The Museum’s LGBTQ Working Group unearths previously hidden or unknown LGBTQ histories in the collections and aims to facilitate understanding of LGBTQ identities and histories through research, events, discussion and debate.
In an era of smartphone cameras we can all take photographs, but what makes an image 'great'?
The Progress Pride flag
Based on the iconic rainbow flag from 1978, the redesign celebrates the diversity of the LGBTQ community and calls for a more inclusive society.
V&A trail: Out in the museum
Discover stories of diverse gender and sexual identities across time, place and culture
Sanitary suspenders to Mooncups: a brief history of menstrual products
Cups, pads or underwear? Menstrual care products have been marketed and manufactured since the 19th century
Powerful and pioneering women from the V&A collections
Celebrating the activists, deities, leaders and warriors in our collections
Fashion design: Edward Crutchley
Sumptuous and subversive fashions which disregard gender
Aubrey Beardsley – decadence & desire
"I have one aim – the grotesque. If I am not grotesque, I am nothing"
The Pussyhat
Find out how a knitted pink hat became a global symbol of female solidarity
Invisible women: uncovering gendered histories
Discover hidden female histories in our collection
Dutch wine glass – a secret love token
Look closely to discover a hidden message of gay love engraved on this wine glass
Gender, performance and transformation: Sonja Harms
Hear how costume maker Sonja Harms crafts alternative identities through clothing
Reading feminist magazines: ASMR
Listen in as we turn the pages of iconic feminist magazines
An introduction to women printmakers
From Madame de Pompadour to Mary Cassatt – discover women working in print from the 1700s – 1930s
Fashion in Virginia Woolf's 'Orlando'
Curator Rosalind McKever explores fashion, gender and identity in Virgina Woolf’s novel 'Orlando'.
Fashion design: Rahemur Rahman
Sustainable, ethical fashion, "for people who dream in colour"
Fashion in Motion: Harris Reed
Harris Reed showcased gender-fluid highlights from his collections
Meet the cheekiest potter in England
'Belle donne' plates promoted an ideal of the perfect woman: beautiful, virtuous, and not infrequently, dead.
