Dr Gary Everett 

Research Partner

Dr Gary Everett is a creative producer, cultural activist and curator. Working in theatre and live arts since 1992. In 2003 he founded the highly esteemed international arts and heritage organisation Homotopia and was its Artistic Director for 18 years. Gary works extensively internationally with projects in Finland, Denmark, Poland, Latvia, Germany, Sweden and Turkey. In 2013 he curated and co-produced the ground-breaking exhibition, April Ashley, Portrait of a Lady at Museum of Liverpool – the first ever exhibition on trans lives in a national museum attracting over 950,000 visitors and extended twice due to popularity.  Gary is currently developing new immersive, outdoor projects exploring overlooked, marginalised and erased queer history, plus writing and researching art, health and wellbeing and youth LGBT cultural/art education in Merseyside.