Queer Britain launches new exhibition - 20 Years of UK Black Pride
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Queer Britain, the UK’s first and only LGBTQ+ museum, has announced a new exhibition celebrating 20 Years of UK Black Pride at the museum in Granary Square, Kings Cross.
Curated in collaboration with UK Black Pride and their founder Phyll Opoku- Gyimah (Lady Phyll), this exhibition, which runs till Sunday, 31 August, chronicles the movement’s evolution from a small gathering in Southend-on-Sea to the world’s largest celebration for Global Majority LGBTQ+ people.
US stage and screen star Billy Porter joined Lady Phyll at the opening of the new exhibition earlier this month. Billy is currently in London directing a new play This Bitter Earth by Harrison David Withers which opens at Soho Theatre this week. The play’s stars Omari Douglas (It’s A Sin) and Alexander Lincoln (Emmerdale) took a break from rehearsals to join Billy at the launch of the UK Black Pride exhibition.
The exhibition will be open until the end of August, coinciding with this year’s UK Black Pride celebration which returns to Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on 10 August 2025.
Since it opened in May 2022 in Granary Square, King’s Cross, Queer Britain has welcomed over 100,000 visitors. It’s open Wednesday-Sunday each week from 12-6pm.
Its mission is to “Reclaim and Preserve queer people’s stories and objects and Inspire by celebrating and educating about LGBTQ+ lives, impact and culture.” Admission to the museum is by ‘Pay What You Can’ donation, and tickets can be booked in advance at HERE.
