What is thought to be the UK's first dited mm to gay history is set to open Granary Square, Kg's Cross, occupyg part of a buildg owned by the chary, Art Fund.
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Fd out about Queer Bra, the UK’s first mm dited to LGBTQ+ (lbian, gay, bi, trans, queer) history and culture. * kings cross gay museum *
The Granary Square tenancy is ially for two LGBTQ+ mm will be loted on the ground floor of 2 Granary Square Kgs Cross, the buildg owned by the Art Fund chary Photo: © David Levene The mm director is Joseph Galliano, the chief executive of Queer Bra and former edor of Gay Tim. Photographer Robert Taylor is among the Bra’s archive is currently hoed at the Bishopsgate Instute near Liverpool Street statn, which also holds a vast lbian and gay news media archive and a library of around 10, 000 LGBTQ tl. “Queer Bra’s llectn is looked after by the Bishopsgate Instute; they [Bishopsgate] will ntue wh buildg their own LGBTQ+ llectn as well, ” the Queer Bra spokman UK mms also have signifint LGBTQ archiv cludg Natnal Mms Liverpool—enpassg objects such as flyers and lerature lked to key gay UK events and clubs—and the Victoria and Albert Mm London, which ntas a range of objects lked to LGBTQ history.
The mm gift shop sells a Queer Bra merchandise and a selectn of books curated by Gay’s The Word, wh all proceeds gog to the mm’s chary. In May 2021, Queer Bra, the UK’s first mm dited to LGBTQ+ (lbian, gay, bi, trans, queer) history and culture, opened the Kg’s Cross area of London.
And ’s not before time: same-sex marriag were celebrated here om 2014, gay puter scientist Alan Turg featur on our £50 note, and many mms and attractns London have LGBTQ+ themed events, trails, and exhibs. NOTE: The word ‘queer, ’ once a homophobic term, has a rich recent history of beg ed posively, particularly for younger generatns, as an umbrella term to refer to non-straight and non-genr-nformg inti. Lus (1926-2014) – civil servant by day and chronicler of London’s gay unrworld by night.
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As the exhibn marks the 50th anniversary of London’s first Gay Pri march (as was lled then) 1972, there are photos and memori of early pris. You n read books the small library, curated by Gay’s The Word, Bra’s olst LGBTQ+ bookshop based nearby Bloomsbury.
I’ll fish wh a quote om London’s first openly-gay celebry, Quent Crisp:. It is ltle over half a century sce homosexualy was partially crimalised England and Wal, and ’s a perd fed by both progrs and trma. When Lord Arran -sponsored the bill that end the total crimalisatn of same-sex relatns between men – after his gay brother had killed himself – his preamble was bleak.