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Pride and Prejudice

In a time when Pride, which has its roots as a form of protest, has become a commercial celebration, queer identity is often reduced to a rainbow slapped on a corporate logo. How can we reinstate the radical stance of this community?

Both politically charged and celebratory, questioning and queering, this Collection brings together works exploring ideas beyond the binary, shedding light on LGBTQ+ experiences.

Image of a nude woman leaning forward with her hands on her thighs, looking straight forward, standing above a nude tattooed male, sat in profile, leaning on one arm behind him.
Cecilia Ulfsdotter Klementsson
Photograph of a face poking through a gap in a collage of black and white photographs and shopping receipts.
Lunyu Fu x Mantoto x Hei Family
Photograph of a white cotton handkerchief covered in writing in a red font and partially folded, on a black background.
Rafael Zugliani
A photo of a small plastic muscle man toy holding it's penis laid on it's back on a wooden table
William Zou
Photograph of the back of a person in a shower, their head bowed, and their back, shoulders and upper arms covered in what appears to be a coating of white soapy foam.
Joe Zijian Zhou
Photograph looking upwards to a black, interior balcony with pink illuminated letters spelling ‘Gay Bar’.
Liz Murray
Abstract image of a head, turned almost in profile, with long blonde hair created from different contrasting elements and with the outline of the face filled with a pink and black pattern.
Tommy Camerno
Image of a plant with green leaves and long dangling pink flowers, apparently floating on a white background.
Alba Imeri
Two images side by side. One of two men in body armour and capes and the other of a woman kneeling on the ground, facing away, with fantastical plants growing within and from her.
Hao Zhang
Image of multiple lines of black writing on a white background, repeating the phrase ‘Just Do It’, and each line becoming less and less intelligible as it reaches the right-hand side of the image.
Adri São Bento
Close-up image of a white record player turntable with a black tone arm playing a pink and white or clear record, with the corners of two stacked pink and white shallow boxes next to it.
Kexin Liu
A figure stands with it's back turned in front of an apple cart on the street of an Indian city with the text 'a city bears many stories, even the ones we don't want to hear' across the top.
Charan Singh
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