seemingly convenient to believe that queer figures have only just started to venture into the history books within this millennium. Indeed with figures such as David Bowie, Tim Cook, Ellen Degeneres and Caitlyn Jenner being deeply supportive of the LGBT+ community, it is easy to forget those that came before. There […]

Tags Billie Holiday, Eleanor Roosevelt, LGBT, LGBT+ History Month, Shakespeare