OTP 2020 Hub Programmes - Museum of Liverpool

The Museum of Liverpool will be hosting their event on 22nd February 2020.

11am - Mama G - Storytime with Mama G

Storytelling in the Atrium. Mama G tells stories to children and their families about being who you are and loving who you want. The stories are full of audience participation and sing along moments.

11.30am - Welcome and Introduction

Education Room 3

11.40am - Rosie Adamson-Clark and Mel Plumley - Women’s Stories in film

‘Nan to the Rescue’. A short film by Rosie Adamson-Clark, directed by Mel Plumley, about a teenage girl coming out in the 1980s in a homophobic town and the unexpected support of her Nan!

12:20pm - Non-Binary Leeds - A Brief Encounter with Non-Binary History

Our presentation will cover artists such as Claude Cahun and Marlow Moss, Jewish Rabbinical literature as well as unknown individuals such as Thomas(ine) and personal histories and experiences. The presentation will be an expansion of the material in the zine produced by members of the local Leeds non-binary community with Non-Binary Leeds.

1pm - Mama G - Storytime with Mama G

Storytelling in the Atrium

1.50pm - Ian Nipper - BONA! A History of Polari

 Polari, the "lost language of gay men" was a secret way to communicate when the law prohibited open expression of queer sexuality. Flourishing in the 1960s and 70s (notably in the radio show "Round the Horne"), it began to die out in the 1980s - although it has enjoyed a resurgence of sorts on the London cabaret scene. Many younger people have never heard of it but it is an important part of queer history.
Come and find out where it came from, why it began to die out and how it has left its mark on popular culture!

2.30pm - Valerie Stevenson - Everyman Theatre Records, Liverpool, 1965-1970

Telling the history of the censorship battles theatre companies had, particularly with the Lord Chamberlain’s department, in the late 1960s to put on plays with LGBT+ themes.

3pm - Mama G - Storytime with Mama G

Storytelling in Atrium

3.10pm - Jen Yockney - 25 years of Bi Space and Voice

Comparatively) bi history is erased and the histories of bi organising are less documented and told than those of LG organisations and campaigns. This is a telling of the story of the UK's longest-running bi support group, which marked its 25th birthday in September 2019.

3:50pm - Kris Reid - Queering the Castle, Hillsborough Castle, NI

As the official Northern Ireland residence of the British Royal Family, Hillsborough Castle is a unique site with over three centuries of Irish, British, Royal and Political histories. Despite this, queer narratives have been absent from the Castle's story. In response to this, the Public Engagement team at HRP (Historic Royal Palaces) have developed a tour which explores this history.

This presentation will offer an insight into the ways in which LGBTQ+ history can (and should) be uncovered at heritage sites and shared widely with audiences.

4.30pm - Liverpool LGBT Choir - Performance

Performance in the Atrium