“Organisations need to be seen as organic, with constantly growing collections and interpretations”
@jskstarr.bsky.social
#CILIPNWPride
#LGBTQ+

Next up at our @ciliplgbtq.bsky.social and @cilipnw.bsky.social joint event is @jskstarr.bsky.social from @phm.org.uk outlining the impact of #Section28 on #museums, catalogues and collections.

“We are still playing catch up” and they’re are knowledge gaps.
#LGBTQ
#CilipNWPride

Crucially, Jaime points out that interpreting marginalised histories is often taken up by minoritised museum workers, many times working outside the scope of their assigned roles. We need to recognise this extra labour and allocate staff hours to support these workers. @jskstarr.bsky.social

"What if my museum doesn't have a queer collection?" Jaime says YES YOU DO! Every museum, every city, every community has queer history. It takes research and dedication to find these stories, says @jskstarr.bsky.social

In these difficult times, I know that's a message I'm keen to hold on to.

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I'm so grateful to Jonathan and Mike for their generosity in sharing their memories & wisdom with us all. I'm sure everyone at the Q&A left fired up & empowered to go out into the world and forge more bonds of solidarity. As Mike said, "it only takes two people pulling together to start a movement".

Quite literally - one of the first conversations I had with Jonathan, before I worked at PHM, I told him "maybe one day, I'll get to curate an exhibition about LGSM's work". Six months after that conversation,I got a job where I could do exactly that, and a year down the line the dream came true!

The Trans+ History Week team are prepping for an even bigger and better Trans+ History Week 2025, currently reviewing 450 pitch submissions to our open call to invest in yet more Trans+ creatives!
Winning a DIVA Award would be a cherry on the cake of a brilliant first year for Trans+ History Week.

This was made possible through the support of 20+ of LGBTQIA+ sector orgs including DIVA, Not A Phase, Gendered Intelligence, LGBT Consortium, UK Black Pride and Queer Britain.

Our work was featured in Forbes, PinkNews, Campaign, GayTimes, Attitude, LBC, the BBC and many other publications, as well as being exhibited at Outernet London, and a national outdoor campaign which reached 1 in 6 UK residents.

Getting a chance to write about Jewish trans women surviving Nazi fascism and living to old age felt so timely at a point when revisionists are claiming our history as a community began yesterday, and the mentoring I received has empowered me to write follow-up articles for We Are QueerAF.

I'm so proud to have been part of this groundbreaking project, which gave platforms to over 30 Trans+ creatives to write, illustrate and podcast Trans+ histories from around the world and across millenia. On a personal note, it enabled me to share the story of Toni Ebel and Charlotte Charlaque.

If you would like to learn more, why not check out Twenty-Eight: Stories from the Section 28 Generation, an anthology I co-authored of personal experiences from people who lived, learned & worked in impacted industries under Section 28. Published by @reconnectingrainbo.ws. Link to buy in my bio.

Not a black&white answer but it depends on who & how/what they used. There's own voices info in the Mainliners (Scottish HIV+ IVDU organisation) archive in Edinburgh. The Documenting HIV project just visited it & shared some references on Insta. instagram.com/p/DFmv2T1NCRa/?img_index=1

When I work I want a clear, searchable file title, so my format is: Page name, site name, date of save. So if I save my bsky profile, the file name is: JSKStarr, Bluesky, 9/2/25. Then I organise in topic or publication specific folders.
Your system will vary, it just needs to make sense to you.

Had a DM asking how non-archivists can help save digital materials. Basically, go down an internet rabbit hole! Pick a topic, download every paper & reputable webpage you can find on it. Save as pdfs in case the Internet Archive ban is successful (also add these sites to the IA if you can).