Submit your pansy locations – Shout x The Pansy Project
Paul Harfleet is currently seeking locations to plant pansies at sites of homophobia and transphobia in Birmingham, in association with Shout Queer Arts & Culture.
Meet The Birmingham Queer Archive Team
A new generation of practitioners will now create a new website, collect new oral histories to capture a new layer of LGBTQ+ stories of Birmingham and produce an LGBTQ+ heritage talks programme and exhibition.
Call Out: Cruising, Kink & Leather Stories
Help us uncover the queer histories of cruising, kink and leather in Birmingham and the Black Country
Shout x Birmingham Queer Archive Steering Group Call Out
Help shape Birmingham’s queer histories and Shout. We’re building a steering group for the Birmingham Queer Archive, and we want you involved.
Birmingham Queer Archive are hiring two Oral Histories Assistant Interviewers
The Birmingham Queer Archive will tell the story of Birmingham’s LGBTQ+ heritage from the 1960s to the present day paying particular emphasis to the previously overlooked accounts of women, Global Majority, trans and non-binary voices.
Birmingham Queer Archive are hiring an Oral Histories Lead Interviewer
The Birmingham Queer Archive will tell the story of Birmingham’s LGBTQ+ heritage from the 1960s to the present day paying particular emphasis to the previously overlooked accounts of women, Global Majority, trans and non-binary voices.
Shout announce the launch of Birmingham Queer Archive Project
Shout will work towards repurposing, recataloguing, and refreshing Birmingham Gay Remembered, improving accessibility, inclusion and navigability. This will culminate in an online archive, an exhibition, and more!
Call out: Videographer & Photographer
We’re looking for two people with lots of experience in capturing movement, to document our Catwalk Extravaganza event on 18th October. We particularly welcome POC West Midlands creatives.
Our first Talk of The Town: (Queer) Love, Sex & Magic
We had promised an evening exploring the soft rituals, hard truths, and juicy in-betweens of queer intimacy. Love that unravels you, sex that sends you and magic you didn’t know you were conjuring. Maz, Chloe, Rosa, Rupinder, and Sym did not disappoint.
My Disco Extravaganza experience by Diana Amma-Gyankoma Abankwah
Hi, my name is Diana (she/they). I took part in the Disco Extravaganza Workshops from April to July 2025, in collaboration with Shout Festival and ACE Dance & Music.