Exhibition on city's gay scene in the past
THINK that Plymouth's gay scene is a recent thing?
You have another think coming – there is three centuries of history to mull over.
A great place to start your re-think is at Pride In Our Past.
But you will have to be quick – the Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery exhibition finishes tomorrow. There you can discover more about the previously hidden history of Plymouth's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities.
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The exhibition is based on new research into the city's LGBT communities and includes personal stories, objects, photographs and more.
It spans three centuries and captures the heart of the changing 'scene' over the decades, as well as the political struggle both past and present. The story includes oppression and expression, love and murder. The artwork on show includes a Robert Lenkiewicz painting of a gay couple and a Beryl Cook scene of the bar at the Lockyer Hotel, a favourite haunt.
The show is produced by the Plymouth Pride Forum and supported by the Plymouth and West Devon Record Office and the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The museum is open 10am-5.30pm today and 10am-5pm tomorrow.
Comments
by Bruzercat
Friday, June 29 2012, 11:15AM
“Blind censorship on this item...Beware. Discrimination perhaps?”
by CAWSW
Friday, June 29 2012, 9:44AM
“What a lovely article and an interesting exhibition.
While many who live in Plymouth might think it is a city stuck in its historical past, Plymouth has actually changed drastically over the years. A city once full of naval ratings is now more likely to attract university students from overseas. It is very easy to think that such attractions affect the culture of the city. Probably they do influence it. Yet this exhibition shows that, far from being something "new", Plymouth has a long association with gay culture.
Obviously, times are different compared to when the Lockyer Hotel opened, and finally closed, its doors. Gays, lesbians, transsexuals, transgender, disabled, black, Asian... society is more accepting and equality exists. Thankfully, there are also anti-discrimination laws too.
However, true acceptance only comes when there will be not be "straight bars" and "gay bars", but just places people go to relax, meet friends, have fun, drink, and feel safe and equal in his or her skin.
It will be interesting to look back in another 50 years time at the influence of places like The Hawkins and Zeroes on the culture of gay Plymouth.”