BLACK QUEER HISTORY

WORKSHOPS

Join curator, archivist, and filmmaker Veronica Mckenzie to help create a display on the importance of Black queer spaces focussing on the groundbreaking, Black Lesbian and Gay Centre, started by Black and Asian activists in 1985.

VISUALISING QUEER SPACES & UTOPIAS

CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP

Explore the idea of Queer Utopias: spaces where LGBTQ+ lives feel safe, seen and heard. A panel discussion and creative writing workshop where participants encounter their past and future selves in dialogue with their own queer histories.

THE BLACK LESBIAN MOVEMENT

BLACK HISTORY MONTH PANEL

Celebrate Black History Month with a panel about the 80s and 90s Black Lesbian Movement in London. With activist Femi Otitoju, researcher Sue Lemos and writer, film director and curator Veronica Mckenzie.

QUEER BRITAIN MUSEUM LATE

EXTENDED OPENING

We're keeping our doors open for an extra couple of hours on the second Thursday every month, so everyone has the opportunity to be inspired and informed about LGBTQ+ History. We'll be serving drinks on a first come, first serve basis - everyone is welcome.

MEET THE ARTIST

Celebrating the London debut of exhibition, Top (2022) by artist Claye Bowler, with a special conversation between the them and E-J Scott, curator/creator of the Museum of Transology.

QUEER DOMESTICITY IN 20TH CENTURY FICTION AND POETRY

LITERARY SALON

Join Dr Hannah Roche from the University of York in a literary salon, for an in-depth discussion of houses and homes in queer fiction and poetry of the 20th century.

QUEER LONDON WALKING TOURS

IN ASOCIATION WITH QUEER BRITAIN

Explore the vast and complex history of Gay and Lesbian life in London, and learn how we evolved into the diverse LGBTQ+ community that we celebrate today with a walking tour through central London, detailing a fascinating history from the 1700s to today.