![]() ![]() “Because our museum’s collecting and exhibiting mission has always been on regional history, it seemed like a really good pairing.” “Our curatorial staff did all the primary research to tell a story about what the LGBTQ community of Memphis is and what its history has been,” she said. “This is a huge step and a huge marker for what we have won in our community here in Memphis.”Īdding the local exhibit to the national traveling exhibit was a no-brainer for Raka Nandi, director of exhibits and collections at MoSH. “This is a huge, decentralized, extremely academic version of our story, and our story has never, ever, ever been presented like this,” they said. (submitted photo by Marcus Menefee)Mothie- local artist, full-time drag queen, and one of the exhibit’s curators-is excited about the story the exhibit tells and how groundbreaking it is. The exhibit uses photographs, artifacts, and stories, both written and oral, to educate and inform. The group met once a month to come up with themes for the exhibit, like the AIDS epidemic, the fight for equal rights, housing, faith, nightlife, education, the bar scene, and drag culture. To create the local exhibit, curators of “Memphis Proud” formed an advisory committee consisting of LGBTQ people and others involved with the local LGBTQ community. ![]() “Memphis Proud: The Resilience of a Southern LGBTQ+ Community'' was researched and curated by MoSH staff and focuses on LGBTQ history in Memphis. Artifacts include Martina Navratilova’s tennis racket, the gavel used by Nancy Pelosi to repeal “don’t ask, don’t tell,” a campaign poster for Harvey Milk, and more. “Rise Up” tells the story of the police raid of the Stonewall Inn in New York City, an event broadly viewed as a turning point in equality and civil rights for LGBTQ Americans. (photo courtesy of the Museum of Science & History)“Rise Up: Stonewall and the Civil Rights Movement” is a national touring exhibit curated by the Newseum in Washington, D.C. It's a souvenir of the 1992 Gay Pride celebration. This hand-painted pillow shows two women embracing. The history of LGBTQ people’s fight for equality and civil rights will be displayed at the Museum of Science & History (MoSH) through two complementary exhibitions running together from June 4–Sep 26.
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