In History is a Home, Trans Masc Studies creates an exhibition, reading room, and research space where visitors can explore queer history through a collection of ephemera and publications.

For the first time, Ellis Jackson Kroese of Trans Masc Studies presents their research alongside a hoard of alternative trans artefacts, a curated selection of books and zines, and a dedicated workspace for visitors’ own use. History is a Home pictures queer history as a place of belonging and connection, inviting transcestors past to inform and transform our present and future.

Event Info

→ This event is in Gallery 2 of Custom Lane, which can be found through the back of Gallery 1. There is step-free access to the building from the courtyard, with cobbles underfoot.

→ This exhibition will have limited seating. If you need a particular kind or placement of seat, please let a member of staff know.

→ This exhibition includes nude photography and illustrated archive material.

→ Download the Custom Lane Access & Inclusion guide  for full venue accessibility information.

Opening Times

The Trans Masc Studies: History is a Home gallery + reading room space also hosts EAF’s event programme at Custom Lane.
The space will be closed for the public during the following events:

→ Tell Me About It: A Hard Labour Human Library Event: 16 Aug | 10—12noon

→ Screening: The Del LaGrace Volcano Archive + Films Selected by Trans Masc Studies: 16 Aug | 2—4pm

→ Remi Graves: Making Objects Speak Writing Workshop: 18 Aug | 3—5pm

→ Glasgow Leatherdykes: From History to Today Workshop: 21 Aug | 12—3pm

Outside this, our gallery spaces at Custom Lane are open daily, 10am—5pm.

Supported by Paul Hamlyn Foundation, City of Edinburgh Council’s Local Events Open Fund, and the Scottish Government’s Expanded Festival Fund.