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Here are a mix of LGBTQI-led or focused events around the UK and beyond.
Whether you’re looking for meet ups, gigs or drag shows, there’s something for all.
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Gaps in the Archive: A day of events telling the LGBT+ (hi)story of Brent
Come along to the Library at Willesden Green and contribute to the Queer history of Brent by sharing your LGBTQAI+ memories and memorabilia.
Book your place or simply turn up with anything you wish to share. We can collect or scan your objects for the archive if so you wish. Later in the day, join us for a discussion and sharing event between artist Ed Webb-Ingall and Dr Clifford Williams with respondents from local LGBTQAI+ groups, who will reflect on the history and importance of LGBTQAI+ safe spaces, particularly for young people.
Schedule:
12-3PM: Archival drop-ins
3-5PM: Discussion and sharing
About Brent Biennial 2022 & Metroland Cultures
The second edition of the Brent Biennial, In the House of my Love, brings together artists and community groups whose work explores the many meanings of homemaking. This exhibition asks how, and why, the act of making home can be a form of resistance and survival within the context of hostile environments—including those of racism, homophobia, ableism, climate catastrophe and political austerity.
Drawing its title from a line in poet Ezra Green’s A Poem to the Nationalist Marcher (For the Queer People of Warsaw), In the House of my Love takes as a point of departure the various histories and legacies of migration that have made Brent the second most ethnically diverse borough in London, and a local authority with one of the highest numbers of first-generation migrants in the country.
The Brent Biennial is delivered by Metroland Cultures. Our mission is to build, share and support art and culture in Brent: supporting communities to amplify ongoing stories of Brent life, and working with artists to tell new stories as they come into form. Our work sits at the intersection of art and community, and we are committed to testing new approaches that centre partnerships, strategies and approaches for community and artist collaboration.
Brent Biennial 2022: In the House of my Love is open and free for all to visit every Thursday – Sunday, 12 – 6pm between 8 July – 11 September.
https://metrolandcultures.com/whats-happening/programmes/brent-biennial/