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  • Last updated: January 13th 2026
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Beyond Salacious: Exploring LGBTQ+ Themes with Family and Young Audiences

An adult with light skin and tied-back wavy red hair, an adult with light skin and medium length dark brown hair, and a child with light skin and short brown hair stand together on a raised walkway within a spacious gallery. The child is pointing to something high above them.

Museums do amazing work in appealing to and representing wide and diverse audiences. However, there can be a danger of museums ‘othering’ their audiences—finding approaches that apparently work and sticking to them, when we have the opportunity to reflect community as a whole, in a more holistic way. 

Join Sacha Coward and MGS in looking beyond the more usual ways of exploring LGBTQ+ narratives in our museums, and ensuring the stories we tell reflect the communities we live in and amongst. 

Sacha Coward is a freelance museum professional with a passion for working with hidden histories and underrepresented audiences. 

Further support

If you are a young person or work with young people and need more support, the following organisations can offer help and guidance in Scotland.

LGBT Youth Scotland
LGBT Health and Wellbeing
Scottish Trans
LGBT+ Helpline – 0800 464 7000 Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays (12-9pm), Sundays (1-6pm)