The second of the Hall’s ‘in conversation’ series, Dan Glass, Gay Liberation Front activist and author chats to award-winning Russian journalist and writer Sergey Khazov-Cassia. This event is hosted by the Principal of St Edmund Hall, Professor Katherine J. Willis.

Dan Glass is a Gay Liberation Front activist and has been recognised as Attitude Magazine’s 'campaigning role models for LGBTQI youth', a Guardian UK youth climate leader , 2017 Activist of the Year with the Sexual Freedom Awards and was announced a BBC Greater Londoner in 2019 for founding 'Queer Tours of London - A Mince Through Time’. An intersectional campaigner, author and performer, Dan’s work spans across climate justice and human rights to sex-positivity and healthcare. From holding ‘HIV anti-stigma classes’ as part of the Beyond UKIP Cabaret he put on in Nigel Farage’s local pub, to the publication of his book United Queerdom: From the Legends of the Gay Liberation Front to the Queers of Tomorrow (2020), Dan is a formidable and visionary pillar of the British LGBTQIA+ community.

Sergey Khazov-Cassia is an award-winning Russian journalist and writer living in Moscow and working for Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Sergey has written and produced a series of articles and documentaries on LGBT+ and human rights. He is also the author of two novels A Different Childhood (2014) and The Gospel according to (2016), which reflect on the life and struggles of a gay person in both the Soviet Union and modern Russia.