🖋️ Queer ink & radical bodies. 📅 23 July: Discover how gay men shaped modern tattooing through Rudi Inhelder's collection. . 📅 26 July: Dive into rare flash, fetish materials & slides with tattoo legends. #TattooHistory.

A Pride zine made on a home printer. A 1950s gay rights newsletter. A drag ball ticket. @YelizZaifoglu visits our archives & chats to @StefDickers about the quirks and power of what we keep. Read the piece via @youthculturemcr: #BishopsgateInstitute.

You may have seen them on your commute: bold portraits marking 20 years of @TfL’s OUTbound network. We’re proud to feature in this series celebrating queer lives, activism & community. 📍Visit us to explore our LGBTQ+ archives. #Pride2025.

🌈 Who gets to belong?.📚 Who gets to tell the story?. Join us 9 July for the launch of Desi Queers, a new book exploring queer South Asian life in Britain. 🎤 With @djritu1, Manju Patel-Nair, Charan Singh, Sunny Singh & Rohit K Dasgupta. 🎟 Book:

Proud to see our LGBTQIA+ archive featured in @imperialcollege's #PrideMonth guide. Explore the UK's largest collection of queer history, right here at Bishopsgate Institute. 🏳️‍🌈

Do you teach movement, dance or wellbeing?. We’re looking for tutors to run weekday lunchtime & evening sessions for City workers looking to reset. 📍 Central London.🕛 Weekday lunchtime & early evening. 🔗 #DanceTutors #MovementClasses #LondonJobs.

✍️ Discover the power of queer storytelling. Join kink practitioner and writer Matt Skully for a workshop exploring sexual subcultures through writing. 📆 13th of July & 10th of August. 🎟️ Book now: #QueerWriting #BishopsgateInstitute

What can the past teach us about queer resistance today? 🌈. Writer & researcher Dr Emily Garside joined us to explore the legacy of LGBTQIA+ activism - from Stonewall to grassroots movements that shaped where we are now. Book the next one: #PrideMonth

Our Pride Reception kicked off Pride 2025 with joy, community, and a toast to queer stories of the past, present, and future. 🏳️‍🌈 . Thank you to all who joined us, and to @AldgateConnect for their support!. #PrideMonth #Pride2025

RT @EmiGarside: Brilliant kick off to Pride month @BishopsgateInst with an activism talk. We’re running this one again on the 26th and next….

RT @EmiGarside: Tonight I'm running a talk about the impact of Russell T Davies on Queer TV with @BishopsgateInst a great opportunity to re….

RT @artizanlibrary: Explore the fascinating history of the LGBTQ+ archives at @Bishopsgate Institute with archivist and special collections….

RT @THTorguk: Happy Pride Month! 🌈. Our incredible archive at Bishopsgate Institute has a huge collection of photographs, including this on….

📺 How did Queer as Folk, It’s a Sin and Doctor Who reshape queer TV?. Join us online 11 June as Dr Emily Garside explores the legacy of Russell T Davies and the power of LGBTQIA+ storytelling. Book now → #PrideMonth2025 #RussellTDavies.

#PrideMonth begins. Our flag flies year-round, a quiet but constant welcome. Inside, our archive tells the louder story: a century of protest, celebration, and queer life preserved. Explore Pride talks, dance, and more: #PrideMonth #LGBTQIAHistory

RT @EmiGarside: London friends! fancy kicking off Pride month with a talk on Activism, led by. well me?. I'll be at @BishopsgateInst on Fr….

RT @EmiGarside: This June I'm delivering some Pride workshops for @BishopsgateInst in June. Activism and What it Teaches us (6th and 25th i….

💃 From the ballroom to the Beatles - Peggy Spencer’s choreography shaped a generation. Her archive, now held at Bishopsgate, is full of gems from a life in dance. 🎥 Francesca, our Chief Exec, shares Peggy’s story in this video:

This Pride Month, join us at the Institute for talks and workshops on queer activism, literature, musicals, and the TV legacy of Russell T Davies. Led by @EmiGarside and others, open to all. Explore events → #PrideMonth2025 #QueerHistory #LGBTQIAEvents

Wizard robes. Pulp zines. Protest banners. Step into 300,000+ stories of queer history this #PrideMonth. 🏳️‍🌈 5 archive tours. June 2025. 📍 Open to all. 🎟️ Book now -