People’s History Museum will close on Sunday 31 December 2023 and re-open on Thursday 1 February 2024 so that it can carry out further work as part of the Welcome Project at PHM, which stems from the museum’s vision to be an exemplar for accessibility.
Find out moreA day of talks exploring and celebrating LGBT+ histories for OUTing the Past Festival. As part of People’s History Museum’s (PHM) programme exploring disabled people’s activism, the event will focus on how disabled people have influenced LGBT+ history and the fight for LGBT+ rights.
OUTing the Past is an international celebration of LGBT+ history that takes place throughout the year, and across the world.
12.00pm: Welcome video and stalls
12:30pm – 1.15pm: A Brief History of LBBTQ+ Campaigning and Gays Against H-Block
1.30pm – 2.00pm: Tacked On: Outing intersex history
2.30pm – 3.00pm: And it happened in Manchester – The First National Conference of Disabled Lesbians and Gay Men
3.15pm – 3.45pm: AccSEXibility – a curious look at how disabled people have been erased from erotica, sexuality and anything kinky
Suitable for 16+