A whiteboard covered in colourful sticky notes and handwritten text connected by lines, showing various research ideas and keywords. At the bottom, a subtitle reads: “my research project explored notions of tenderness and survival.

Tender Living

Tender Living is an international four-year programme of interlinked collaborative projects, commissions, exhibitions, creative research and events. The programme centres on artistic practice and support structures for Trans, non-binary and gender-questioning artists, participants, partners and audiences.

Find out more about Tendre, a one-year research residency with artist Exodus Crooks exploring the support structures available for Black Trans people in the UK; It’s a Love Thing, an exhibition of groundbreaking archival sexual healthcare posters alongside newly commissioned artworks by Jesse Glazzard and Pank Sethi in partnership with Spectra CIC; and a digital archive programme with Raju Rage and Zoyander Street. 

This programme is supported by Paul Hamlyn Foundation and Arts Council England.

  1. Exodus Crooks, Tendre (film still), 2025. Courtesy of the artist and Studio Voltaire.

A person wearing glasses and a cap writes on a bright orange wall with white chalk, while people stand in the background watching.

Exodus Crooks Tendre

Installation view of It’s A Love Thing at Studio Voltaire. A person stands in front of a colourful wall collage of posters, photos and flyers exploring queer love, identity and sexual health. Presented by Spectra CIC and Studio Voltaire. Photo by Tom Carter.

It's A Love Thing 30 Years of LGBTQIA+ Health Advocacy

Bright yellow text reading "TRANS DIGITAL ARCHIVING" is centred on a purple, glitchy, pixelated background. A blue heart, purple star, and white cursor are near the text, resembling computer graphics. A browser window outline sits at the top.

Desperate Livin': Trans Digital Archives