Margate Pride, Camp Margate and Margate Bookshop host a pride special 'Queer Footprints - A Guide to Uncovering London's Fierce History' with author and activist dan glass.
Hosted by Nell James Grace (@moantuffbroad), great-grandchild of Suffragist, Thirza Cove, recently discovered their radical family roots in Margate. Part time performer and facilitator, full time inclusion campaigner and feminist Poirot fanatic. Nell is on the board of advisors for Margate based NBE Fitness CIC, a committee member for Margate Pride Festival and was a tour guide for Queer Tours of London.
This event includes performances from Neelam Saredia-Brayley (@neelam_the_poet), an award-winning queer Indian poet who has been captivating audiences for over 10 years. She’s headlined and performed at events across the UK and is the author of RANI, published by Verve Poetry Press in October 2022.
Performers will also include more gritty than pretty, Pretzel Cage (@Pretzel_Cage), the 50 foot tattooed woman, spat out by the deservert following a bad deal with the devil!
After-party queer tunes to rebel and rejoice by Nell James Grace.
“Darling, don't tell me about camp, I invented it.” is a quote by the legendary Tallulah Bankhead explored in the Soho chapter of ‘Queer Footprints.’
Programme:
18:00 PM: doors open
19:00 PM: author reading and Q&A, followed by drinks and merriment until 11pm.
Accessibility - CAMP is completely accessible
About Queer Footprints - A Guide to Uncovering London's Fierce History - pre-order here
This groundbreaking guide will take you through the city streets to uncover the scandalous, hilarious and empowering events of London's queerstory. Follow in the footprints of veteran activists, such as those who marched in London's first Pride parade in 1972 or witnessed the 1999 bombing of the Admiral Duncan pub in Soho.
Accompanied by a chorus of voices of both iconic and unsung legends of the movement, readers can walk through parts of East, West, South and North London, dipping into beautifully illustrated maps and extraordinary tales of LGBTQIA+ solidarity, protest and pride. The shadows of gentrification, policing, homophobia and racism are time and again resisted.
From the Brixton Fairies to Notting Hill Carnival to world-changing protests in Trafalgar Square, Rebel Dykes to drag queen communes, ‘Queer Footprints’ celebrates the hidden histories of struggle and joy. Including an accessibility guide and a list of these gems for your pleasure - queer spaces, clubs, networks and resources galore.
Praise for Queer Footprints - Published by Pluto Press
This electrifying book is an adventure book through London’s untold queer past. Every page is packed with inspiring, moving and downright hilarious secrets just itching to be uncovered - and with the riotously entertaining Dan Glass as your mincing tour guide - you’ll have an absolute blast as you do. A word of warning: after reading this, London will never seem the same again' - Sam Arbor, Film Director