Description provided by artist: .The banners were gifted to the researcher after the event 'Duckie's Tea Party' as part of the LGBT50 festival marking the 50 year anniversary of the partial decriminalization of homosexuality in the UK. The banners were part of the decoration for this particular event and spread across the central square of Hull entitled Queen Victoria Square.. .The banners stand as a reference for the festival which celebrates the LGBT+ community and gender/ sexual equality in the UK. The argumentation of such equality is based on the legal developments in the past 50 years. However, a festival in such manners expressed through these banners immediately raises the question of the lived reality of gender/ sexual minorities. Sexualities, love and idenities are subject to celebration for festivals. However, particularly in the city of Hull, the experience of marginality is still prominent throughout community, as even within the LGBT50 celebrations transphobic, homophobic assults were registered.. .Therefore, the banner in its particular display allows to question the difference between a momentary celebration and visibility of LGBT+ communities and the continuous realities of a supposedly gender/ sexual equality.. .This artwork is part of the project Footnotes on Equality: http://footnotesonequality.eu/all/
The banners were gifted to the researcher after the event 'Duckie's Tea Party' as part of .the LGBT50 festival marking the 50 year anniversary of the partial .decriminalization of homosexuality in the UK. The banners were part of the decoration .for this particular event and spread across the central square of Hull .entitled Queen Victoria Square.. .This artwork is part of the project Footnotes on Equality: http://footnotesonequality.eu/all/