Mark Etheridge 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📷

A real honour to be on @WalesOnline Pinc List again this year, at number 3. This Feb we opened the first ever permanent case for LGBTQ+ history @AmgueddfaCymru LGBTQ+ representation is vital, so please get in touch if you have objects to donate to the LGBTQ+ collection.

Today we're sharing a vibrant new collection of writing and artwork by LGBTQ+ people across Wales, inspired by @NatLMcG's powerful play. Edited w/@NorenaShopland & @NatLMcG. 🌈 📖 Free to read: tinyurl.com/LGBTQWales @SwanseaUni @AHRCpress #LGBTQStories #QueerWales #LGBTQIA

From the collection. #PrideMonth Cardiff Dragons football trophy 2009-10. @cardiffdragons are Wales’ first and only LGBTI+ football club. David recalls how the club was formed in 2008, when 13 people came to the first training session. Read the story: csy-apw.adlibhosting.com/AIS6/Details/c…

In 1982 Terry Higgins was the first named person in the UK to die from an AIDS related illness. Today would have been his 80th birthday. This portrait of Terry from the collection @StFagans_Museum was created by the artist @NathanWyburnArt

Mis Balchder Hapus / Happy Pride Month

Fully funded collaborative doctoral studentship available - "The Reg and George archive: co-creating stories about love, care and LGBTQ+ relationships in later life". Deadline 20 June 2025. museum.wales/reg-and-george…

Fully funded collaborative doctoral studentship available - "The Reg and George archive: co-creating stories about love, care and LGBTQ+ relationships in later life". Deadline 20 June 2025. Details on FindAPhD.com

Cyfle gwych! // Fully funded PhD studentship to work with the amazing Reg and George archive.

Incredible tour of a curated LGBTQIA+ archive collection with @CuratorMark in @StFagans_Museum yesterday for @PrideCymru as part of the celebration of 40 years of Pride in Wales. If you have anything from leaflets, badges to t-shirts etc please do donate them to an archive

New LGBTQ+ history case now open in the Wales is… gallery at @StFagans_Museum This is the first time @AmgueddfaCymru have had a permanent display of LGBTQ+ history. Great to see it open during LGBTQ+ History Month 2025. #LGBTQ #LGBTplusHM25

Introduced by playwright Natalie McGrath and principal curator Mark Etheridge, this free screening of The Beat of Our Hearts is taking place on Saturday in Cardiff. Reserve a space at eventbrite eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-beat-of-…

Join us for a free film screening of @NatLMcG's amazing LGBTQ+ play, The Beat of Our Hearts, on Sat 8th Feb at @TheCardiffStory. Featuring Curator @CuratorMark, Writer @NatLMcG & Historian @NorenaShopland (+ free tea and cake). All welcome! Book here: tinyurl.com/TBOOH

This World AIDS Day we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the planting of the Tree of Life and remember those who have lost their lives to AIDS in Wales. Find out more about the tree in this blog post. museum.wales/blog/2701/Worl…

Today is #WorldAIDSDay We stand united in the fight against #HIV, challenge stigma, and remember lives lost. HIV is not a death sentence. With treatment, people live long, healthy lives, and can’t pass it on. Together we will end stigma and HIV transmissions. #StopHIVStigma