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Glasgow Museums

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Buttonitboris · 19/02/2021 22:20

So Glasgow Museums celebrate diversity by claiming one of Scotland most celebrated female artists wasn't actually female (and then apologise by saying she didn't identify as non binary because the term hadn't been invented) God forbid we celebrate an actual woman m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3656288074418648&id=149366908444133

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theskyispink · 20/02/2021 00:21

Am I reading this right? Their logic is that she "self-identified as" a lesbian... so assumed she was therefore non-binary?

Eh?

Here is part of their original FB post before they edited it:

"As part of LGBT History Month we celebrate the work of non-binary artist Joan Eardley (1921–1963) in this the centenary year of her birth."

Neither the edited nor the original version mention her being a lesbian, only "a woman artist who didn’t conform to gender norms". I'm half-surprised they mentioned she died of breast cancer and not chest cancer.

MissBarbary · 20/02/2021 00:18

Yes, agreed, to be clear, it's her art which is important.

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Buttonitboris · 20/02/2021 00:07

What's interesting is that she was a great artist, but that's not enough. For a public body to dismiss the achievement of a woman to conform to some agenda is unforgivable.

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MissBarbary · 19/02/2021 22:27

You know even if they had described her as a lesbian from the outset it's not that interesting