Where are all the lesbians? Flyer and zine

Font of a flyer for the 'Where are all the Lesbians' exhibit at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, 3 Oct - 28 Feb 2027. Purple graphic of a woman's portrait on black background, overlayed with text reading 'Where are all the lesbians?'
Back of a flyer for Brighton Museum and Art Gallery's exhibition Where are all the lesbians? Purple background with black text reading, 'Have you ever wondered where all the lesbians are? In museums, across skies, near and far. Well, this one takes you by the hand. Come inside to explore hidden gems, unsuitable attire and devil-daring lilies'
Front cover of a zine for 'where are all the lesbians?' exhibit. Light purple page with black graphic of a woman's painted portrait overlaid with handwritten text reading 'Where are all the Lesbians?'.
Title
Where are all the lesbians? Flyer and zine
Date
2026
Contributor
Lisa Hinkins
WAATL Collective
Format
JPG
Type
Flyer
zine
Creator
Lisa Hinkins
Spatial Coverage
North Balcony, Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Brighton, UK
Language
English
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Description: This displays the design and information for the exhibition Where are all the Lesbians? Held at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Sat 3 October 2026 – Sun 28 February 2027. The exhibition was curated by AHRC Techné Collaborative Doctoral Award PhD Researcher Lisa Hinkins, which formed part of her project in collaboration with Brighton & Hove Museums and the University of Brighton.
Lisa’ research focused on the limited representation of lesbian lives in museum collections and practices, with a particular focus on Brighton & Hove Museums’ Collections. She formed the Where are all the Lesbians (WAATL) Collective with a diverse group of ten lesbian-identifying women volunteers. From February to July 2026, they created responses to Lisa’s research on lesbian representation from the museums’ cataloguing software system MIMSY.
The project highlighted the importance of collaboration and inclusion so that lesbian women’s lives are seen and heard in museum collections.
Collective member and illustrator Eve Archer led the design for the exhibition poster and flyer in collaboration with Lisa and the other group members. The exhibition title text is in Lisa’s handwriting. The various shades of lavender hark back to the slur ‘lavender menace,’ while the use of black refers to the Black Triangle that ‘deviant women,’ including lesbians, would have worn in Nazi concentration camps. The reverse side of the flyer highlights a poem by Helen (charles), inspired by her participation with the Collective.
Subject
Brighton Museum and Art Gallery
Exhibition
Lesbian
Lesbian History
Queer
Font of a flyer for the 'Where are all the Lesbians' exhibit at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, 3 Oct - 28 Feb 2027. Purple graphic of a woman's portrait on black background, overlayed with text reading 'Where are all the lesbians?' Where are all the lesbians.jpeg
Back of a flyer for Brighton Museum and Art Gallery's exhibition Where are all the lesbians? Purple background with black text reading, 'Have you ever wondered where all the lesbians are? In museums, across skies, near and far. Well, this one takes you by the hand. Come inside to explore hidden gems, unsuitable attire and devil-daring lilies' Where are all the lesbians 2.jpeg
Front cover of a zine for 'where are all the lesbians?' exhibit. Light purple page with black graphic of a woman's painted portrait overlaid with handwritten text reading 'Where are all the Lesbians?'. Where are all the Lesbians 3.jpeg
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