Exhibition
Ian Sanderson. We often find it necessary to keep our homosexuality quiet
4 Nov 2017 – 6 Jan 2018
Regular hours
- Saturday
- 09:00 – 22:00
- Sunday
- 09:00 – 22:00
- Monday
- 09:00 – 22:00
- Tuesday
- 09:00 – 22:00
- Wednesday
- 09:00 – 22:00
- Thursday
- 09:00 – 22:00
- Friday
- 09:00 – 22:00
Address
- Midlands Arts Centre (MAC)
- Cannon Hill Park
- Birmingham
England - B12 9QH
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Bus routes with stops close to MAC include: 1, 35, 41, 45/47, 61/63. Check NX West Midlands for more information.
- MAC is situated near to four train stations; Five Ways, University, Selly Oak and Birmingham New Street. The closest station is Five Ways - being 1.3 miles away, followed by University (1.4), then Selly Oak (1.5) and finally Birmingham New Street (1.7).
Marking the 50th anniversary year of the partial decriminalisation of male homosexuality in England and Wales, SHOUT presents an exhibition of documentary photography charting the history of the Gay Liberation Front in Birmingham in the 1970s.
About
Told through the camera lens of one member, Ian Sanderson, We Often Find It Necessary To Keep Our Homosexuality Quiet (titled after the opening line of the Birmingham GLF Manifesto) is an intimate and powerful snapshot into our city’s queer history.
In their first public exhibition Ian Sanderson’s vivid and provocative images offer a rich and varied insight into the activism, history, and lives of the Birmingham GLF in the decade following the 1967 Sexual Offences Act. Documenting marches, prides, leafleting on the streets of the city, meetings, and social events this exhibition explores some of Birmingham’s forgotten histories. We invite you to join us, share your memories, and investigate a key period of social change for Lesbian and Gay people in the city.