Biblioteca Norte|Sul (BN|S) | February 2025
During February 2025, the Biblioteca Norte|Sul (BN|S) hosted the third edition of the LGBTQI+ History Month Exhibition, celebrating the lives, struggles, and achievements of LGBTQI+ people aged 60 and over.
Through books, research, photography, and film, the exhibition offered a powerful reflection on ageing, memory, citizenship, and activism within LGBTQI+ histories.
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What Visitors Found
The exhibition included:
- A curated selection of books from the BN|S collection on LGBTQI+ history and ageing
- TRACE project reports highlighting legal developments in LGBTQI+ rights in Malta, Slovenia, Italy, and Greece
- Photographs, banners, and posters from the 1st Vintage Bloc of the Lisbon Pride March 2024
- The launch of this year’s FATOR Q Bulletin, published by the Sexualities Research Group in collaboration with BN|S
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Highlight
The exhibition also showcased the trailer for “Outlasting – Living Archives of Older Queers”, a documentary produced by Project TRACE.
🎬 Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpQysXagmFs
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Why This Exhibition Mattered
By centring the voices and experiences of older LGBTQI+ people, the exhibition shed light on histories that are often marginalised, highlighting how ageing and LGBTQI+ identities are deeply interconnected across research, activism, and social memory.
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Organisation
Ana Cristina Santos, Ana Lúcia Santos, Joana Brilhante, and Inês Lima
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Partners
- TRACE – Tracing Queer Citizenship over Time (Funded by the European Research Council – ERC)
- REMEMBER – Vivências de pessoas LGBTQ Idosas no Portugal Democrático (1974–2020) (Funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science – FCT)
- Biblioteca Norte|Sul (BN|S) – Centre for Social Studies (CES)
- GPS – Sexualities Research Group (CES)
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