Founded in 2004, Homotopia is an arts and social justice organisation making a cultural impact through art and activism.

Born and bred in Liverpool, our work supports and platform local, national, and international Queer and trans creatives, artists, and makers. 

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At Homotopia, we believe in amplifying the voices, stories, and brilliance of our entire trans community. Your art, activism, stories and lives are essential to our community and our culture. 

To our trans sisters: We see you. We love you. We will always stand with you. We will celebrate you. We will make your voices heard.

In solidarity, Board of Trustees, Homotopia. 🏳️‍⚧️

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🎨 by the incredible Fox Fisher, who we have had the pleasure of hosting as our Artist In Residence for Homotopia Festival in 2020, Fox also mentored as part of our QueerCore programme in 2021, to which he mentored the incredible Dan Chan. Fox is an artist, filmmaker, author and activist.
Book your tickets for a Curator Tour with Duovision's and Museum of Liverpool  to explore The Holly Johnson  Story

https://www.homotopia.net/events/curator-tour-the-holly-johnson-story-2/
❤️Thank you❤️
A huge thank you to everyone who took part in our inaugural Homotopia Takeover Day @museumofliverpool 

The brilliant panellists @gary.needham @monica.b.pearl @thepansyproject @sahirhouse @talesfromthemasquerade 
Our awesome Young Homotopia and Queercore and creative responses from @queercumbria @olliep0cket @queerplaces 
Our tireless host @marcy_rick 
Our creative, inspiring and peerless producers @ashleighowenx @switch.flicker @duovision_arts
On our Homotopia Takeover Day @museumofliverpool  on Saturday 5 April, don't miss @monica.b.pearl  in conversation with @gary.needham 

Don’t Relax! Culture, Protest, and Music during the AIDS Crisis. Gary Needham will be sharing relfections with veteran @actupny activist and scholar, Dr Monica Pearl, who has written extensively on HIV/AIDS literature, film, theatre, and visual art.

Monica B. Pearl is Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Twentieth Century American Literature and Film at the University of Manchester, UK. She has written extensively on AIDS representation, including her book AIDS Literature and Gay Identity: The Literature of Loss (Routledge). Her most recent publication is a short essay on the UK AIDS TV show It’s a Sin in The European Journal of Cultural Studies. A brief recent account of her experience as a member of ACT UP/New York was also published recently in Radical History Review.

Gary Needham is Senior Lecturer in Communication and Media at the University of Liverpool. queer, autistic, Scottish – currently writing ‘Sex, Guys, and Videotape: American Independent Cinema and the AIDS Crisis’ and co-authoring the Queer Film Classic on ‘Buddies’ (1985). Gary was part of the harm reduction efforts of SAM (Scottish AIDS Monitor) in the early 90s and came of age, shaped by, the crisis (and popular music).

@duovision_arts  @switch.flicker 

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On Transgender Day of Visibility we remember that visibility brings power and strength, but it’s also a reminder to do more, to be more for those who need it. We need to be protectors and to be the voices that cannot be heard. When the rights of one are diminished we are all weakened 🏳️‍⚧️