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The University of Sheffield was founded in 1897 as the University College of Sheffield, and became a university in its own right in 1905. It occupies a number of buildings around the city of Sheffield.
LGBT societies
Sheffield University Homophile Society was founded in June 1970. It started a Gay Action Group in the winter of that year, but folded in early 1971. It is listed as a CHE group in Amiable Warriors Volume One.[1]
Sheffield University Students Union Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Executive is a former member of the LGBT Consortium.
The University of Sheffield LGBT Committee was a member of the Coalition for Equal Marriage.
Alumni and staff
- Stephen Daldry, film director
- Rachel Shelley, actress
- Fiona Shaw, author (fellow)
- Martin Stafford, gay campaigner
References
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- ↑ Amiable Warriors Volume One, page 573.