StoneCrabs Theatre Company is to launch Out On An Island, the first LGBTQ+ history and heritage exhibition for the Isle of Wight, at Clayden Gallery on Saturday, June 19.‘Cottage’ by Sydney CardewThe documentary film Our Stories Matter highlights inspiring LGBTQ+ people and places, all with an Isle of Wight connection.
Meet feisty lesbian Joe Carstairs – the ‘fastest woman on the water’ – who raced in the Solent in the 1920s.
Learn about renowned architects and partners Paget and Seely, who made their home at Mottistone Manor.Human rights activist Peter Tatchell said: “LGBTQ+ history and Pride events have tended to be focused on Britain’s major cities, to the neglect of more out-of-the-way places like the Isle of Wight.