Gender Stories

Step into a thought-provoking journey with Gender Stories, an exhibition that sensitively begins to examine the fluid, multifaceted world of gender across cultures, eras, and personal experiences. It asks: What is gender? How do we experience it? Who defines it? What could it’s future look like?

Challenging rigid definitions and binary narratives, the exhibition dives deep into the intricate connections between sex, gender, sexuality, and identity. Discover how these ideas have been mythologised, stereotyped, expressed – and sometimes concealed – through art, history, politics, and daily life over time.

This compelling display brings together diverse objects and artworks from Brighton & Hove Museums, Bristol Museums, and National Museums Liverpool. By combining community stories with insights from gender theory, Gender Stories highlights both the joys and struggles of gender identity.

We don’t have all the answers, but we’re excited to explore these complex questions together. Whether you’re beginning, continuing, or seeking to understand a gender journey – your own or someone else’s – this exhibition offers a meaningful space for reflection and discovery.