Artefacts related to gay history clu 11,000-year-old pebble pictg uple havg sex<br>
Contents:
- FIVE PIEC OF GAY ART AT THE BRISH MM
- GAY GLASS
- MM CELEBRAT 'LGBT HISTORY MONTH' WH ARTIFACT PROVG GAYS WERE ROMAN EMPIRE - NOW TURN IT AROUND FOR A SICK SURPRISE
- WHY THE V&A GAY AND LBIAN TOUR IS ESSENTIAL
FIVE PIEC OF GAY ART AT THE BRISH MM
Jo our volunteer-led tour and disver a fascatg selectn of objects wh LGBTQ (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer) nnectns. Last year the UK saw an imprsive range of programmg across the cultural sector to mark the 50th anniversary of the partial crimalisatn of homosexualy England and Wal.
GAY GLASS
It seems likely that more Lbian Gay Bisexual Transgenr and Queer (LGBTQ) themed projects took place last year than any year sce the passg of the Sexual Offenc Act July 1967.
MM CELEBRAT 'LGBT HISTORY MONTH' WH ARTIFACT PROVG GAYS WERE ROMAN EMPIRE - NOW TURN IT AROUND FOR A SICK SURPRISE
Homosexualy was illegal England and Wal until July 1967. Partly as a rult of this lonial history and the troductn of Christiany, 'homosexualy' was ma illegal many Ain untri. A Ltle Gay History: sire and diversy across the world by Richard Parkson is available om the Brish Mm Shop.
WHY THE V&A GAY AND LBIAN TOUR IS ESSENTIAL
The Brish Mm has gathered a llectn of objects wh LGBTQ nnectns, cludg the world’s olst known pictn of a uple havg sex – an 11, 000-year-old rved lce pebble – to be sent on a natnal pebble, lled the A Sakhri, possibly picts gay sex, as the figur portrayed are ambiguo.