Event:Pride Speakers Corner: Queer Tales From Wales

National Waterfront Museum
Finished
Two stories told by Jane Hoy
 
1pm - When John met Penry: the true tale of two Welshmen in Rome
John Gibson was a poor boy from Conwy who became a world famous sculptor. Penry Williams was a poor boy from Merthyr Tydfil who became a successful painter. Settle in for the story of their lives together in Rome of the 1840s.
 
2pm - Queen of the Lake
“Robust are the females hard labour attends them
With the fist they could knock down the man who offends them”
Cwtch up for the story of strong woman Marged Ferch Ifan and the Coppermine girl, set near Llyn Peris in the 1780s or thereabouts. Features welshcakes.
 
Biog
QTW is Jane Hoy and Helen Sandler. Together they have toured Wales and England with entertaining stories about queer characters in Welsh history. They also run Aberration, an LGBTQ+ arts and culture organisation in Aberystwyth. www.aberration.org.uk/queer-tales-from-wales.
 

 

Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond our control, Swansea PRIDE has been moved to the Brangwyn Hall for 2023. 

 

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Information

29 April 2023, 1 & 2pm
Cost Free
Suitability All
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The National Waterfront Museum does not have a dedicated car park.

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