Investigate the concept of drag through the lens of queer performance, national identity, gender and sexuality, and other relevant topics.
Investigate the concept of drag through the lens of queer performance, national identity, gender and sexuality, and other relevant topics.
Bishopsgate Institute will be staging a take-over of The Curve at the Barbican from February 28 – March 21 with an installation of objects, ephemera and media highlighting 40 moments and stories in London’s LGBTQ+ history.
Bishopsgate Institute is accepting donations to preserve the drag king scene following a sell-out event to celebrate the donation drive.
PECCADILLO PICTURES DONATES COMPANY’S HISTORY TO BISHOPSGATE INSTITUTE’S NATIONAL LGBTQ ARCHIVE
Told across eight episodes, covering 1974 to 1982, the podcast features dozens of log book entries and interviews with more than 40 contributors. Each episode takes a different theme, using Switchboard’s log book entries as a springboard into contributors’ memories and discussions
In March 1974 the London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard was founded to provide confidential and accessible help and information on the end of a phone line. In 2015 the organisation was renamed ‘Switchboard: the LGBT+ Helpline’ to emphasise inclusion for persons of all sexual orientation and gender identities, and to reflect its nationwide reach.
