University of Oxford

University coat of arms

The University of Oxford is the oldest university in the United Kingdom, comprising a number of self-governing colleges and other institutions, most of which are located in and around the centre of Oxford.

LGBT history

The Oxford University LGBT Lectures have been held annually since 2010.

Notable alumni and academics

Balliol College

• John Addington Symonds
• Boris Johnson
• Lionel Blue

Christ Church

• see Christ Church, Oxford.

Corpus Christi College

• Alan Hollinghurst (lecturer)

Exeter College

• Alan Bennett

Magdalen College

• Alan Hollinghurst
• H Montgomery Hyde
• John Mark Ainsley
• John Wolfenden (fellow)
• Matt Houlbrook
• Oscar Wilde

New College

• Edward Perry Warren
• Ian Buist
• Lord Montagu of Beaulieu

Oriel College

• John Henry Newman (Fellow)

Pembroke College

• Hugh Lygon

Somerville College

• Alan Hollinghurst (lecturer)

St Anne's College

• Michael Dillon (as Laura Dillon)

St Catherine's College

• Jeanette Winterson

St Edmund Hall

• Peter Scott-Presland

St John's College

• A E Housman

Wadham College

• Andrew Hodges (Fellow)
• John Wilkins (Warden)
• Rowan Williams
• Robert Thistlethwayte (Warden)