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Queer History Month

Walking billboards: the pervasive impact of the common t-shirt

Collecting fraught and hard-fought aspects of history is part of our role here at Te Papa, and given that last month was Queer History Month, I thought I would look at the acquisition of the Destiny Church ‘Enough is Enough’ t-shirt. These t-shirts were collected in 2012 to be partRead more

2016-10-14
By: Matariki Williams
On: 14 Oct 2016
In: History, Māori
Poster titled 'Queer the Night' featuring a unicorn leaping across the moon, trailing a rainbow.

Queer History objects

As we near the end of Queer History Month, I’ve been thinking about how objects at Te Papa work together to illuminate aspects of LGBTQI+ life in New Zealand.Read more

2016-09-23
By: Stephanie Gibson
On: 23 Sep 2016
In: History

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