That Gets My Goat!

This evening I'm giving a presentation on behalf of the Sutton LGBT Forum. Entitled That Gets My Goat!, it looks at scapegoating of minorities, and helps the group to consider not only why this happens, but what they can do to counteract it.

I've provided links to the presentation slides, the handouts and my presentation notes:

• Slides: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24371157/TGMG%20-%20Slides.pdf
• Handout 1:What have goats ever done? https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24371157/TGMG%20-%20HO1.pdf
• Handout 2: Newspaper articles https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24371157/TGMG%20-%20HO2.pdf
• Handout 2a: My extra items on the 'Power of Gay' https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24371157/TGMG%20-%20HO2a.pdf
• Handout 3:Normalising heterosexuality https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24371157/TGMG%20-%20HO3.pdf
• Handout 4: Mythbusters https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24371157/TGMG%20-%20HO4.pdf
• Presentation notes: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24371157/TGMG%20-%20Notes.pdf

You may have noticed that all the files are in PDF format. If you would prefer the original PowerPoint/Word files, just contact me at chris@lgbtsutton.com, or via the email address in the blog's header.

Alan Turing Institute

In the Budget on 19 March, the Chancellor, George Osborne, announced funding for the Alan Turing Institute, which is intended to ensure that Britain leads the way in big data and algorithm research.

Universities will be able to bid to host the national facility, which will receive £42 million of Government support over five years.

In his Budget speech, Mr Osborne said the institute was being founded in honour of a man "who was persecuted for his sexuality by the country he helped to save".

Links:
http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/uk-budget-alan-turing-%C2%A342m-research-institute-announced190314
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/mar/19/budget-2014-alan-turing-institute
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/incoming/budget-2014-manchester-urged-bid-6851567

You can see a video click of this part of the Budget speech here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/budget/10709458/Budget-2014-George-Osborne-announces-Alan-Turing-Institute-to-research-big-data.html

Previous posts about Alan Turing:
http://lgbthistoryproject.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/government-rejects-pardon-request-for.html
http://lgbthistoryproject.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/alan-turing-to-be-recognised-by-royal.html
http://lgbthistoryproject.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/alan-turing-drama-documentary-on.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing