Our Story

The touring exhibition brings together a gallery of portrait photographs, personal ephemera, and audio stories, marking the culmination of an ambitious project. Young LGBTQ+ people and their allies interviewed and photographed trans and gender-diverse people across generations, working together to co-create the exhibition. 

The recorded interviews will be transcribed and deposited with Nottinghamshire Archives where they will be permanently preserved as a collection accessible to future generations.

The project celebrates rich histories, from community resistance to everyday life and joyful expression, honouring the full breadth of trans and gender-diverse experiences across Nottinghamshire.

The project is led by Fifth Word in partnership with Nottinghamshire Archives and supported by Mansfield Museum, My Place Youth Centre, and Loughborough University.