'Winning the National Trust’s LGBTQ residency was both a creative and personal journey for me. It gave me an amazing opportunity to explore the lives of many LGBTQ people from history who had to struggle to live their lives amongst marginalization and prejudice. It was also a rare chance to find and lend my own voice to the final work, which was a deep healing experience for me.'
Michele D’Acosta
Michele is a creative writer, researcher and producer. She was one of the original members of Stonewall, which was set up to oppose Section 28, fight prejudice against lesbians and gay men, and to promote equality -- and is now the largest LGBTQ rights organisation in Europe.
In 1989 she worked as a television presenter on Out on Tuesday, the groundbreaking Channel 4 lesbian and gay primetime arts and current affairs programme.
Michele said on taking up the residency: