Under the Rainbow
Documents and Artefacts From Five Decades of LGBTQ+ Struggle and Liberation
An Exhibition at Broadway Cinema
25/07-04/08 2024 – Free Event
In the face of aggressive marginalisation, LGBTQ+ people in Nottingham fought for themselves and stood shoulder to shoulder with others. In doing so, they created their own narratives and built their own support networks.
The documents and artefacts produced in these struggles continue to be an inspiration. They show how people organised themselves and created their own defiant media and spaces.
Born of resistance, it is all the more striking that these items are such vivid and positive depictions of culture, life and love, of a community that not only survived, but thrived.
Once again supported by Peoples’ Histreh and very kindly hosted by Broadway Cinema, the Sparrows' Nest is excited to share items from their rich collections of donated LGBTQ+ materials, complemented by pictures by local photo journalist Alan Lodge.
The exhibition accompanies the launch of the first volume of CJ DeBarra’s major new work on local LGBTQ+ history Queer Nottingham: 1960-1990, published by Five Leaves, based on years of extensive research and over a hundred oral history interviews.
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Opening times etc.
Thu 25-Jul
7-9pm: Join us for our opening event in the Broadway Gallery (enter through Broadway’s main entrance or via Heathcote Street). We promise to keep the speeches brief!
Fri 26-Jul
Midday-5pm: Free entry to the exhibition.
Sat 27-Jul
Midday-7pm: Free entry to the exhibition. Please note: Longer opening hours during Pride Weekend!
Sun 28-Jul
Midday-7pm: Free entry to the exhibition. Please note: Longer opening hours during Pride Weekend!
2pm: Free guided history walk 'Agitating the Lawless Rabble' around the City Centre, exploring the role of independent radical publications in local struggles. Starts at the Left Lion, ends at the back of Broadway Cinema. Duration c1 hour, route wheelchair accessible. No fee, no need to book, just turn up!
Mon 29-Jul
Midday-7pm: Free entry to the exhibition.
Tue 30-Jul
Midday-5pm: Free entry to the exhibition.
Wed 31-Jul
Midday-5pm: Free entry to the exhibition.
Thu 01-Aug
Midday-5pm: Free entry to the exhibition.
7pm (doors 6.30): Book launch of CJ DeBarra’s Queer Nottingham: 1960-1990 at Nottingham Central Library. Save the date, bookings can be made soon.
Fri 02-Aug
Midday-5pm: Free entry to the exhibition.
Sat 03-Aug
Midday-5pm: Free entry to the exhibition.
Sun 04-Aug
Midday-5pm: Free entry to the exhibition.
2pm: Free guided history walk 'Agitating the Lawless Rabble' around the City Centre, exploring the role of independent radical publications in local struggles. Starts at the Left Lion, ends at the back of Broadway Cinema. Duration c1 hour, route wheelchair accessible. No fee, no need to book, just turn up!
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