Salon LIVE Online: Russell T Davies & Ruth Coker Burks with Damian Barr
Get ready for the first Salon of 2021!
Join us online for a powerful evening of stories of fear and hope, loss and survival, becoming and belonging. In the 1980s, HIV-AIDS devastated the LGBTQ+ community - the epidemic is not over. Join Ruth Coker Burks and Russell T Davies as they look back on that time, uncover untold stories and reflect on their relevance now. Ruth is the author of All The Young Men, her memoir of how, as a young, single mother in Arkansas, she found herself at the forefront of the AIDS crisis, risking everything to restore humanity to those the virus and prejudice sought to destroy. Russell revolutionised TV with Queer As Folk - It’s A Sin is another landmark series: the first British show to directly show HIV-AIDS impacting a whole generation of gay and bisexual men and how they respond and resist. It’s as joyful and defiant as it is heart-breaking. February is LGBTQ+ History Month and all are welcome at this online Salon – 10% of ticket revenue from this event goes to support the work of the Terrence Higgins Trust.