Gender and LGBTQ in museums. Approaches for including gender and LGBTQ identities into the displays and narratives of temporary exhibitions.

Introduction 1. Theoretical framework: gender and LGBTQ identities in museum studies -'Gender' and 'LGBTQ' -Social inclusion -Approaches for including a multiplicity of gender and LGBTQ identities -Categories of analysis 2. Temporary exhibitions centred around or singling out gender and LGBTQ identities -Centring exhibitions around gender and LGBTQ identities -Singling out one gender and/or LGBTQ identity 3. Incorporating gender and LGBTQ identities in temporary exhibitions -'Queering' everyday objects -Including gender and/or LGBTQ identities in exhibitions dealing primarily with an unrelated subject matter Conclusion Appendix A: textual element Guerrilla Girls 1985 -now Appendix B: textual elements Grayson Perry -hold your beliefs lightly Appendix C: textual elements Cool Japan List of illustrationsBibliography gender identity is not the same as their biological sex. 8 As these examples show, progress has been made in the past decades, but seemingly straightforward matters are still complicated for people who are not heterosexual and for those who do not conform to a typical male or female gender identity.If this is the case in society at large, what can be said about the situation in museums?How do museums approach the social inclusion of a multiplicity of gender and LGBTQ identities into the displays and narratives of their temporary exhibitions?From the end of the previous century onwards, museums increasingly focused on the experiences of visitors to their institutions rather than concentrating almost exclusively on collecting and preserving objects. 9More than ever before, visitors, their motivations for visiting and their experiences while in the institution, have become central to the practices of museums.This changing focus, in combination with their often vast collections of objects, makes museums suitable places for presenting the histories and objects of various segments of the population, especially minority groups.Museums nowadays even have an obligation to use this suitability and be socially inclusive.This thesis focuses on gender andLGBTQ identities, which can be included in museums in several ways.Museums can adapt their acquisition policy and set targets for including a certain number of artworks made by female artists or artists with an LGBTQ identity or they can organise special events, lectures, and so forth.These strategies, however, are not the sort this research focuses on.Here, social inclusion is seen as best achieved through including a variety of gender andLGBTQ identities in the displays and narratives of museum exhibitions.In presenting collections and telling stories, museum displays construct narratives, communicate ideas and create knowledge about the subject on display. 10This makes them ideal instruments for helping people understand complex notions such as 'gender' and 'LGBTQ '. 11 Including objects and stories of people with a gender variant or LGBTQ identity further allows new voices and narratives to be incorporated into museums, which is pivotal, as there is a link between exclusion from museums and exclusion from society. 12Finally, the focus lies on temporary exhibitions because they usually generate substantial media attention and therefore potentially attract a wide and diverse audience.

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