{"id":52557,"date":"2020-03-05T14:45:59","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T14:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=52557"},"modified":"2020-03-05T14:45:59","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T14:45:59","slug":"wales-first-queer-tours-re-interpreting-art-like-a-gay-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/wales-first-queer-tours-re-interpreting-art-like-a-gay-man","title":{"rendered":"Wales&#8217; first Queer Tours &#8211; &#8220;Re-interpreting&#8221; art like a gay man"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">National Museum Cardiff has launched a dedicated tour exploring art through a &#8220;queer&#8221; lens.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/suffragate.jpg\" alt=\"inkwell sculpture\" class=\"wp-image-52559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/suffragate.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/suffragate-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/suffragate-500x282.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/suffragate.jpg\" alt=\"inkwell sculpture\" class=\"wp-image-52559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/suffragate.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/suffragate-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/suffragate-500x282.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>&#8216;Suffragette&#8217; by Arthur Leslie Harradine is one of the newly interpreted art. \/\/ Credits: National Museum of Wales<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/museum.wales\/cardiff\/\">National Museum Cardiff<\/a> in conjunction with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pridecymru.com\/\">Pride Cymru<\/a> announced the launch of  <a href=\"https:\/\/museum.wales\/cardiff\/whatson\/11182\/Queer-Tours--LGBTQ-\/\">&#8220;Queer Tours&#8221;<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The museum and Pride Cymru have teamed up for a series of volunteer-led tours around the gallery\u2019s finest art collection while observing the display through a queer lens. The first tour will be conducted on Sunday, 15 March at the National Museum Cardiff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This monthly event has been set up by freelance museum curator or \u2018queerator\u2019 \u2013 Dan Vo who is known for having coordinated similar exhibits in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vam.ac.uk\/\">Victoria and Albert Museum<\/a> in London and the University of Cambridge Museums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNational Museum Cardiff is well-established for its world-famous art collection and has given me the opportunity to share LGBTQ stories which are often underrepresented, on this tour,\u201d said Dan Vo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Owain Rhys, Head of Volunteering and Engagement at the museum said: \u201cI\u2019m delighted that through partnering with Pride Cymru and Dan Vo, we can open the doors to interpreting the art collections in a new and exciting way, showing that the national collections belong to us all.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/owain_rhys_man.jpg\" alt=\"Man in red tshirt\" class=\"wp-image-52562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/owain_rhys_man.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/owain_rhys_man-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/owain_rhys_man-500x282.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/owain_rhys_man.jpg\" alt=\"Man in red tshirt\" class=\"wp-image-52562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/owain_rhys_man.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/owain_rhys_man-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/owain_rhys_man-500x282.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Owain Rhys and the museum administration are working hard to diversify the collections.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This idea has been part of the discourse for a couple of years but the heavy workload and other inconveniences on both sides restricted the event from occurring earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnd then\nPride Cymru got involved and acted as a facilitator really \u2013 bringing us\ntogether,\u201d said Mr. Rhys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lisa Power is the Organiser for Pride History Month at Pride Cymru and was instrumental in roping Mr. Vo as well as providing the volunteers for the programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She explained that when Dan Vo had come to Cardiff last year for a Pride  event, he was presented with the idea of setting up a tour in Cardiff by many attendees to which he said, \u201cOh, that would be fun!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA whole string of things he found had LGBT connections which were not currently explored within the exhibit,\u201d said Lisa. \u201cIt made it clear that it was obviously a sensible thing to do. So, we had a couple of meetings with the museum and Dan came down. Owain and the museum were very keen to do it, which is brilliant.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/the_wounded_amazon.jpg\" alt=\"Woman Sculpture\" class=\"wp-image-52566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/the_wounded_amazon.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/the_wounded_amazon-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/the_wounded_amazon-500x282.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/the_wounded_amazon.jpg\" alt=\"Woman Sculpture\" class=\"wp-image-52566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/the_wounded_amazon.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/the_wounded_amazon-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/the_wounded_amazon-500x282.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>&#8216;The Wounded Amazon&#8217; is by 19th-century British sculptor John Gibson who was suspected to have been gay. \/\/ Credits: National Museum of Wales<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The museum took care of the major financial aspects\nand other inventory while Pride Cymru focused on recruiting volunteers and\nadvertising the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve supported the work by recruiting a whole load\nof volunteers to be trained,\u201d said Lisa. \u201cDan did the training and Owain\ninducted them all into the museum volunteers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lisa further said that Pride has been pushing a self-guided QR code-based tour because \u201cthere are people who feel exposed going on a designated LGBT tour.\u201d She also said that it would be extremely useful for visitors who can\u2019t make it on the designated tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a distinct hope amongst the organisers that such events can bring out the LGBTQ history in Cardiff which is hidden. \u201cAn awful lot of celebrated Welsh people across the whole of history who are celebrated, but nobody remembers they were Welsh, just as there are loads of people who are celebrated but nobody remembers if they were LGBT,\u201d said Lisa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/cedric_morris_self_portrait.jpg\" alt=\"Self-portrait\" class=\"wp-image-52590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/cedric_morris_self_portrait.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/cedric_morris_self_portrait-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/cedric_morris_self_portrait-500x282.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/cedric_morris_self_portrait.jpg\" alt=\"Self-portrait\" class=\"wp-image-52590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/cedric_morris_self_portrait.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/cedric_morris_self_portrait-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/cedric_morris_self_portrait-500x282.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>This self-portrait by Cedric Morris &#8211; an openly gay artist from the early 20th century, makes the portrait a significant part of the LGBTQ history of UK. \/\/ Credits: \u00a9 Estate of Cedric Morris<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gian Molinu, Chair of Pride Cymru said, \u201cThe &#8216;Queer Tour&#8217; shows that the LGBTQ community has always been a part of and a key contributor to society. I feel that this is&nbsp;another step closer towards a society that is truly&nbsp;inclusive&nbsp;and that&nbsp;celebrates&nbsp;diversity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nmuseum has more plans to explore cultural diversity in the UK and integrate it\ninto its collections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe worked with Pride Cymru. We worked with the youth forum. So, there were a lot of things going on independently. Things are beginning to happen. I don\u2019t think we have reached where we should be but it\u2019s beginning to happen. We\u2019d like to build on this now,\u201d said Mr. Rhys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The museum is currently discussing the idea of deciphering a lot of its collection through a BAME(Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic) lens which Mr. Rhys said is part of the next stage of the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"676\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/infographic_queertour-676x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/infographic_queertour-676x1024.png 676w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/infographic_queertour-198x300.png 198w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/infographic_queertour-768x1163.png 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/infographic_queertour-1015x1536.png 1015w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/infographic_queertour-1353x2048.png 1353w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/infographic_queertour-500x757.png 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/infographic_queertour.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"676\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/infographic_queertour-676x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/infographic_queertour-676x1024.png 676w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/infographic_queertour-198x300.png 198w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/infographic_queertour-768x1163.png 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/infographic_queertour-1015x1536.png 1015w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/infographic_queertour-1353x2048.png 1353w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/infographic_queertour-500x757.png 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/infographic_queertour.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Museum Cardiff will interpret art through a &#8216;queer&#8217; lens to bring out the hidden diversity in British culture <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":52598,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[53],"coauthors":[609],"class_list":["post-52557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-culture","tag-art"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wales&#039; first Queer Tours - &quot;Re-interpreting&quot; art like a gay man - InterCardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"National Museum Cardiff has launched a monthly volunteer-led series of tours where the queer perspective is discussed or presented.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/wales-first-queer-tours-re-interpreting-art-like-a-gay-man\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wales&#039; first Queer Tours - &quot;Re-interpreting&quot; art like a gay man - InterCardiff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"National Museum Cardiff has launched a monthly volunteer-led series of tours where the queer perspective is discussed or presented.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/wales-first-queer-tours-re-interpreting-art-like-a-gay-man\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"InterCardiff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-03-05T14:45:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/great_garbo.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"950\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"535\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Faiz Akthar\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Faiz Akthar\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/wales-first-queer-tours-re-interpreting-art-like-a-gay-man\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/wales-first-queer-tours-re-interpreting-art-like-a-gay-man\",\"name\":\"Wales' first Queer Tours - \\\"Re-interpreting\\\" art like a gay man - InterCardiff\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/wales-first-queer-tours-re-interpreting-art-like-a-gay-man#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/wales-first-queer-tours-re-interpreting-art-like-a-gay-man#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/great_garbo.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-05T14:45:59+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/8d0a88cb796cc73e444935a385208475\"},\"description\":\"National Museum Cardiff has launched a monthly volunteer-led series of tours where the queer perspective is discussed or presented.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/wales-first-queer-tours-re-interpreting-art-like-a-gay-man#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/wales-first-queer-tours-re-interpreting-art-like-a-gay-man\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/wales-first-queer-tours-re-interpreting-art-like-a-gay-man#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/great_garbo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/great_garbo.jpg\",\"width\":950,\"height\":535},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/wales-first-queer-tours-re-interpreting-art-like-a-gay-man#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Wales&#8217; first Queer Tours &#8211; &#8220;Re-interpreting&#8221; art like a gay man\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/\",\"name\":\"InterCardiff\",\"description\":\"A global city for internationalists\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/8d0a88cb796cc73e444935a385208475\",\"name\":\"Faiz Akthar\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/d4cf4f3e137d42c874406e2768fb48c4\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bf5795c12473a1306cb3d4f855b4ab15d5b95f039d909a83132c573a906317ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bf5795c12473a1306cb3d4f855b4ab15d5b95f039d909a83132c573a906317ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Faiz Akthar\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/author\/faizakthar\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Wales' first Queer Tours - \"Re-interpreting\" art like a gay man - InterCardiff","description":"National Museum Cardiff has launched a monthly volunteer-led series of tours where the queer perspective is discussed or presented.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/wales-first-queer-tours-re-interpreting-art-like-a-gay-man","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Wales' first Queer Tours - \"Re-interpreting\" art like a gay man - InterCardiff","og_description":"National Museum Cardiff has launched a monthly volunteer-led series of tours where the queer perspective is discussed or presented.","og_url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/wales-first-queer-tours-re-interpreting-art-like-a-gay-man","og_site_name":"InterCardiff","article_published_time":"2020-03-05T14:45:59+00:00","og_image":[{"width":950,"height":535,"url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/great_garbo.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Faiz Akthar","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Faiz Akthar","Estimated reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/wales-first-queer-tours-re-interpreting-art-like-a-gay-man","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/wales-first-queer-tours-re-interpreting-art-like-a-gay-man","name":"Wales' first Queer Tours - \"Re-interpreting\" art like a gay man - InterCardiff","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/wales-first-queer-tours-re-interpreting-art-like-a-gay-man#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/wales-first-queer-tours-re-interpreting-art-like-a-gay-man#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/great_garbo.jpg","datePublished":"2020-03-05T14:45:59+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/8d0a88cb796cc73e444935a385208475"},"description":"National Museum Cardiff has launched a monthly volunteer-led series of tours where the queer perspective is discussed or presented.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/wales-first-queer-tours-re-interpreting-art-like-a-gay-man#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/wales-first-queer-tours-re-interpreting-art-like-a-gay-man"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/wales-first-queer-tours-re-interpreting-art-like-a-gay-man#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/great_garbo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/great_garbo.jpg","width":950,"height":535},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/wales-first-queer-tours-re-interpreting-art-like-a-gay-man#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Wales&#8217; first Queer Tours &#8211; &#8220;Re-interpreting&#8221; art like a gay man"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/","name":"InterCardiff","description":"A global city for internationalists","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/8d0a88cb796cc73e444935a385208475","name":"Faiz Akthar","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/d4cf4f3e137d42c874406e2768fb48c4","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bf5795c12473a1306cb3d4f855b4ab15d5b95f039d909a83132c573a906317ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bf5795c12473a1306cb3d4f855b4ab15d5b95f039d909a83132c573a906317ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Faiz Akthar"},"url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/author\/faizakthar"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52557"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=52557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}