02/05/2026
Q***ring History: Who Gets Remembered?
A conversation on how q***r histories can be uncovered and shared.
Hastings Q***r History Collective members Kai Bossom and Sophie Fuller are joined by Ajamu X and Syeda Ali. Together they explore ways to uncover and share the histories of q***r spaces and q***r people, with a particular emphasis on marginalised q***r communities.
Whose stories are we telling? What is the role of oral history for q***r communities? How do we challenge invisibility and exclusion? How do we celebrate our q***r presence through time?
Audience questions will follow, offering a shared opportunity to reflect on how q***r histories are kept alive.
About the Panel
Ajamu X (HONS FRPS) is a darkroom / fine art photographic artist and archivist whose work has been exhibited in museums, galleries, and alternative spaces worldwide. His work is held in collections including Tate Britain, Arts Council of England, V&A, Martin Parr Foundation, and The Walker Gallery. In 2025, Tate published a monograph of his work as part of its Tate Photographic Series.
Syeda Ali has taught history in London and Beijing, promoting diversity within the history curriculum, and championing equality and diversity more broadly in schools. Following an MA in Q***r History at Goldsmiths, she completed a PhD at Cambridge University using oral history to research the impact of Section 28 on schools in different areas of the UK.
Sophie Fuller is a writer and scholar who plays with words to create worlds, ask questions and provoke thought. As a musicologist, she explores the ways people have used music to make sense of their worlds, remembering the lives, careers and music-making of those we are in danger of forgetting.
Kai Bossom is a Hastings-based q***r historian and member of the Hastings Q***r History Collective (since 2022). Kai is passionate about recovering q***r stories hidden within local Hastings history. Their essay ‘Gay Bogies’ features in A Q***r Scrapbook: Britain and Ireland since 1945 (2026).
When: Tuesday 12th May 2026
Time: 7 - 9PM
Where: Hastings Museum & Art Gallery
Ticket Price: £5/£3
TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW!
https://www.homeliveart.com/event/q***ringhistorypanel
Part of the Lemons, Laws and Secret Doors exhibition event programme from the Hastings Q***r History Collective.
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Lemons, Laws & Secret Doors
A Hastings Q***r History Collective exhibition
25 April – 30 August 2026
Hastings Museum & Art Gallery
John's Place, Bohemia Rd, Hastings TN34 1ET
Free entry
For full access information see link below:
https://www.homeliveart.com/event/lemons-laws-secret-doors-exhibit
Lemons, Laws & Secret Doors is produced by Home Live Art in partnership with Hastings Museum & Art Gallery.
Funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Arts Council England, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Home Live Art and Hastings Museum & Art Gallery.
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