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• Brighton Lesbian & Gay Badge '92: BETTER OUT THAN IN
  
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• Brighton Resists: a Queer In Brighton exhibition
  
  Images from Brighton Reists, an exhibtion curated by Queer In Brighton, and showing at the Marlborough Pub and theatre from March 27 2017 for two weeks. This exhibition was the culmination of the first 6 months of running Brighton LGBTIQ+ History Club, and was developed collectively using archival material from the keep. Brighton Resists uses the Section 28 campaign as a starting point to look at the history of LGBTQ+ activism in our city. Using collections at The Keep (University of Sussex) and from the Queer in Brighton archive, as well as pictures from Melita Dennett's personal collection, this exhibition gives snapshots of when our communities have come together to resist oppressive legislation, harassment and invisibility.
• Collaborative Portrait of Anthony Luvera from Not Going Shopping by Anthony Luvera, 2013 – 2014
  
  Anthony Luvera is an Australian artist, writer and educator based in London. Anthony collaborated with Queer in Brighton on our first commissioned project ‘Not Going Shopping’ to explore the lives of LGTBQ+ people in Brighton. Anthony invited eleven participants to meet him and bring photographs that told their story, and they were encouraged to consider what being queer means to them, and to photograph their experiences and the things they are interested in. The group met regularly to discuss their work and share photographs, and created self-portraits in a photo booth on the North Laine, which led to discussions about photography and identity. Anthony said of the project: “the prospect of creating this work seemed to me to offer a useful way to further my inquiry into participation and self-representation with groups of marginalized individuals, and at the same time provide an opportunity to confront my own views of queerness as a gay man… Images play a powerful role in the stories we tell about ourselves and the histories told about us. Not Going Shopping expresses the points of view of the participants and myself about what it is to be Queer in Brighton.” This portrait was created as part of Not Going Shopping in collaboration with Anthony and the 11 participants. It is composed of two self portraits taken in a photobooth, a written note by the subject of the portrait, and a portrait taken at Brighton Seafront (bottom right). Anthony's written note reads "ARE WE A COMMUNITY?"
• Collaborative Portrait of Edward Whelan from Not Going Shopping by Anthony Luvera, 2013 – 2014
  
  Anthony Luvera is an Australian artist, writer and educator based in London. Anthony collaborated with Queer in Brighton on our first commissioned project ‘Not Going Shopping’ to explore the lives of LGTBQ+ people in Brighton. Anthony invited eleven participants to meet him and bring photographs that told their story, and they were encouraged to consider what being queer means to them, and to photograph their experiences and the things they are interested in. The group met regularly to discuss their work and share photographs, and created self-portraits in a photo booth on the North Laine, which led to discussions about photography and identity. Anthony said of the project: “the prospect of creating this work seemed to me to offer a useful way to further my inquiry into participation and self-representation with groups of marginalized individuals, and at the same time provide an opportunity to confront my own views of queerness as a gay man… Images play a powerful role in the stories we tell about ourselves and the histories told about us. Not Going Shopping expresses the points of view of the participants and myself about what it is to be Queer in Brighton.” This portrait is of Edward Whelan, and was created as part of Not Going Shopping in collaboration with Anthony and the 11 participants. It is composed of two self portraits taken in a photobooth, a written note by the subject of the portrait, and a portrait taken at Brighton Seafront (bottom right). Edward's written note reads: "THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN QUEER".
• Collaborative Portrait of Fox Fisher from Not Going Shopping by Anthony Luvera, 2013 – 2014
  
  Anthony Luvera is an Australian artist, writer and educator based in London. Anthony collaborated with Queer in Brighton on our first commissioned project ‘Not Going Shopping’ to explore the lives of LGTBQ+ people in Brighton. Anthony invited eleven participants to meet him and bring photographs that told their story, and they were encouraged to consider what being queer means to them, and to photograph their experiences and the things they are interested in. The group met regularly to discuss their work and share photographs, and created self-portraits in a photo booth on the North Laine, which led to discussions about photography and identity. Anthony said of the project: “the prospect of creating this work seemed to me to offer a useful way to further my inquiry into participation and self-representation with groups of marginalized individuals, and at the same time provide an opportunity to confront my own views of queerness as a gay man… Images play a powerful role in the stories we tell about ourselves and the histories told about us. Not Going Shopping expresses the points of view of the participants and myself about what it is to be Queer in Brighton.” This portrait is of Fox Fisher, and was created as part of Not Going Shopping in collaboration with Anthony and the 11 participants. It is composed of two self portraits taken in a photobooth, a written note by the subject of the portrait, and a portrait taken at Brighton Seafront (bottom right). Fox's written note reads: "Gender is fluid. Love the journey."
• Collaborative Portrait of Harry Pygar from Not Going Shopping by Anthony Luvera, 2013 – 2014
  
  Anthony Luvera is an Australian artist, writer and educator based in London. Anthony collaborated with Queer in Brighton on our first commissioned project ‘Not Going Shopping’ to explore the lives of LGTBQ+ people in Brighton. Anthony invited eleven participants to meet him and bring photographs that told their story, and they were encouraged to consider what being queer means to them, and to photograph their experiences and the things they are interested in. The group met regularly to discuss their work and share photographs, and created self-portraits in a photo booth on the North Laine, which led to discussions about photography and identity. Anthony said of the project: “the prospect of creating this work seemed to me to offer a useful way to further my inquiry into participation and self-representation with groups of marginalized individuals, and at the same time provide an opportunity to confront my own views of queerness as a gay man… Images play a powerful role in the stories we tell about ourselves and the histories told about us. Not Going Shopping expresses the points of view of the participants and myself about what it is to be Queer in Brighton.” This portrait is of Harry Pygar, and was created as part of Not Going Shopping in collaboration with Anthony and the 11 participants. It is composed of two self portraits taken in a photobooth, a written note by the subject of the portrait, and a portrait taken at Brighton Seafront (bottom right). Harry's written note reads: "AVERAGE BALDY QUEER".
• Collaborative Portrait of JB from Not Going Shopping by Anthony Luvera, 2013 – 2014
  
  Anthony Luvera is an Australian artist, writer and educator based in London. Anthony collaborated with Queer in Brighton on our first commissioned project ‘Not Going Shopping’ to explore the lives of LGTBQ+ people in Brighton. Anthony invited eleven participants to meet him and bring photographs that told their story, and they were encouraged to consider what being queer means to them, and to photograph their experiences and the things they are interested in. The group met regularly to discuss their work and share photographs, and created self-portraits in a photo booth on the North Laine, which led to discussions about photography and identity. Anthony said of the project: “the prospect of creating this work seemed to me to offer a useful way to further my inquiry into participation and self-representation with groups of marginalized individuals, and at the same time provide an opportunity to confront my own views of queerness as a gay man… Images play a powerful role in the stories we tell about ourselves and the histories told about us. Not Going Shopping expresses the points of view of the participants and myself about what it is to be Queer in Brighton.” This portrait is of JB, and was created as part of Not Going Shopping in collaboration with Anthony and the 11 participants. It is composed of two self portraits taken in a photobooth, a written note by the subject of the portrait, and a portrait taken at Brighton Seafront (bottom right). JB's written note reads: "I DON'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN MYSELF".
• Collaborative Portrait of Kate Turner from Not Going Shopping by Anthony Luvera, 2013 – 2014
  
  Anthony Luvera is an Australian artist, writer and educator based in London. Anthony collaborated with Queer in Brighton on our first commissioned project ‘Not Going Shopping’ to explore the lives of LGTBQ+ people in Brighton. Anthony invited eleven participants to meet him and bring photographs that told their story, and they were encouraged to consider what being queer means to them, and to photograph their experiences and the things they are interested in. The group met regularly to discuss their work and share photographs, and created self-portraits in a photo booth on the North Laine, which led to discussions about photography and identity. Anthony said of the project: “the prospect of creating this work seemed to me to offer a useful way to further my inquiry into participation and self-representation with groups of marginalized individuals, and at the same time provide an opportunity to confront my own views of queerness as a gay man… Images play a powerful role in the stories we tell about ourselves and the histories told about us. Not Going Shopping expresses the points of view of the participants and myself about what it is to be Queer in Brighton.” This portrait is of Kate Turner, and was created as part of Not Going Shopping in collaboration with Anthony and the 11 participants. It is composed of two self portraits taken in a photobooth, a written note by the subject of the portrait, and a portrait taken at Brighton Seafront (bottom right). Kate's written note reads: "A different view of any kind."
• Collaborative Portrait of Kelly McBride from Not Going Shopping by Anthony Luvera, 2013 – 2014
  
  Anthony Luvera is an Australian artist, writer and educator based in London. Anthony collaborated with Queer in Brighton on our first commissioned project ‘Not Going Shopping’ to explore the lives of LGTBQ+ people in Brighton. Anthony invited eleven participants to meet him and bring photographs that told their story, and they were encouraged to consider what being queer means to them, and to photograph their experiences and the things they are interested in. The group met regularly to discuss their work and share photographs, and created self-portraits in a photo booth on the North Laine, which led to discussions about photography and identity. Anthony said of the project: “the prospect of creating this work seemed to me to offer a useful way to further my inquiry into participation and self-representation with groups of marginalized individuals, and at the same time provide an opportunity to confront my own views of queerness as a gay man… Images play a powerful role in the stories we tell about ourselves and the histories told about us. Not Going Shopping expresses the points of view of the participants and myself about what it is to be Queer in Brighton.” This portrait is of Kelly McBride, and was created as part of Not Going Shopping in collaboration with Anthony and the 11 participants. It is composed of two self portraits taken in a photobooth, a written note by the subject of the portrait, and a portrait taken at Brighton Seafront (bottom right). Kelly's written note reads: "SMASH THE BOUNDARIES".
• Collaborative Portrait of Luc Raesmith from Not Going Shopping by Anthony Luvera, 2013 – 2014
  
  Anthony Luvera is an Australian artist, writer and educator based in London. Anthony collaborated with Queer in Brighton on our first commissioned project ‘Not Going Shopping’ to explore the lives of LGTBQ+ people in Brighton. Anthony invited eleven participants to meet him and bring photographs that told their story, and they were encouraged to consider what being queer means to them, and to photograph their experiences and the things they are interested in. The group met regularly to discuss their work and share photographs, and created self-portraits in a photo booth on the North Laine, which led to discussions about photography and identity. Anthony said of the project: “the prospect of creating this work seemed to me to offer a useful way to further my inquiry into participation and self-representation with groups of marginalized individuals, and at the same time provide an opportunity to confront my own views of queerness as a gay man… Images play a powerful role in the stories we tell about ourselves and the histories told about us. Not Going Shopping expresses the points of view of the participants and myself about what it is to be Queer in Brighton.” This portrait is of Luc Raesmith, and was created as part of Not Going Shopping in collaboration with Anthony and the 11 participants. It is composed of two self portraits taken in a photobooth, a written note by the subject of the portrait, and a portrait taken at Brighton Seafront (bottom right). Luc's written note reads: "just another person".
• Collaborative Portrait of Matt Robinson from Not Going Shopping by Anthony Luvera, 2013 – 2014
  
  Anthony Luvera is an Australian artist, writer and educator based in London. Anthony collaborated with Queer in Brighton on our first commissioned project ‘Not Going Shopping’ to explore the lives of LGTBQ+ people in Brighton. Anthony invited eleven participants to meet him and bring photographs that told their story, and they were encouraged to consider what being queer means to them, and to photograph their experiences and the things they are interested in. The group met regularly to discuss their work and share photographs, and created self-portraits in a photo booth on the North Laine, which led to discussions about photography and identity. Anthony said of the project: “the prospect of creating this work seemed to me to offer a useful way to further my inquiry into participation and self-representation with groups of marginalized individuals, and at the same time provide an opportunity to confront my own views of queerness as a gay man… Images play a powerful role in the stories we tell about ourselves and the histories told about us. Not Going Shopping expresses the points of view of the participants and myself about what it is to be Queer in Brighton.” This portrait is of Matt Robinson, and was created as part of Not Going Shopping in collaboration with Anthony and the 11 participants. It is composed of two self portraits taken in a photobooth, a written note by the subject of the portrait, and a portrait taken at Brighton Seafront (bottom right). Matt's written note reads: "NEVER APOLOGISE X X X".
• Collaborative Portrait of Sarah Magdalena Love from Not Going Shopping by Anthony Luvera, 2013 – 2014
  
  Anthony Luvera is an Australian artist, writer and educator based in London. Anthony collaborated with Queer in Brighton on our first commissioned project ‘Not Going Shopping’ to explore the lives of LGTBQ+ people in Brighton. Anthony invited eleven participants to meet him and bring photographs that told their story, and they were encouraged to consider what being queer means to them, and to photograph their experiences and the things they are interested in. The group met regularly to discuss their work and share photographs, and created self-portraits in a photo booth on the North Laine, which led to discussions about photography and identity. Anthony said of the project: “the prospect of creating this work seemed to me to offer a useful way to further my inquiry into participation and self-representation with groups of marginalized individuals, and at the same time provide an opportunity to confront my own views of queerness as a gay man… Images play a powerful role in the stories we tell about ourselves and the histories told about us. Not Going Shopping expresses the points of view of the participants and myself about what it is to be Queer in Brighton.” This portrait is of Sarah Magdalena Love, and was created as part of Not Going Shopping in collaboration with Anthony and the 11 participants. It is composed of two self portraits taken in a photobooth, a written note by the subject of the portrait, and a portrait taken at Brighton Seafront (bottom right). Sarah's written note reads: "Liberation".
• Cover of Not Going Shopping Community Newspaper, Brighton edition
  
  Anthony Luvera is an Australian artist, writer and educator based in London. His photographic work has been exhibited widely in galleries, public spaces and festivals internationally; he has designed education programmes, facilitated workshops and given lectures for public education departments and community projects across the UK. Anthony collaborated with Queer in Brighton on our first commissioned project ‘Not Going Shopping’ to explore the lives of LGTBQ+ people in Brighton. Anthony invited eleven participants to meet him and bring photographs that told their story, and they were encouraged to consider what being queer means to them, and to photograph their experiences and the things they are interested in. The group met regularly to discuss their work and share photographs, and created self-portraits in a photo booth on the North Laine, which led to discussions about photography and identity. Anthony notes that “the private and intimate space of this equipment, usually related to the production of images for official purposes of identification, seemed a particularly potent lens through which to look at ourselves. We took these ideas back to the workshop to create our own photo booth, queer it, and then explode out with a final portrait made on the streets of Brighton.” Anthony said of the project: “the prospect of creating this work seemed to me to offer a useful way to further my inquiry into participation and self-representation with groups of marginalized individuals, and at the same time provide an opportunity to confront my own views of queerness as a gay man… Images play a powerful role in the stories we tell about ourselves and the histories told about us. Not Going Shopping expresses the points of view of the participants and myself about what it is to be Queer in Brighton.” This is a digital reproduction of Cover of the 'Not Going Shopping' community newspaper, Brighton edition, 2014, from 'Not Going Shopping' by Anthony Luvera, 2013 – 2014.
• Cover of the Not Going Shopping community newspaper, Brighton edition, 2014, from Not Going Shopping by Anthony Luvera
  
  Anthony Luvera is an Australian artist, writer and educator based in London. Anthony collaborated with Queer in Brighton on our first commissioned project ‘Not Going Shopping’ to explore the lives of LGTBQ+ people in Brighton. Anthony invited eleven participants to meet him and bring photographs that told their story, and they were encouraged to consider what being queer means to them, and to photograph their experiences and the things they are interested in. The group met regularly to discuss their work and share photographs, and created self-portraits in a photo booth on the North Laine, which led to discussions about photography and identity. Anthony said of the project: “the prospect of creating this work seemed to me to offer a useful way to further my inquiry into participation and self-representation with groups of marginalized individuals, and at the same time provide an opportunity to confront my own views of queerness as a gay man… Images play a powerful role in the stories we tell about ourselves and the histories told about us. Not Going Shopping expresses the points of view of the participants and myself about what it is to be Queer in Brighton.” This image depicts the front cover of the Brighton edition of the Not Going Shopping Community Newspaper that accompanied the exhibition in 2014.
• Cover of the Not Going Shopping community newspaper, London edition, 2017
  
  Anthony Luvera is an Australian artist, writer and educator based in London. Anthony collaborated with Queer in Brighton on our first commissioned project ‘Not Going Shopping’ to explore the lives of LGTBQ+ people in Brighton. Anthony invited eleven participants to meet him and bring photographs that told their story, and they were encouraged to consider what being queer means to them, and to photograph their experiences and the things they are interested in. The group met regularly to discuss their work and share photographs, and created self-portraits in a photo booth on the North Laine, which led to discussions about photography and identity. Anthony said of the project: “the prospect of creating this work seemed to me to offer a useful way to further my inquiry into participation and self-representation with groups of marginalized individuals, and at the same time provide an opportunity to confront my own views of queerness as a gay man… Images play a powerful role in the stories we tell about ourselves and the histories told about us. Not Going Shopping expresses the points of view of the participants and myself about what it is to be Queer in Brighton.” This image depicts the front cover of the London edition of the Not Going Shopping Community Newspaper that accompanied the exhibition in 2017.