Since writing about Brooklyn Historical Society’s new Exhibit On The (Queer) Waterfront which traces 150 years of queer history in their Borough, we have come across another couple of US Museums who are curating very similar exhibitions.
The Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is currently planning Queer California: Untold Stories the first-of-its-kind that will combine art and history to tell the untold and under-recognized stories of California’s LGBTQ+ communities. Christina Linden, Exhibition Curator. said that the Exhibit will “address issues close to the hearts of many visitors who identify as queer, as well as other visitors who have felt like outsiders in mainstream culture.”
Their intention to deepen and expand our understanding of our communities is something that is very dear to our Queerguru hearts . We particularly welcome the fact that they will be , providing the opportunity for museum visitors and members of the LGBTQ+ community to add their voices and stories to the conversation.
Queer California: Untold Stories April 13–August 11, 2019 http://museumca.org/exhibit/queer-california-untold-stories
The Newseum in Washington DC has just opened a groundbreaking exhibit, “Rise Up: Stonewall and the LGBTQ Rights Movement,” which explores the modern gay rights movement and marks the 50th anniversary of a June 1969 raid of the Stonewall Inn in New York’s Greenwich Village
The “Rise Up” exhibit explores key moments of gay rights history, including the 1978 assassination of Harvey Milk, one of the country’s first openly gay elected officials, the AIDS crisis, Rep. Barney Frank’s public coming out in 1987, the efforts for hate crime legislation, the implementation and later repeal of “Don’t ask, don’t tell” and the fight for marriage equality.
RISE UP: STONEWALL AND THE LGBTQ RIGHTS MOVEMENT On display through DEC. 31, 2019 http://www.newseum.org/exhibits/current/">http://www.newseum.org/exhibits/current/
