Would you read your teenage diary aloud to a room full of people?
>>> During COVID-19 the "room" will be an online space. Stay safe! <<<
A brave group of LGBTQIA+ folx are doing just that at QUEER DIARY - the night where queers share our teen angst (and joy, dreams, follies, and fabulousness).
We can't promise to reunite you with your first crush, but we do aim to reignite that rush of adrenaline you got when they first noticed you existed.
Join us in a cosy teenage dreamworld, where adult troubles melt like lemon-drops as we focus on what was obsessing us all those years (or even decades) ago.
In here the goths, the punks, the emos, the weird kids, the nerds, the glee-clubbers, and a few previously-closeted populars come together as grown-ups, to escape cis-het-normativity by sharing our younger selves' innermost secrets, and possibly the odd bit of cringey poetry.
Queer Diary is hosted by Beth Watson, who will also be taking song requests of your favourite teenage nostalgia tracks to play between readings.
Funds raised from this edition of Queer Diary will be donate to the Colours Youth Network (investing in the futures of young LGBT+ People of Colour) and The Free Black University (a hub for radical and transformative knowledge production).
If you want to find out more, or take part in Queer Diary by reading your teenage diaries (or poetry, or fanfic etc) in the future, please fill out this form.
(Queer Diary was originally inspired by Helen Black's night, 'Dear Diary')
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HOW OUR ONLINE EVENT WILL WORK
Due to COVID-19 this event will happen via Zoom: an online meeting platform that livestreams from our homes to yours, via video or phone.
Everyone with a ticket will be sent instructions to join the Zoom room - all you need to join is either your smartphone or a laptop with an inbuilt mic and cam. We recommend checking out the platform: Zoom.us if you're not already familiar with it. You can sign up using an email or phone number before the event starts to check your connection and make sure you know how it works before we begin!
If you have any problems or questions, or don't receive an email with Zoom details prior to the event please email Beth: Hasbianshow@gmail.com