OTP 2020 Hub Programmes - People's History Museum, Manchester
Sat 8 February, 11.00am – 3.45pm
A specially curated programme of events and activities exploring and celebrating LGBT+ history.
OUTing the Past is an international celebration of LGBT+ history that takes place throughout the year, and across the world.
Suitable for all ages
Booking required for some individual events via Eventbrite
Pay what you feel at the event
Sat 8 February, 11.00am – 3.00pm
Since the decriminalisation of homosexual acts in 1967, there has been significant progress towards LGBT+ equality on both legal and social fronts. Delve into PHM’s incredible archive and discover some of the LGBT+ material we hold including the papers of human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell and campaign group Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM). Talk to our Archive Team about how the collection continues to grow today and how it is used by communities, researchers and individuals to explore the social and political stories of the past.
Part of OUTing the Past, an international celebration of LGBT+ history that takes place throughout the year, and across the world.
Suitable for 11+
No booking required, drop in event
Pay what you feel at the event
Sat 8 February, 11.00am – 12.00pm
LGBT+ main galleries guided tour
Join this guided tour of PHM’s main galleries and discover how the history of gender and sexuality has been affected by society, politics and activism over the past 200 years.
This tour also takes place 2.45pm – 3.45pm
Part of OUTing the Past, an international celebration of LGBT+ history that takes place throughout the year, and across the world.
Suitable for 11+
Booking required via Eventbrite
Pay what you feel at the event
Sat 8 February, 12.00pm – 1.00pm
Join two presentations, part of PHM's OUTing the Past Festival:
12.00pm – 12.30pm
Telling stories: oral history highlights from the West Yorkshire Queer Stories collection
Tash Lyons, volunteer at West Yorkshire Queer Stories (WYQS), explores the important contributions West Yorkshire has made to LGBTIQ+ history through oral history highlights from the WYQS collection.
The presentation will also look at the need to give LGBTIQ+ people a voice and make their stories visible, but also the need for people to listen to each other, to understand different perspectives and to accept that not everyone is in a position to be ‘out’ and to tell their story.
West Yorkshire Queer Stories is a National Lottery Heritage Fund supported project that has collected over 150 oral history testimonies from LGBTIQ+ people from around the region. The project has stories from young and old, covering people from a range of backgrounds and different sexualities and genders. Visit the WYQS website to access their collection.
12.30pm – 1.00pm
From RAF to Mr Gay UK to Lord Mayor of Manchester to LGBT Advisor to the Mayor of Greater Manchester
Carl Austin-Behan, LGBT Advisor to the Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham, talks about his personal experience of being discharged from the RAF for being ‘incomparable to service life’, winning Mr Gay UK and becoming the youngest and first openly gay Lord Mayor of Manchester in 2016.
Part of OUTing the Past, an international celebration of LGBT+ history that takes place throughout the year, and across the world.
Suitable for 11+
Booking required via Eventbrite
Pay what you feel at the event
Sat 8 February, 1.45pm – 2.45pm
Come along to this monthly discussion event where Workers’ Educational Association (WEA) tutor Mark Krantz will facilitate an open conversation about the talking point of the month. This is your opportunity to speak up or sit back and listen.
The topic of each discussion will be announced online at least a month before the event.
Part of OUTing the Past, an international celebration of LGBT+ history that takes place throughout the year, and across the world.
Suitable for 16+
Booking required via Eventbrite
Pay what you feel at the event
Sat 8 February, 2.45pm – 3.45pm
LGBT+ main galleries guided tour
Join this guided tour of PHM’s main galleries and discover how the history of gender and sexuality has been affected by society, politics and activism over the past 200 years.
This tour also takes place 11.00am – 12.00pm
Part of OUTing the Past, an international celebration of LGBT+ history that takes place throughout the year, and across the world.
Suitable for 11+
Booking required via Eventbrite
Pay what you feel at the event