The final seminar of our 2025 Alcohol Occasionals was delivered by Beth Meadows and Dr Kat Petrilli in October 2025. Please see below for information about our speakers and links to the event report and recording.
Documenting alcohol marketing targeting LGBTQ+ communities
Kat Petrilli (Institute of Alcohol Studies) discussed findings from their research which explores alcohol marketing targeting LGBTQ+ communities.
About Kat
Kat Petrilli is a senior researcher at the Institute of Alcohol Studies (IAS), an independent body bringing together evidence, policy and practice from home and abroad to promote an informed debate on alcohol’s impact on society. As well as their work with IAS, they are a Research Associate at the Policy Research Unit in Addictions at King’s College London.
Kat holds a BSc in Neuroscience from King’s College London, and an MRes in Cognitive Neuroscience from University College London, and completed their PhD at the Addiction and Mental Health Group (AIM) at the University of Bath.
Exploring Alcohol-Free Nightlife Spaces for LGBTQIA+ Communities.
Beth Meadows who will discussed findings from her PhD project titled : ‘Are you being served? Exploring Alcohol-free Nightlife Spaces for LGBTQIA+ Communities’.
About Beth
Beth (she/her) is a Sociology of Public Health researcher, specialising in experiences of LGBTQIA+ communities. She previously worked on an ESRC funded Equalise Nightlife Project (at Liverpool John Moores University’s Public Health Institute), a qualitative, feminist study exploring gendered experiences of nightlife. She has also held a range of third sector roles in frontline support work, namely with the LGBTQIA+ communities. Beth is a member of the Substance Use research group at Glasgow Caledonian University’s Research Centre for Health and in the final year of her PhD entitled ‘Are you being served? Exploring Alcohol-free Nightlife Spaces for LGBTQIA+ Communities’. This qualitative study critically assesses and explores the creation, experience and sustainability of alcohol-free nightlife spaces for LGBTQIA+ communities in Scotland from an intersectional lens. Beth will present the findings of the project during the seminar.
Event Recording
Event Report
LGBTQIA+ Communities and Alcohol
March 2026