Celebrating the inspiring individuals who have made an impact on Nottingham’s LGBTQ+ community, OUR QUEER FUTURES is a series of portraits captured by Nottingham based photographer Katie Bishop as part of Queer Up Duck!
Those featured in this exhibition were nominated through a public vote for their dedication to championing equality, inclusion and visibility, helping to make Nottingham a more accepting place for everyone. Whether it’s championing trans inclusivity, archiving the city’s queer history or entertaining in a glamorous frock and heels, these individuals deserve the status of Notts LGBTQ+ Heroes.
About Katie Bishop
Katie Bishop is a queer photographer working across both film and digital mediums. She has a passion for documenting the vibrant and diverse expressions of queer life.
Based in Nottingham she captures the energy, resilience, and joy found in queer communities, with a special focus on documenting club nights, events, and underground scenes. Their work is rooted in a deep appreciation for the present moment, recognizing the importance of preserving queer culture not just for today, but for future generations to look back on with a sense of collective nostalgia.
Driven by a sense of responsibility to document the present for the future, Bishop’s work celebrates the fluidity and resilience of queer culture, providing a space where memory, history, and future nostalgia coexist.
About Queer Up Duck!
Queer Up Duck! is Nottingham’s LGBTQ+ Arts Festival, celebrating the LGBTQ+ community, artists and audiences. Queer Up Duck! was created out of a desire to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community of Nottingham outside of Pride and LGBTQ+ History Month. At Pride we see thousands of the LGBTQ+ community out on our streets celebrating with allies and the community alike, but what about the rest of the year? Enter Queer Up Duck! a city-wide festival featuring theatre, exhibitions, film, music, comedy, drag and more at venues across this city.
Queer Up Duck! is produced by JOP Arts and is supported by Arts Council England, The Spencer Trust and Notts LGBT+ Network.
