The Interactive Progressive Tube Map

On the 7th August 2021 I was invited to unveil The Interactive Progressive Tube Map at Stoke-on-Trent Pride in Hanley Park.

Inspired by the London Underground, the world’s oldest metro system and the designs of Harry Beck, I decided to translate the recognised genders and sexualities of contemporary society into a visual representation of a 2021 version of my Conformity Checklist - The Progressive Tube Map.

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The tube map is comprised of six zones – Creativity, Gender, Birth, Ace, Inclusivity and Sexuality, with all six containing a total of 3 creative identities, 45 different gender identities and 38 different sexual identities, as well as ‘Other’ and ‘Prefer not to say’ for Inclusivity. Gender and sexuality are not fixed constructs - this map is a representation of that. 

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I then proceeded to develop an interactive version of the map, where the viewer can use their phone to scan the QR codes and hear the definition read aloud to them - allowing people to learn the new and ever-changing terminology breaking the binary of gender and sexuality as the world once knew it.

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An online interactive version is currently in the works.