Spotlight

Third Annual Goldsmiths Queer History Lecture to be delivered by curator and public historian E-J Scott.

It is ‘de rigueur’ to use terms like ‘hidden history’ and ‘lost history’ to justify the invisibility of queer narratives in museums, however, queer lives have not been hidden, insomuch as they have been deliberately ignored, erased and censored. Rather than suggesting queer history can’t be found, it is due time that the onus is placed on examining why it hasn’t been, because despite the thirst for queer history amongst audiences (both straight and LGBTIQ+ alike), the plethora of queer exhibitions marking the 50 year partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in 2017 have popped down as quickly as they popped up. What trace did they leave behind?