This year our community hub is in cyberspace. It may not be the same breathy sweatboxes that we’re used to seeing each other in, but we’re creating a world you can visit straight from your homes with many opportunities to gather, chat and cruise.
With chat rooms, a Missed Connections board, a school, a library… this is a virtual gaybourhood of our own. Think Hackers (1996) meets the future of our dreams. 2020 is a different world, but we are still here to connect with all of you, so we learnt to code, and started imagining a new world. We hope you like it.
THE HUB WILL BE GEOBLOCKED TO THE UK
Love Hub: How to have sex during a pandemic - 18:00
How do we try to avoid COVID transmission whilst still finding intimacy, pleasure and joy? This interactive panel will discuss risk reduction approaches as well as strategies to stay as safe as we can during these COVID times.
Female Ejaculation and Other Mysteries of the Universe - 19:15
dir. Julia Ostertag | Germany 2020 | 62'
Julia Ostertag approaches 'Squirtology' with joy in this fascinating exploration of the social history of squirting. Enlisting radical artists, sexologists and educators, the film spans terminology and transformation, and the political power of connecting with your source of pleasure. Ever seen someone resist arrest with ejaculate? Now you have.
Slow Flame of Desire - 21:15
Short Film Programme | 90'
Pull back the curtains, get yourself comfy and allow Fringe! to take you on a slow and sensual trip to the heart of queer desire. We understand that somethings cannot be rushed, so in these five shorts we take the time and dive deep into our feels and… feels.
CW: Nudity, un-simulated sex, needles and gun violence.
Drag Bedtime Stories - 23:00
Once you have had all the queer cinematic magic you little hearts can handle, let some of Fringe’s favourite drag artists send you off to into the land of slumber with some night time tales, sure to make your dreams that little more fabulous.
Thursday's sweet dreams courtesy of drag babe Georgeous Michael.