The Same-Sex Hand-Holding event hosted by OUSU and RAG on Valentine’s Day this year in has been short listed in Event of the Year Category for the NUS Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Trans Awards 2010.
On 14th February, the organisers of ‘SSHH’ marshalled over 100 people to hold hands in same-sex pairings, creating a chain which was almost long enough to encircle the entire Radcliffe Camera. The stunt was inspired by national project, ‘A Day in the Hand’, which aims to encourage acceptance for same-sex couples holding hands in public.
OUSU LGBT Officer Jasper Minton-Taylor commented during the activity that he hoped to foster “a sense of community, a sense of friendship, a sense of acceptance.”
The event was run as part of Oxford’s Queer History month, is one of four activities to be short listed.
