OTP 2022 Hub - Leeds Museums and Galleries
OUTing the Past 2022 will be our fourth OTP in Leeds. After running a great live web event for OTP21, we are really looking forward to welcoming people in person again.
Leeds Museums and Galleries is again leading a cross-community partnership to develop and deliver OUTing the Past. We operate nine sites across our city, ranging from medieval abbeys to historic houses, community museums, one of the best British Art collections outside London at Leeds Art Gallery, and Leeds City Museum itself.
Our current intention is to bring you an event which combines a safe and socially distanced physical event at Leeds City Museum, which we will record and put online for those who cannot join us in person. Leeds City Museum is an amazing and very central venue in Leeds with fantastic displays of natural history, archaeology, world cultures and Leeds history, as well as its regular focus on LGBT+ history during LGBT+ History Month and beyond. You can find out more about how to get there and any access requirements here.
Over the last few years, we have been lucky enough to host some wonderful talks from amazing speakers, covering everything from Anne Lister and the founding of Stonewall to non-binary history and queer representation in videogames. This year, we hope to provide a diverse and inclusive programme of talks. We will also be providing more support for local communities whose voices don’t get heard as often or as loudly.
Over the coming months, we will be working enthusiastically to ensure that OTP 2022 in Leeds will be exciting, memorable and a great foundation for future work celebrating LGBT+ history.
If you want to know any more about what we are planning in Leeds, please drop us a line at outingthepast@leeds.gov.uk.