King's College London

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College coat of arms

King's College London was founded in 1829 by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington. It was seen as an Anglican institution, as opposed to University College London which was a secular institution. its main campus is on the Strand in central London. It is a constituent college of the federal University of London, but is for many purposes a university in its own right.

LGBT societies

King's LGBT (King's College London Lesbian Gay Bi-sexual Trans* Society) exists to provide a safe environment for King’s LGBT students and their friends to meet, campaign on behalf of the LGBT student community and promote awareness of LGBT issues.

In 2012, it was a member of the LGBT Consortium.

Alumni and staff

• Peter Ashman, human rights lawyer
• Arthur C Clarke, science fiction writer
• Richard Coles, priest, broadcaster, and former musician
• Quentin Crisp, flamboyant gay writer
• maureen Duffy, novelist
• Richard Dyer (professor)
• Christopher Isherwood, novelist
• Derek Jarman, film maker

http://www.kingslgbt.co.uk/

http://web.archive.org/web/20120826083501/http://www.lgbtconsortium.org.uk/directory/kings_college_london_lgbt