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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- 03 October – Eleonora Duse (1858–1924), Italian actress
- 04 October – Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (1942–), Icelandic politician, former Prime Minister of Iceland, world's first openly gay head of government
- 08 October – Kristanna Loken (1979–), American model & actress
- 11 October – Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962), former First Lady of the USA & human rights activist
- 15 October – Jenna Talackova, Canadian beauty pageant contestant, model & TV personality
- 17 October – Laura Nyro (1947–1997), American songwriter, singer & pianist
- 18 October – Brittney Griner (1990–), American basketball player
- 18 October – Martina Navratilova (1956–), American tennis player
- 22 October – Saffron Burrows (1972–), English actress
- 23 October – Jean Acker (1893–1978), American actress
- 23 October – Ireland Baldwin (1995–), American model
- 23 October – Lilyan Tashman (1896–1934), American actress
- 25 October – Chely Wright (1970–), American country singer-songwriter
- 25 October – Claude Cahun (1894–1954), French artist, photographer & writer
- 26 October – Liliane Maestrini (1987–), Brazilian beach volleyball player
- 27 October – Katherine Bradley (1846–1914), English poet
- 28 October – Caitlyn Jenner (1949–), American TV personality & Olympic Gold Medalist in Decathlon (1976)
- 29 October – Michelle Brooke-Marciniak (1973–), American business executive, former WNBA basketball player
- 29 October – Ann-Marie MacDonald (1958–), Canadian playwright, novelist, actress & broadcast journalist
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