Ming de Nasty’s Tagmasc project explores issues around LGBTQ+ male identity and masculinity from her own queer perspective. Ten photographic portraits and interviews explore how LGBTQ+ men self-identify, how their self-definitions are at odds with cis heteronormative expectations and stereotypical representations of gay men and notions of masculinity. Covid19 restrictions meant that the original plans …
Author archives: Shout Festival
PEOPLE LIKE US ZINE
PEOPLE LIKE US is an ongoing participatory photography project exploring AFAB (assigned female at birth) trans and non-binary identities and experience; masculinity, gender-dysphoria, gender-euphoria, the beauty and nuances of gender non-conforming bodies, visibility, rituals and individual complexities. This limited-edition zine made especially for Shout Festival features a series of images and participants’ quotes from the project. …
PRIDE PORTRAITS (MING DE NASTY, 2019)
Continuing on her work with TAG, Ming de Nasty returned to SHOUT for Birmingham Pride 2019 with her pop-up portrait salon. These portraits show a cross section of queer people in Birmingham celebrating their identities:
QUEER & NOW HIGHLIGHTS (SHOUT, 2018)
During 2018’s festival we launched Queer & Now, in partnership with Birmingham REP. This scratch night of new queer performance showcased the diverse work of LGBTQ+ performance artists from across the Midlands. Check out the highlights below:
TAG (MING DE NASTY, 2018)
In 2018 SHOUT were delighted to present this stunning series of portraits of LGBTQ+ Women from Birmingham and the surrounding area from artist Ming de Nasty. Supported as part of our ongoing commitment to platform the voices, experiences, and identities of queer people in the West Midlands, TAG, captured insights into the lives of LGBTQ+ …
IN THE PINK (Sean Burns, 2018)
The Newspaper for LGBTQ+ People in the West Midlands Between 1986 and 1990, ‘In The Pink’ was a free LGBT+ newspaper published monthly at the Trade Union Resource Centre in Digbeth and distributed to groups, pubs, and clubs around the West Midlands. The paper’s content varied from interview and listings to more political articles, thought …
