20 Years of UK Black Pride Now on Display at Queer Britain
Queer Britain, the UK’s first and only LGBTQ+ museum, is pleased to announce a new exhibition celebrating 20 Years of UK Black Pride at the museum in Granary Square, Kings Cross has now opened.
Curated in collaboration with UK Black Pride and their founder Phyll Opoku-Gyimah (Lady Phyll), this exhibition—20 Years of UK Black Pride—chronicles the movement’s evolution from a small gathering in Southend-on-Sea to the world’s largest celebration for Global Majority LGBTQI+ people.
Stage and screen star Billy Porter joined UK Black Pride’s Lady Phyll at the opening of the exhibition earlier this month.
Mr Porter is in London directing a new play This Bitter Earth by Harrison David Withers which opens at the Soho Theatre. The play’s stars Omari Douglas (It’s A Sin) and Alexander Lincoln (Emmerdale) took a break from rehearsals to join Mr Porter at the launch of the UK Black Pride exhibition.
The exhibition will be open until the end of August, coinciding with this year’s UK Black Pride celebration which returns to London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on 10 August 2025.
Queer Britain is open Wednesday through Sunday, 12pm-6pm. Since it opened in May 2022 in Granary Square, King’s Cross, Queer Britain has welcomed over 100,000 visitors.
Queer Britain is the first and only LGBTQ+ museum, located in Granary Square, Kings Cross, London. Its mission is to “Reclaim and Preserve queer people’s stories and objects and Inspire by celebrating and educating about LGBTQ+ lives, impact and culture.” Admission to the museum is by ‘Pay What You Can’ donation, and tickets can be booked in advance at queerbritain.org.uk.
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