Queer Britain – Queer Museums and Archives
Homotopia in Liverpool have been pioneers in driving debate. At their conference ‘The Un-straight Museum’ in 2014 they brought together a wide cross section from cultural institutions, curators, and archivists in representing marginalised communities and promoting diversity. What emerged from that conference was a picture of (mostly) LGBTQ professionals and activists who were propelling change within […]
1967 and all that… physique era photography exhibition
Model Men I curated the exhibition Model Men to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act. On 27th July 1967 the Act legalised (in England and Wales) gay sex in private . This, rather than Stonewall (1969), began the process that would eventually lead to homosexual equality in Britain. The exhibition was at the Menier Gallery […]
Curator for the LGBT element of Brixton Calling!
As curator for the LGBT element to Brixton Calling! – an Arts Council for England and Heritage Lottery Funded project to draw attention to Brixton Art Gallery, I helped to assemble archival material deposited at Tate Britain and Lambeth Archives. Brixton Artists Collective were based at a gallery in Station Road and held a number of […]
