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# Russell T Davies to headline mainstage panel at National Student Pride
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/russell-t-davies-to-headline-mainstage-panel-at-national-student-pride/
- Published: 2024-01-16T10:00:48.000Z
- Updated: 2024-01-16T08:48:41.000Z
- Description: Next month, Russell T Davies – writer of Queer As Folk, It’s A Sin and Doctor Who – will swap scriptwriting for stage as he headlines the conversation on LGBTQ+ representation in TV and film at National Student Pride. The panel, hosted by Cliff Joannou and in collaboration with Attitude magazine, wi
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: Doctor Who, It's A Sin, LGBT, LGBTQ, National Student Pride, Russell T. Davies, Student Pride, Tia Kofi

Next month, **Russell T Davies** – writer of *Queer As Folk*, *It’s A Sin* and *Doctor Who* – will swap scriptwriting for stage as he headlines the conversation on LGBTQ+ representation in TV and film at **National Student Pride**. The panel, hosted by **Cliff Joannou** and in collaboration with *Attitude* magazine, will take place at the daytime festival at **University of Westminster**‘s **Marylebone** **campus** on **Saturday, February 24** where Russell T Davies will be joined by other LGBTQ+ industry legends.

Russell’s recent episodes of *Doctor Who* have featured the first major transgender character, Rose Noble, played by *Heartstopper*’s **Yasmin Finney**, with a gender-defying storyline and conversations around pronouns and trans’ experiences that resonated with gender non-conforming viewers, sparked media conversation, public commentary and celebration from LGBTQ+ Whovians.

Russell has been consistently vocal on the importance of queer representation in the media, speaking at the **Iris Prize 2023**: “we need to constantly work to keep LGBTQ+ representation at the heart of the narrative. It’s dangerous to think it’s alright. There’s still more that needs to be done.”

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Tia Kofi

National Student Pride, billed as the UK’s largest LGBTQ+ student event, returns to London from February 23-25\. Over two days, National Student Pride will bring together 2,000+ attendees for a whole weekend of parties, panels, an LGBTQ+ careers fair, and more.

On the main stage, Student Pride will host *RuPaul’s Drag Race UK*’s **Tia Kofi**, **Tomara Thomas**, and **Cara Melle**, as well as *Queer Question Time*, hosted by LBC’s **Natasha Devon**, which will ask the big questions facing LGBTQ+ students. Free daytime tickets, £10 weekend wristbands and Sunday Drag Brunch bolt-on tickets are available [HERE](https://www.studentpride.co.uk/tickets?ref=scenemag.co.uk).

The current event line-up can be found [here](https://www.studentpride.co.uk/lineup24?ref=scenemag.co.uk)