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Titel
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THE UNSTRAIGHT MUSEUM
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Beskrivning
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The Unstraight Museum is a participatory museum and non-profit organization based in Sweden. Our mission is to bring LGBTQ+ lives into the cultural record by collecting and sharing personal stories that are often overlooked or excluded from traditional history.
We began during EuroPride in Stockholm in 2008, when a group of museum professionals had enough of institutions that talked about inclusion but failed to act. In 2011, we became a formal association with a clear goal: to preserve and amplify stories that risk being forgotten.
Since then, we’ve grown through collaborations with artists, activists, and community organizers. In 2024, we worked with photographer Dawood and local activists in Cairo, Alexandria and Aswan, to collect stories of gender nonconformity in Egypt. We’ve also supported projects in countries like Vietnam, Serbia, Uganda, and Poland. In Sweden, we regularly collaborate with cultural institutions, and grassroots initiatives.
The Unstraight Museum is a museum in motion. We don’t have a physical building – but we exist in our digital archive, in conversations, and in the contributions people choose to share. Today, that archive holds nearly 600 personal entries, and our traveling exhibition formats bring them to new places and new audiences.
Read more at unstraight.org or share your own story