Not sure what's bothering me more, the gendering of gingerbread or the AI slop

"Save time by creating an AI summary," Adobe screams, as I spend 5 minutes hiding AI pop-ups and suggestions

There has to be a better way to request academic journal peer reviews that doesn't involve automated email requests and absolutely no human contact throughout. I say yes when I can, but when even the thank-yous are automated and my name is misspelled, I can't help but question the system a little!

Mandatory 30-minute session of sitting down and staring at the sea every time I happen to be in Brighton. Highly recommend

Having the conference in a heritage venue gave it so much character! Kudos to all the staff at St Fagans for the extra logistical effort required to pull this off!

The queer tour of St Fagans was my personal highlight of the MA Conference so far! Lovely to see a PERMANENT queer display in such a prominent spot in the gallery 🩷 #Museums2025

📢 REGISTRATIONS OPEN! 📢 Registrations are open for the upcoming QHCN Symposium, exploring the innovative queer heritage work being developed by cultural organisations across the UK and beyond 📆 Date: 25-26 November 2025 📍 Location: National Trust - Heelis Registration links below ⬇

Von Dutch for a bottom two lip sync of a season premiere was certainly a choice for #DragRaceUK

Yes that looks like the correct order for a ribbon menu

I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/

I will be asking to remove 'Queer As Folklore' from the long list for the Polari Prize 2025.

We're now at a total of a quarter of the longlisted authors choosing to withdraw from the Polari Prize this year.

"This book is surprisingly easy to read," I think to myself, lying on a sunbed at the beach, enjoying quite possibly the best reading conditions known to humankind

The next phase of the Trans-Inclusive Culture project has officially been announced. It’s been in development for some time, and the demand for clarity and support within the sector has only grown. Read more below ⬇️ and at transinclusiveculture.le.ac.uk

Why are you not still living in the place where you went to primary school? Perhaps because you wanted to find opportunities that suited you and people who were interested in the things you are interested in, rather the strangers you happened to be plonked down next to early on?

The adaptation of Trans-Inclusive Culture for the Italian heritage context is out now! 🏳️‍⚧️ It's been a pleasure to work with ICOM Italia to make this happen. Thank you to all our collaborators, artists and supporters 🙏🏻 📄 Download here: www.icom-italia.org/pubblicazioni/

"Separate the art from the artist," they implore, but the artist tweets an average of 15 times a day about how much she delights in opposing trans rights

I have a photo album on my phone dedicated to museum toilets. Classy, I know. On average I visit 50 museums a year and, as a genderqueer person, I prefer an all-gender toilet.

I’m reminded of a recent Judith Butler interview in which they pointed out that the history of feminism is characterised by resisting definitions of what a woman is or can be. The idea that my gametes (good lord) are what make me a woman feels as offensive as any other limitation i can imagine.

regardless of today’s outcome, it is morally indefensible to have a court ruling on something that affects a population, using evidence and findings that did not consult a single member of that population.

My visit to Catania and the Monastero dei Benedettini completely redefined my idea of what a university can look like 🤯 Absolutely chuffed to have been invited to speak in such an incredible space

Opinion | In the Trump era, the UK sector’s commitments to equity and inclusion risk being quietly eroded Museums must not allow the wider political context to undo progress, say Suzanne MacLeod and @richardsandellrcmg.bsky.social.

A morning out at Lethaby Gallery, @unioftheartslondon.bsky.social for Transcestry: 10 Years of the Museum of Transology 🏳️‍⚧️ Our Q&A with founder E-J Scott will be coming to Museums Journal soon. A little ambient video of our wander around the exhibition 👇

Had the most magical time at the Lethaby Gallery tonight! Please go visit TRANSCESTRY: 10 years of the Museum of Transology! Happy birthday MoT 🧁🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻

Third sunny day in a row. Feeling anxious and confused

How do I stop rewatching Doechii’s Tiny Desk Concert

Currys is finally delivering a new washing machine tomorrow after my old one broke and this is how they will find me

After each stage of the British citizenship application process, a new, even more unhinged step is revealed to me (I'm on digital portal number four so far)

Lovely afternoon spent exploring the newly re-opened galleries at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery ☺️

Reading Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's biography and the author's desperate attempts to prove heterosexuality get worse with every sentence 💀

Consider applying for this paid opportunity 👇🏻 The National Archives are looking for focus group participants with a range of archival knowledge – from no knowledge to active users

The new issue of Museum & Society is out! 🎉⬇ All articles fully accessible at: journals.le.ac.uk/index.php/ma...

Journey to Newcastle awful. Folk stood all the way, couldn't even get to loo.

I'd like to submit my #SpotifyWrapped as evidence that brat is the only reasonable choice for word of the year

(posting on behalf of) Alana Blakers who is doing a PhD on queer museums as part of my ARC project titled Saving Lives: Mapping the influence of Indigenous LGBTIQ+ creative artists. Any and all participation is appreciated mqedu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

📑 NEW Resource! 📑 Check out NEMO – Network of European Museum Organisations’ resource ‘LGBTQIA+ inclusion in European museums: An incomplete guideline’ to learn about policies, scenarios & practical tips to make museums more inclusive and welcoming for LGBTQIA+ individuals, cultures & histories 🌈

The absolute state of public transport in the Midlands 😂 Off-peak, no particular disruptions announced, standing room only, of course

i don't believe in blocking people with different views. i think that everybody should listen to everybody else all of the time. i believe that everyone should quit their jobs and stop sleeping so that they can read all of the posts and consider all of the perspectives

How is your museum honoring #TDOR? This Trans Day of Remembrance I'm thinking of Jono Vaughan's work. This is 'Brandy Martell, 400 block of 13th Street near Franklin Street, Oakland, CA' from Project 42. Each work in her series is named for a murdered trans person and the place they were killed.

Couldn't have asked for a better TV adaptation tbh 😭 So sad it's coming to an end

Unsettling example of a physician diagnosing by tasting a patient's urine, 'greenish colour...sweet to the smell and taste'

Consider applying for this if you are planning an LGBTQ+ heritage project based in Scotland!

Had to get my earmuffs out and everything

Museums are houses of things. But each object contains the memories and lifetimes of the people who made, used and cared for them—sometimes over generations—and there are moments when we see them resurface in ways we could never anticipate. 🧵

Our next online session will bring together heritage practitioners and community voices to explore what it means for museums and heritage organisations to be queer family friendly. 📆 Date: 9 December, 10:00-12:30 (UK time) 📍 Location: Online Sign up for free: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1074393332...

Need more news organisations to step up like this! www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...

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