Sir Ian McKellen opens NEVER GOING UNDERGROUND: The Fight for LGBT+ Rights at the People’s History Museum in Manchester. Sir Ian McKellen opened Never Going Underground at the People’s History Museum in Manchester yesterday (March 2); a ground-breaking exhibition that explores the movement and stories of diverse LGBT+ communities and their quest for equality, and which marks 50 years since the partial decriminalisation of homosexual acts in England and Wales (1967 Sexual Offences Act).