Celebrate LGBT+ History Month at MAC

Celebrate LGBT+ History Month at MAC

This February and beyond, MAC presents a special programme of events celebrating and championing LGBTQIA+ narratives. Enjoy free exhibitions, live theatre, cinema screenings, workshops and more.

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Nevertheless, We Persisted

Sat 5 Feb – Sun 3 Apr | People's Postcode Lottery Community Gallery | Free | Opening times as building

Inspired by and featuring cards, letters and messages of support sent to Anderton Park School, Sparkhill from across the globe during the 2019 protests around LGBTQIA+ inclusive teaching. This exhibition showcases the gentle, eloquent force of the handwritten note as a powerful form of activism. Coinciding with LGBT+ History Month, the exhibition explores pivotal milestones, from the decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1967 through to contemporary lived experience and some of the ways young people are educated in schools. It has been curated by MAC’s Associates, Little Earthquake.

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Epiphania Visuals: When Speech is Forced Down, Art Must Speak

Sat 5 Feb – Sun 3 Apr | Arena Gallery | Free | Opening times as building

This group exhibition presents the work of artists and activists from Bangladesh. It is curated by Dipa Mahbuba Yasmin, founder of Epiphania Visuals Gallery & Archive - the first Queer art gallery of Bangladesh. The artists in the exhibition have chosen to remain anonymous, this is to protect their identity. Themes explore gender identities including asexuality, gender and sexual diversity, and queer experiences through art, film, painting, and craft. Although many of the artists are not formally trained in the field of fine arts, their art has nonetheless acquired a unique and powerful visual language. It also serves as a means of strong collective activism. Through their work, the artists reflect themselves and their surroundings, addressing different views of gender politics.

This exhibition contains images of nudity and themes of an adult nature. Some artworks refer to events or emotions which some audiences may find challenging or upsetting. If you require further information, please speak to a member of our team.

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Rebel Dykes + Q&A

Wed 23 Feb | 8.30pm | 18+ | From £8

From Peace Camps, to the lesbian S&M club Chain Reaction, to the passing of Clause 28, Rebel Dykes cleverly mixes vintage footage, interviews, and animated recreations to illustrate an explosive time of sex, culture, and politics.

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