Section 28’s digital afterlives in the South West

What’s on offer?

A digital exhibition showcases the oral histories and artworks created by participants in our Section 28 and its afterlives project, and creates opportunities for the wider LGBTQ+ community in the South West to share their memories of the queer South West.  The project speaks to the digital lives theme directly: it is about how LGBTQ+ experiences, histories, and geographies of the South West can be digitally mediated, represented, and made visible.

What’s it about?

Section 28 was a piece of homophobic legislation which denied a whole generation of LGBTQ+ people education, representation, and support, including here in the South West. Over two decades on from its repeal, this new digital exhibition will put front and centre the voices and stories of people who lived through Section 28, and celebrate queer creativity, joy, and resistance in the face of both historic and contemporary attacks on LGBTQ+ rights.

Who’s leading the event?

Led by Dr Helen Birkett, Dr Chris Sandal-Wilson, and Dr Hannah Young, historians at the University of Exeter.

Open to

All are welcome.

Of particular interest to

The digital exhibition will be particularly meaningful to members of the LGBTQ+ community in the South West of all generations and their friends and families, as well as teachers and other educators.

Event Booking details

The digital exhibition will go live in our website https://s28afterlives.exeter.ac.uk