The National Maritime Museum is delighted to host the national festival of OUTing the Past, dedicated to the celebration of queer history.

Join us for an evening of fascinating talks that will take you on a historic journey of queer resilience, brilliance and imagination.

This event will include live captioning.

Programme

18:30 - Welcome from the National Maritime Museum

18:35 - Unlearning Orientalism through Indigenous Two-Spirit Dance

Cas Bradbeer

18:55 - Passing the Baton: Queer Writers of Colour Celebrate their Historic Icons

Adam Lowe, Maya Chowdhry, Dorothea Smartt, Seni Seneviratne

19:30 - Break

19:40 - Passing the Baton - Continued

20:15 - Writing Ourselves Back Into History: the place of queer historical fiction

Jay Taverner (i.e. Jacky Bratton and Jane Traies)

20:35 - Thanks and goodbye from the National Maritime Museum

Find out more here: rmg.co.uk/whats-on/national-maritime-museum/outing-past

A zoom link will be sent to you on the day of the event.

If you have any questions about the event, please contact learning@rmg.co.uk