Focuses on being a gay man traversing public spaces, from the Molly Houses of 18th Century England to Cottaging in public toilets of the 20th Century. Exploring stories of encounters and the perilous consequences if caught.

Who is considered “fallen”, and why? This area explores female sexuality through the male gaze. Its storytelling objects relate to prostitution, witchcraft, and social injustice towards the feminine.

Discusses practices and people who are considered sexually non-normative. This will include such objects that retell 18th Century sexual crazes for flagellation and will incorporate stories from the current BDSM community. It explores ideas of ‘normal’ and, depending on positionality, what is a vice or a virtue?

We asked academics, artists, curators, and anyone interested in sharing their stories of the people who have inspired them creatively, personally, or through their gender studies or history work. We are not interested in the famous but the hidden histories and people.

The wall is a textural art piece co-created by many people and tells personal stories of admiration and inspiration.

Is female sexuality still haunted by the past? By the need for control of both the medical profession and the male gaze? Is this still true today?

These pieces will explore the cultural suppression of female sexuality and its refusal to be kept quiet. These breadcrumbs will be traced from the Meretrix to Hysteria and up to the present day.