LGBTQ+

Find queer stories, narratives and cultural heritage from all around Europe

Stories

Audrey Rose Mizzi's commentary on how Malta became a leader in LGBTIQ+ rights, created for Online Creative Residency

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Discover Joseph Degabriele’s reflections on coming out developed as part of the Creative Online Residency

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Explore the hidden stories of resilience and cultural impact from Eleni Maragkou for the Creative Online Residency

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Find out how Aida Naasan Agha Spyridopoulou turned T. Lautrec designs into animations during Creative Online Residency

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Explore the history of LGBTQ+ in Belarus & Eastern Europe in Volha Kavalchuk's contribution to Creative Online Residency

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Discover how Marina Schilke animated Peter Behrens 'The Kiss' using the pride flag for the Creative Online Residency

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Read Yasmine Ba's 'Conversations with Grandma(...)' written as part of the Creative Online Residency

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Read Tonya Atanakova's fictional story exploring LGBTQ+ cultures and communities, created for Creative Online Residency

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Breaking barriers within literature and the arts

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Gay artist and author who fought in the Dutch Resistance during World War II

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Portugal's first female journalist who was a mixed race and lesbian writer and activist

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The history of an internationally loved cult musical, both as a stage show and film

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50 years of community support and services from the UK's oldest LGBTQ+ charity

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Opening the future to the dreams of the past

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Pioneering German sexologist who was one of the earliest LGBTQ+ rights activists

Spain is a pioneering country in the recognition of the rights of the LBGTQ+ community

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20th century German photographer inspired by Greece's classical antiquity

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Lesbian entrepreneur, actress, singer and 'the most painted woman in the world

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Exploring the history of the tournament which promotes acceptance of sexual diversity

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Exploring the art of Swedish modernist Gösta Adrian-Nilsson

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Partners Michaél Mac Liammóir and Hilton Edwards were leading figures in 20th century theatre in Ireland

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African-American fashion designer who broke barriers in the European fashion industry

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Discover the history of a modern dance theatre that helped propel stories of a nation to the world

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Pride parades are a celebration of queerness, a protest against normativity, and a cry for equal rights.

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LGBTQ+ histories and heritage across Europe.

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Three Black authors from the Americas who have lived in Europe

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Drag performers play with gender expression, and ideas of masculinity and femininity

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Discover Cork's rich history of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities.

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Artworks by LGBTQ+ artists and their portraits from across Europe.

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American artist and prominent social activist Keith Haring

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The story of Fanny and Stella from the James Gardiner Collection

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Exploring the symbols and cultural heritage of LGBTQ+ activism

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One of the most successful female impersonators in the early 20th century

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Life and literature of a Spanish avant-garde poet and playwright

Collections

Global AIDS awareness posters from London's Wellcome Collection

Tracing the history of Cork's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Communities from 1970s to 1990s

Photographs from Helsinki Pride parades and festivals since 2010

Archive and documentation centre on homosexuality, bisexuality and transgender heritage, based in the Netherlands

Photographs documenting Pride in 2013 in Örebro, Sweden's 6th largest city

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