Velvet-Club Connecting Lesbians & Bi-women around the World
An exhibition celebrating new acquisitions from Jimmy Somerville. In 1984 Jimmy Somervilles first band, Bronski Beat, released their debut album, The Age of Consent. The album title was a response to the age of consent for gay men which at the time was 21 in the United Kingdom. For heterosexual relationships the age of consent was 16. This exhibition presents a new set of materials donated by Jimmy Somerville to our collection. It includes T-Shirts from the ACT-UP campaign, a customised Levis jacket, hand typed lyrics to Bronski Beat track Screaming and promotional posters for Smalltown Boy. In our screening room we are pleased to present the short documentary Why? (2024); a reimagined video for Bronski Beats enduring LGBTQ+ anthem, originally released in 1984.
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- 06 Dec – Agnes Moorehead (1900–1974), American actress
- 07 Dec – Jane Castor (1960–), American politician & former police chief, Mayor of Tampa, Florida
- 09 Dec – Elvira Kurt (1961–), Canadian comedian
- 10 Dec – Raven-Symoné (1985–), American actress & singer
- 10 Dec – Emily Dickinson (1830–1886), American poet
- 16 Dec – Kanako Otsuji (1974–), Japanese LGBT rights activist & politician
- 17 Dec – Deborah Sampson (1760–1827), American soldier who fought in the American Revolutionary War disguised as a man
- 17 Dec – Jacqueline Wilson (1945–), English children's literature novelist
- 17 Dec – Sarah Paulson (1975–), American actress
- 18 Dec – Christina, Queen of Sweden (1626–1689), Swedish monarch
- 20 Dec – Elsie de Wolfe (1865–1950), American actress, interior decorator & author
- 24 Dec – Brenda Howard (1946–2005), American LGBT activist
- 27 Dec – Marlene Dietrich (1901–1992), German actress & singer
- 28 Dec – Lili Elbe (1882–1931), Danish artist, subject of *The Danish Girl* novel/film
- 29 Dec – Elsa Gidlow (1898–1986), Canadian-American poet, writer of first openly lesbian love poetry published in North America
- 29 Dec – Katherine Moennig (1977–), American actress
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