From Derek Jarman and Gilbert and Gee to Maggi Hamblg and Cerh Wyn Evans, David Gwnutt photographed a generatn of young gay artists as they transformed film, fashn and patg
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GAY BAR VS ART GALLERY: SHOULD QUEER EXHIBNS BE RECLAIMED BY LGBT+ VENU?
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Cocidg wh the 50th anniversary of the UK’s gural Gay Pri march, two cultural stutns foced on the LGBTQ+ muny will lnch London this sprg, the first of their kd Bra. He has curated the display llaboratn wh the 82-year-old gay rights activist and thor Stuart Feather. It will chart the history of the UK Gay Liberatn Front (GLF) the 1970s through documentary photography, prs cuttgs and issu of the movement’s newspaper Come Together.
Many of the closed venu, such as the London Lbian and Gay Centre and the Joer's Arms, played ccial rol anisg queer ristance movements. Beyond a place to exhib and support LGBTQ+ artists, Joer hop that the venue will functn as a safe space for the queer muny durg a time of risg homophobic and transphobic hate crim: a recent Stonewall report found that two five trans people Bra had to al wh a hate crime or cint the past 12 months.
Featurg works om 1861–1967 relatg to lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer (LGBTQ) inti, the show marks the 50th anniversary of the partial crimalisatn of male homosexualy England. Queer Brish Art explor how artists exprsed themselv a time when tablished assumptns about genr and sexualy were beg qutned and personal and timate works are prented alongsi piec aimed at a wir public, which helped to fe a sense of muny when morn termology of ‘lbian’, ‘gay’, ‘bisexual’ and ‘trans’ were unregnised. Among the featured se studi are the London Lbian and Gay Centre and Black Lbian and Gay Centre, both nng the 1980s and ‘90s; Glass Bar (1995–2008), a space Eton for anyone intifyg as a woman; and venu such as The Joers Arms, The Black Cap and The Royal Vxhall Tavern that are the subject of current mpaigns agast revelopment.