“Organisations need to be seen as organic, with constantly growing collections and interpretations” @jskstarr.bsky.social #CILIPNWPride #LGBTQ+

Next up at our @ciliplgbtq.bsky.social and @cilipnw.bsky.social joint event is @jskstarr.bsky.social from @phm.org.uk outlining the impact of #Section28 on #museums, catalogues and collections. “We are still playing catch up” and they’re are knowledge gaps. #LGBTQ #CilipNWPride

Crucially, Jaime points out that interpreting marginalised histories is often taken up by minoritised museum workers, many times working outside the scope of their assigned roles. We need to recognise this extra labour and allocate staff hours to support these workers. @jskstarr.bsky.social

Loved this quote in an article about kids' engagement, participation and inclusion in museums, but first and foremost: "Children have the right to be fully included in public spaces" doi.org/10.1177/0907...

It’s weird to me that scholars keep writing that John Singer Sargent was a very private man who left no evidence of his sexuality when his sketches are like the definition of being horny on main, 19th century style.

"What if my museum doesn't have a queer collection?" Jaime says YES YOU DO! Every museum, every city, every community has queer history. It takes research and dedication to find these stories, says @jskstarr.bsky.social

Jaime Starr @jskstarr.bsky.social speaking about using queer or LGBTQ in museums: not everyone will agree. You might get pushback about ANY term. The key is to choose your terms thoughtfully, stay consistent, and train staff to explain the museum's choice.

Last Thursday was the proudest night of my career so far. Hosting the sold out Solidarity Forever: 40 Years of LGSM at People's History Museum (@phm.org.uk) interviewing Mike Jackson and Jonathan Blake, and co-curating the pop-up LGSM exhibition was a dream come true.

I am thrilled to be presenting at the Museums + Heritage Show this year! "We Have Always Been Here" - Highlighting Marginalised Voices in Permanent Collections shares my work curating LGBTQIA+ Hidden History tours at People's History Museum. Free tickets: show.museumsandheritage.com/2025-programme

🎉 Trans+ History Week has been shortlisted for a DIVA Award! We need your votes! Please vote for us to win charity or community project of the year: www.surveymonkey.com/r/3SK3YQX 🗳️ #DIVAawards25 #LVW25

My latest blog for @phm.org.uk for LGBT+ History Month is a brief overview of UK HIV activism from the beginning of the epidemic to the present. phm.org.uk/blogposts/a-...

It was an absolute pleasure to give an LGBT+ History Month lecture on Section 28 (the UK's version of a 'Don't Say Gay' law) at the Belfast office of Herbert Smith Freehills this week, discussing the societal environment in which the law was introduced, its impacts and legacy.

She bop. Absolutely AMAZING gig tonight from Cyndi Lauper on her farewell tour.

Welcome over here to People's History Museum @phm.org.uk - please give them a follow!

The US govt website purge has highlighted something that we in the heritage industry have been talking about for years - the fragility of digital only records. 🧵with practical suggestions.

Please sign this petition to ban ‘gay conversion*’ throughout the EU. The UN considers such brainwashing as a form of mental torture. eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...

We just need 2,200 Irish people to sign it for the Irish quota to be met in the petition. Please share widely. In a world where social media supports fascism, it’s important to stand up for human rights.

I had so much fun leading a tour and facilitating at our LGBT+ History Month archive open day at People's History Museum yesterday morning. As I told the attendees, my favourite kind of mornings are on event prep days where I delve into the collection & archive to find exciting queer items to share!

In case anyone thought "no fats no femmes" was new

Some useful info from the archive. #LGBTQHistoryMonth

Then our tour got to look at collections they'd pulled from the archive- what a treasure trove. #LGBTQHistoryMonth

Enjoyed a queer tour of the People's History Museum today with the brilliant @jskstarr.bsky.social 🌈⚒️

'Applicants should have no more than seven years of active full time postdoctoral experience at the time of application (discounting career breaks, but including teaching experience and/or time spent in industry).' Deadline is 18 March, so get your skates on.

“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”

It was an early start today for an interview on Gaydio Manchester about LGBT+ History Month & People's History Museum's exciting events - tours, an archive open day and our LGSM night on Feb 27th! Tickets: phm.org.uk/whats-on Listen here: gaydio.co.uk/manchester/player/on-demand/andrew-edwards

Some of our creative community are on Bluesky. On this Starter Pack: trans, non-binary, gender-diverse and intersex writers, journalists, artists, audio producers, researchers, musicians and photographers that have worked with us to celebrate Trans+ history. go.bsky.app/Hjvhu6J

Writing for this book was such a privilege. The stories held in it are vital to our understanding of the impact Section 28 had on all those who lived, learned and worked through it.

Many of the book's amazing contributors are on BlueSky: @scattermoon.bsky.social, @jskstarr.bsky.social, @jnaplescampbell.bsky.social, @agparker.bsky.social, @harveyhumphrey.bsky.social, @daltonharrison1.bsky.social, @owenexiehurcum.bsky.social, and @heychristinajae.bsky.social Give them a follow!

Two years ago we published TWENTY-EIGHT, a collection of stories from the Section 28 generation. Edited by @kestr.al and containing works from 28 incredible contributors, this book is an important look at the impact of the UK's "don't say gay" law. www.reconnectingrainbows.co.uk/books/twenty...

Writing for @wearequeeraf.com has been so amazing (esp having my debut article launch the first ever Trans+ History Week!). What I've learned from the articles by my fellow contributors, & the nurturing peer chats has been utterly invaluable. Everyone in this pack is worth a follow!!

"You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to desist from it. —Pirkei Avot (2:21)" "We are not alone, as anarchists and Jews, in our ethical imperative to wrestle with every type of authority."

Can you copy the vibe of a story about a case of a creator copying the vibe of someone else?

Strong work everyone!! bsky.app/profile/meli...

Trans folks held a dance party in the Capitol bathroom to protest the bathroom ban on there.

Sending out a warm "thank you" to @jskstarr.bsky.social this morning for giving me the good news I needed to put a little spring in my step: www.wearequeeraf.com/historians-t... Dora lived! #TransPowerNow

'Doing a history PhD is useless and a waste of taxpayers' money' blah blah... Researching the past can yield so many treasures we have no idea we need until we actually need them.

Rest in Peace, Bill Goodman 1940-2023. He represented prisoners in the Attica prison riots, Guantanamo detainees, victims of Agent Orange, Muslims illegally detained after 9/11, the teens in the "Central Park Jogger" case. He took on the Bush administration and the NYCPD. youtu.be/nWEpW6KOZDs?...

Today is the last day to download #PracticingNewWorlds & more great books for free from AK Press! www.akpress.org/featured-pro... Also check out free ebooks from @haymarketbooks.org here: www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...

A reminder than the Lemkin Institute, whose founder originally coined the word "genocide," says what's being done to trans people is, in fact, a genocide. To go further, they specifically called out "gender critical" movements as the genocidal ideologies. www.lemkininstitute.com/statements-n...

Call for conference contributions to ‘Queer Pasts: What’s Queer in Queer History?’ taking place in Copenhagen in May 2025. CFP deadline is 10 January 25.

Hello friends! We're just getting set up here. Give us a follow if you already know our work, or if you think the creative and cultural industries are in a state of emergency and want to do something about it. You can find our more about who we are and what we do here: arts-emergency.org/about-us

This has been my first weekend in about 2 months where I've not been prepping freelance work or recovering from conferences. Add all my summer weekends prepping my MA dissertation & that's a long time without proper rest. So I spent the weekend watching 60s musicals & finally feel properly relaxed!

"How we stand here is important, how we breathe." Canadian writer Madeleine Thien donated the entirety of her $25,000 Writers' Trust of Canada prize to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, Lebanese Red Cross and the Woodcock Fund.

A poem for my last day working at the writing center for the semester (by Joseph Fasano)

Your purpose on earth is not to argue with people who intentionally want to misunderstand you

Gosh this starter pack of museums and cultural organisations is super helpful! go.bsky.app/HPQsZAu

“He started with Jordan Petersen videos on how to break big tasks into smaller ones and by the time Maisie ended her relationship with him, she says he was screaming at her that feminism was taking over the world and ruining everything.”

White folks especially: arm yourselves with data about how this works www.barnesandnoble.com/w/systemic-l...

ScienceWrite, a UK scheme for aspiring STEM writers from minoritised backgrounds, is open for 2025 applications! The 3rd year @romatheengineer.bsky.social & I are running this, with support from @royalsociety.bsky.social & I am SO EXCITED Deadline 3rd Jan #SciComm 🧪 www.sciencewrite.co.uk

Thank you to the #DisSky #CripSky community for coming together to create this Crip & Disability Scholar starter pack. @drsubini.bsky.social @helenrottier.bsky.social @drstephenspeace.bsky.social @drsamischalk.bsky.social @jlsmilges.bsky.social @margaretprice.bsky.social go.bsky.app/FqWZ9Hx