‘Queer’ and ‘South Asian’ are not mutually exclusive. However, growing up in the UK without many visible role models, people often feel as though they do not belong in either LGBTQ+ or South Asian spaces. This co-curated display of LGBTQ+ organisations is a physical representation of the support that’s been made available by charities, activists and direct community action in recent years. It’s part of a gallery that explores the multiple identities of British Asian life.

While the process the Museum went through to create this content is praiseworthy, some of the interpretive techniques used in the gallery is problematic, as I’ve written about here: https://www.northernsoul.me.uk/manchester-museum-reopening/