Considers the ways that Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, and other gender and sexual non-conforming subjects may be represented in exhibitions, as well as how the display form itself can be rearticulated or “queered” to allow for more dynamic subject positions for such people, including how contemporary curators may learn from responses to the AIDS crisis (Lax), a transnational and highly personal installation series that features lesbian oral narratives (Hallberg and Karlsson Rixon), and a critical history of the VIVA Museum, the first queer institution of its kind in Los Angeles (Hernandez).
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