Stately homes in England place a heavy focus on heterosexual families, a National Trust curator has said. The National Trust's public programmes curator, Rachael Lennon, argued that the historic homes offered a great deal of information about marriages, inheritance and the role of families. The senior curator added that the current narrative 'privileges heterosexual lives' and does not provide enough on 'same sex desire'. National Trust curator Rachael Lennon, argued that the historic homes offered a great deal of information about marriages and the role of families but little on 'same sex desire'The senior curator, who organised The National Trust's Prejudice and Pride LGBT exhibitions in 2017, claimed that the history surrounding stately homes gave 'little space' for gender diversity and excluded or misrepresented people belonging to the LGBTQ community. The senior curator argued that the homes provided gave 'little space' for gender diversity and excluded or misrepresented people belonging to the LGBTQ community.

Source: Daily Mail January 26, 2019 10:12 UTC