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A promotional poster with a colourful, graphic design aimed at young LGBTQIA+ creatives. The text reads: “Calling all young LGBTQIA+ creatives! ✅ Are you aged 16–25? ✅ Part of the LGBTQIA+ community? ✅ Want your t-shirt design to be sold as a special Pride Month fundraiser, for two Merseyside charities? We want to hear from you! Win £250!” The logos of “Open Door” and “Supported by Homotopia” are shown at the bottom. In the background, there is a person wearing a black t-shirt with a blue abstract graphic design.

Homotopia x Open Door Charity T-Shirt Collab 🎨

Calling all LGBTQIA+ creatives 📢

Open Door Charity and Homotopia are excited to be partnering to give a young creative aged 16 – 25 the opportunity to feature their design on a special collaborative pride t-shirt! 🎨

The theme is the importance of mental health care and awareness in the LGBTQIA+ community, and how as organisations we are striving to create safe and inclusive spaces across Liverpool and Merseyside to allow queer people to thrive. 🫶

With a prize of £250 up for grabs to the lucky winner, you have until 9am on 11th June to submit your design using the following link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1qFRMn1WUZA6OKxe9SLmfY9EWmNp1unaJO7Fucmp3Z00/viewform?edit_requested=true ⬅️

Further guidance on our requirements for the design is available via the link above. We look forward to seeing your incredible submissions!

Illustration featuring the text "Trans Women Welcome" in bold, playful font over a background of pink, white, and blue stripes representing the transgender pride flag. The design includes cheerful silhouettes of people celebrating, with heart symbols and stars scattered throughout. At the bottom are the logos of Homotopia (Art Activism), Sophie Green (Made In Liverpool) and FACT Liverpool.

Trans Women Welcome – Sophie Green x Homotopia 🏳️‍⚧️

Homotopia are delighted to announce Trans Women Welcome – Sophie Green x Homotopia 🏳️‍⚧️

Homotopia have collaborated with the incredible Sophie Green on a campaign to encourage arts spaces, venues and businesses to display inclusive signage in their buildings following the recent Supreme Court ruling. Sophie has created a bespoke A3 print that features an important message: Trans Women Welcome. The print is free from FACT Liverpool reception. Display to show your support. Prints are available to collect from today, a huge thank you to our friends at FACT for helping us to distribute them.

Some words from our Co-Chairs, Sinéad Nunes & Danny Kilbride:

We stand in solidarity with our trans sisters now and always. As an activist arts organisation, this is a vital campaign to ensure that the trans community know where they are welcome, safe and celebrated in the Liverpool City Region. We hope that this campaign will not only highlight established trans-friendly and queer spaces, but encourage more venues and businesses to learn and consider what they can do to create safer spaces. This was also a perfect moment to honour Sophie Green; a fantastically talented Liverpool-based trans artist who has been part of Homotopia’s story for many years, and we hope will continue to be for many more!

🗺 Pickup Location: FACT Liverpool, 88 Wood St, Liverpool L1 4DQ

➡️ About Sophie Green:

Embracing the city, its culture and herself, it’s no surprise that so much of Sophie’s work is a love letter to Liverpool. It’s where she found her style and began to live her life on her terms. This strength and independence emanates from Sophie’s work. Covering queer themes, exploring Liverpool and its architecture and sharing positive messages of love and protest. This wide-ranging celebration of community has seen Sophie become the go-to artist for inclusive and uplifting work.

Download the image for digital use:  https://www.homotopia.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/collection-FACT-Liverpool.png

Two people stand in front of a textured, weathered wall with vertical streaks of white. The image has a red tint overlay. The left person wears a white tank top and a head wrap, and the right person wears a light-colored polka-dot shirt and glasses. Bold text at the bottom reads "OPEN CALL RESIDENTS" in a mix of white and red fonts.

Do you want to take part in a photo project celebrating the vibrant LGBTQIA+ community of Liverpool? 👋

Join photographer Ming De Nasty in celebrating the LGBTQIA+ community of Liverpool’s city centre through a unique socially engaged photography project; Residents. 📸

LGBTQIA+ people have long gathered in the city centre for safety, community, and self-expression –  Residents aims to honour that culture by making their presence visible via public artworks. This project aims to be intergenerational, reflecting the long LGBTQIA+ history of Liverpool and a younger experience of what the LGBTQIA+ scene is today – where people of all ages meet and connect.

If you live in the heart of Liverpool or feel like the city centre is ‘home’ we would love to hear from you! To be part of a major public exhibition celebrating LGBTQIA+ identity, all participants must live within the Liverpool City Region. Your portrait will become part of a public exhibition, displayed across the city centre in a celebration of identity and belonging. ❤️

If you want to join this project, email [email protected] with subject line “Residents project“.

Deadline: 30th May

Residents is a Socially Engaged Photography project by Ming de Nasty, Open Eye Gallery, Homotopia and LGBTQIA+ community members. Residents is part of the Photo Here programme – a series of 6 residencies with a variety of groups around the Liverpool City Region. Residents is also part of Homotopia Festival 2025.

An graphic image created by artist Fox Fisher, the image has a light blue background, with a pink swirl behind the following text: Trans Women Are Women, @homotopiafest - the colours are the same colours that feature on the trans flag.

To our trans sisters: We see you. We love you. We will always stand with you.

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. 🏳️‍⚧️
🎨 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.
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Homotopia Festival Producer

We’re Hiring: Homotopia Festival Producer

We’re looking for a talented and passionate arts professional to join our team as Homotopia Festival Producer. Reporting to our Interim Executive Prodcucer, you’ll ensure the successful delivery of Homotopia Festival, leading on production and coordination of the programme.

Please download the job pack here

Homotopia Festival Producer

Contract: Ten months fixed term, four days per week

Salary:

£18,666 total salary – 32 hours per week  (4 days) over 10 months (£28,000 FTE)

Place of work: Creative Industry Studio 17, The Bluecoat, School Lane, Liverpool L1 3BX

Start date: April 2025

End date: January 2026

The deadline for applications is 23:00 Sunday 16th March

To Apply

Please submit a supporting statement highlighting how your experience and expertise meet the role responsibilities and personal specification criteria outlined (maximum 600 words), together with your CV (maximum two pages, to include two referees).

Please also complete and submit Homotopia’s equalities monitoring document here

Please download the job pack here

Submit your application and completed equalities monitoring form at:

[email protected]

Please insert Application Homotopia Festival Producer as the subject

Shortlisted candidates will be contacted by email and invited to an interview on Thursday 27th March.

Access and Further information

If you require any further information about this recruitment process, need additional information about the role, or need additional access support to make an application, please get in touch. We are here to support you. If you would like to have an informal chat about the role please contact Interim Executive Director, Adrian Friedli, via r[email protected].

We’re Recruiting: Join Our Board

A gradient background transitioning from orange to pink to blue with white text that reads: "We’re recruiting: Join our Board." At the bottom, the Homotopia logo appears with the tagline "Art Activism.

***Trustee Open Meeting***

Monday 17th February, 7pm on Zoom

An opportunity to meet with Co-Chairs Danny Kilbride and Sinéad Nunes to find out more about joining the Board at Homotopia. 

We are currently seeking Trustees with experience in Youth work; Legal, HR and people management; Equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI); Environmental sustainability; as well as for a Treasurer.

Email [email protected] to request the Zoom link. 

We’re looking for new members for the Homotopia Board

Can you help us reach new audiences and create a world where Queer art transforms lives, eliminates prejudice, and inspires brighter futures?

Join our Board to help us empower LGBTQIA+ voices!
 
To apply:
 
Please provide either –
• A written statement of no more than 1 page.
• A voice recording or video of no more than 3 minutes
 
that includes:
 
• Why you would like to be a Homotopia Trustee.
• Your lived experience, skills, work history and/or personal qualities that you
believe would make you a great trustee.
• The contact details for a referee.
Closing date: Monday 24 February 2025
Submit completed applications to [email protected]
Successful applicants will be invited to interview the week commencing

Monday 3rd March 2025.

 

Access and Further information:
 
If you require any further information about this recruitment process, need
additional information about the role, or need additional access support to make
an application, please get in touch. We are here to support you. If you would like to
have an informal chat about the role please contact Interim Director, Adrian Friedli,
 

For Your Pleasure: 15 Years Of DuoVision

A vibrant club scene featuring people dancing and socializing, celebrating 90s queer club culture in the UK. In the foreground, a person with short dark hair wearing sunglasses, a pink-and-red striped fuzzy sweater, and pink pants stands confidently. Others in the background are dressed in stylish and expressive attire, including a man in a suit and sunglasses. A disco ball glimmers faintly above, while the text reads: 'For Your Pleasure: Celebrating the fledgling queer club culture of the 90s in the UK. Exhibition launch: 30 January, 6pm - 8pm. Exhibition continues: 31 January - 09 March.' The overall atmosphere is lively and nostalgic.

For Your Pleasure: 15 Years of DuoVision is an exhibition using photography and film at the Open Eye Gallery, reflecting on and celebrating the fledgling queer club culture of the 90s in the UK, curated by guest curators DuoVision, and supported by Homotopia.

Adrian Friedli, Interim Director, Homotopia, said:

With this exhibition, DuoVision takes the celebration of North West music from the 80s into the 90s. Having partnered with the fantastic DuoVision on The Holly Johnson Story, currently on display at Museum of Liverpool until 27th July 2025, Homotopia is delighted to support our long-
term collaborators in this exciting and important project. An amazing show, and a significant event in marking the legacy of North West club and Queer culture.

Exhibition Launch | 30th Jan 6pm – 8pm

Be sure to come along to the exhibition launch, the tickets are free and everyone is welcome!

Tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/for-your-pleasure-exhibition-launch-tickets-1203544878129

Young Homotopia Callout!

Promotional poster for Young Homotopia, featuring a pink-purple overlay and a group of young performers in expressive poses on stage. The text reads: 'Young Homotopia: Calling All LGBTQIA+ Performers aged 16-25 in Liverpool! Join Young Homotopia for an incredible programme of creativity and collaboration starting 17th February 2025. We’re looking for dancers, singers, and actors of all abilities and experiences to help create a cabaret-style performance inspired by the iconic Holly Johnson and his extraordinary exhibition at the Museum of Liverpool. Your journey will culminate in a performance at Homotopia’s Takeover Day at the Museum on 5th April. Bring your talent and energy—we can’t wait to see you there!

Calling All LGBTQIA+ Performers aged 16-25 in Liverpool!

Join Young Homotopia for an incredible programme of creativity and collaboration starting 17th February 2025.
We’re looking for dancers, singers, and actors of all abilities and experiences to help create a cabaret-style performance inspired by the iconic Holly Johnson and his extraordinary exhibition at Liverpool Museum.
Rehearsals will take place the week of 17th February (Monday-Friday) + additional rehearsals on select Saturdays throughout March.
Your journey will culminate in a performance at Homotopia’s Takeover Day Museum Of Liverpool on 5th April.
Deadline For Applications: Feb 14th at 10am.
If you have any additional questions, feel free to reach out to Ashleigh, our course leader: [email protected]

Homotopia 20

A colourful display of material from the archives of ‘Homotopia’, Liverpool’s unique and trailblazing LGBT+ arts and culture festival, is at Liverpool Central Library. Featuring programmes, articles and interviews, the exhibition celebrates some of the artists and authors who have appeared in Liverpool.

Established in 2003 with its first festival in 2004, Homotopia has attracted an audience of more than 125,000 people, and a global audience of over 175,000 for its web-based TV programme.

See it at Liverpool Central Library from Monday 21st October 2024 -until Saturday 31st January 2025

A photographic portrait of Holly Johnson wearing a leather jacket, revealing a graphic tee with the word 'love' on it.

Holly Johnson In Conversation

As part of Homotopia’s Autumn Programme, join us as we hear the story of Holly Johnson from the artist himself.

To celebrate the recent opening of The Holly Johnson Story exhibition, curated by DuoVision Arts and produced in partnership with Homotopia and National Museums Liverpool, book your tickets for an intimate event where none other than Holly himself will be in conversation with journalist, Paul Flynn.

The exhibition celebrates Holly’s creative genius, charting his personal life and extraordinary music career over five decades. This event will see Holly speak openly about his music and his life in the public eye.

Holly Johnson will be joined by Paul to talk about his music career of over 40 years, his rise to meteoric fame following the release of Welcome to the Pleasuredome, and life in the public eye.

Paul Flynn is a prolific London-based writer and pop cultural commentator who writes for i-D, Attitude, Fantastic Man, the Sunday Times, GQ Style and Grazia.

Paul’s book Good As You: From Prejudice to Pride – 30 years of Gay Britain, published in 2017, is essential reading for self-respecting homosexuals and pop culture fans alike.

This event is suitable for people aged 16+.

The event will take place at Museum of Liverpool, Pier Head, in the ground floor Global City Theatre on Saturday 30 November. It will start promptly at 2pm and run until 3pm.

Tickets are £24pp and includes entry to The Holly Johnson Story exhibition (entry following the In Conversation 3pm – 4pm).

A BSL interpreter will be present for the duration of the in conversation.

Tickets are limited due to capacity so buy now to avoid disappointment!

Book your tickets now