Events

Queer'D: Works by Contemporary LGBTQ Graphic Designers

Written by Eric Hause | Jan 31, 2026 7:41:58 PM

Where: Baron and Ellin Gordon Art Galleries

4509 Monarch Way
Norfolk, VA, 23508

When: Jan. 23 - Feb. 21, 2026

Queer identities and the graphic design discipline are both distinctive in the fluidity of their definition and embrace of boundary crossing. They find strength and relevance in this flexibility, demonstrating an inclusivity necessary in culture and society. Queer’D invites interpretations of queer graphic design that are as expansive as the term queer itself – ones that challenge expectations and resist neat categorization. Queer’D is both unremarkable and profound in demonstrating the central role LGBTQ practitioners have played and continue to play in design. In addition to work with LGBTQ concerns as its subject matters, an exhibit of work by LGBTQ designers is simply a show of exemplary graphic design work.

Queer identities and the graphic design discipline are both distinctive in the fluidity of their definition and embrace of boundary crossing. They find strength and relevance in this flexibility, demonstrating an inclusivity necessary in culture and society. Queer’D invites interpretations of queer graphic design that are as expansive as the term queer itself – ones that challenge expectations and resist neat categorization. Queer’D is both unremarkable and profound in demonstrating the central role LGBTQ practitioners have played and continue to play in design. In addition to work with LGBTQ concerns as its subject matters, an exhibit of work by LGBTQ designers is simply a show of exemplary graphic design work.