Upcoming events for LGBT History Month February 2024.
LGBT+ History Month
For LGBT+ HISTORY MONTH (FEBRUARY 2024) Hackney Council have made 15 grant awards supporting a diverse range of events made for, by and with LGBTQIA+ people and beyond. From walks and talks to zine making, drag and Queer history, get involved, see below for the programme…..
Faggamuffin Bloc Party - Party and Live Stream (Faggamuffin Bloc Party)
Grab your friends and come join us at The Common Press Bookshop for the Faggamuffin Bloc Party or stream on Mixcloud Live!
Club Core Celebrating PRIDE (Core Arts)
Join us for an exciting evening showcasing Core Arts LGBTQIA+ artists, musicians and poets plus invited friends.
GLF TS/TV Group ’72 Zine (TGirlsonFilm)
A free zine launch event remembering the GLF TS/TV & Drag Queen Group of ’72 at Fort London. The night will include talks, readings and badge making.
Pride and Protest in the Cost of Living Crisis (Stonewall Housing)
An afternoon of film screenings and interactive workshops hosted by Stonewall Housing Trust at the Rio Cinema, Dalston. Find community, support and empowerment at "Pride and Protest in the Cost of Living Crisis”.
“Drag Up!”: SCREENING (Queer China UK)
How can drag be performed differently and understood in a truly global and decolonised sense?
“Drag Up!”: WORKSHOP (Queer China UK)
How can drag be performed differently and understood in a truly global and decolonised sense?
ParaPride's LGBTQ+ History Month
ParaPride returns to Hackney to mark LGBTQ+ and Disability History'. Hosted by Hoxton Hall. More detailed information will follow in 2024.
Queer Tour of Stokey (Queer Tours of London)
Join Queer Tours of London's DAN DE LA MOTTE and Unity Arts' LIL WARREN for this tour of our very own Stoke ‘Stokey’ Newington.
The Queer History of You Through Movement (Ballet Queer / Shoreditch Town Hall)
Delivered by Ballet Queer’s Jonathan Watkins, The Queer History of You Through Movement is a practical movement workshop that explores queer identity through dance.
Bloolips Revisited: Radical Drag in 1980s London (Unfinished Histories)
A celebration of Bloolips radical drag theatre company, formed in 1977 by Hackney-born performers Bette Bourne, Lavinia Co-op and others.
Beautiful Bride in the City: EXHIBITION + ARTIST TALK (Leo Costelloe / Kupfer)
Kupfer and Leo Costelloe are delighted to present ‘Beautiful Bride in the City’, Costelloe’s first moving image work, starring Chris Owen as The Bride.
Montez Press Radio Presents: 'Gushing with Gabby: Queer on the Dancefloor'
A live radio show with an audience exploring the importance of queer and POC spaces with go-to photographer for London’s queer and POC nightlife Bernice Mulenga, and founder of legendary club night Pxssy Palace Nadine Noor. Ending on a very special live DJ set by Nadine.
Just Coping 25 (autonomous operational cell)
JUST COPING 25 is an exhibition at VFD Gallery, Dalston that documents and celebrates a hybrid, queer arts event that took place in the borough twenty-five years earlier, in August 1998
Faggamuffin Bloc Party - Studio Access (Faggamuffin Bloc Party)
Elevate your artistry with Faggamuffin's groundbreaking initiative! Exclusive access to professional rehearsal studios for our resident DJs, MCs, Dancers, and Producers.
Queer Quest Hackney (Camp Trans)
Explore Hackney through its Queer Histories with Queer Quest Hackney. Visit Hackney venues to learn about their significance and collect your artist designed stamp for the fanzine!
Project Indigo at the Archives: (Project Indigo/Off Centre)
Zine making for young LGBTQIA+ people in Hackney archiving experiences of young queer and trans people in Hackney.
Queer Collective Performance Skills Workshops (Arcola Queer Collective)
Come together in a creative environment to explore different performance skills from the queer performance scene.
Reboot: An Introduction to Publishing & Royalties in Music with Uniq Being
Clod Ensemble and Petok Productions are proud to present the latest season of Reboot: Behind The Scenes, Screen and Lens. The hugely popular workshop series in which leading figures from the backstage and production industries run sessions that provide participants with crucial insights, tips and wisdom.
Offered exclusively to people who identify as women, trans and non-binary. Ages 18+.
Publishing and royalties payments are two of the most crucial income streams for any recording artist. This session will focus on some of the crucial elements of the process of securing publishing rights and royalties payments.
Workshops are free to access, with donations encouraged but not essential. Reserve a spot.
This event will take place online via Zoom.
Reboot: An Introduction to Backstage Photography with Ambra Vernuccio
Clod Ensemble and Petok Productions are proud to present the latest season of Reboot: Behind The Scenes, Screen and Lens. The hugely popular workshop series in which leading figures from the backstage and production industries run sessions that provide participants with crucial insights, tips and wisdom.
Offered exclusively to people who identify as women, trans and non-binary. Ages 18+.
Backstage photography is a crucial part of many major arts and culture industries, including fashion, theatre and dance. In this session, you will learn some tricks of the trade from a photographer who has shot behind the scenes at fashion weeks all over the world.
Workshops are free to access, with donations encouraged but not essential. Reserve a spot.
This event will take place online via Zoom.
Reboot: An Introduction to Artist Liaison in Music with Felicity Hall
Clod Ensemble and Petok Productions are proud to present the latest season of Reboot: Behind The Scenes, Screen and Lens. The hugely popular workshop series in which leading figures from the backstage and production industries run sessions that provide participants with crucial insights, tips and wisdom.
Offered exclusively to people who identify as women, trans and non-binary. Ages 18+.
In this session, you will learn about what the role of artist liaison entails, including ways to deal with difficult situations including conflict. We'll explore ways to find work as an artist liaison, and the kind of experience that is useful to have for this role.
Workshops are free to access, with donations encouraged but not essential. Reserve a spot.
This event will take place online via Zoom.
RIO Cinema: Pink Palace Queer Cinema
Dalston’s Rio Cinema curates an inclusive programme of film all year round. With the Pride365 microgrant guest speakers and discussion, events are supporting the LGBTQIA+ history month programme:
Break My Fall
Sunday 26 Feb, 3pm
Premiere screening of a new edit of this provocative lesbian drama filmed around Hackney in 2010 - with zoom intro by director Kanchi Wichmann. Curated by Club Des Femmes.
Queer Tours of London and Unity Arts Present: a new Queer Tour of Stokey
Learn the significance of Stoke Newington Town Hall in relation to the ‘Pits and Perverts Support the Miners’ campaign in the 1980s, lesbian suffragettes associated with Stoke Newington Library, Stokey's contribution to alternative pop culture and new identities and comparisons between the now lost and thankfully still thriving lesbian spaces.
Discover the legendary residents of Abney Park Cemetery, including pioneering drag kings and the doyennes of Music Hall. Accessible tours available.
Queer Tours of London and Unity Arts Present: a new Queer Tour of Stokey
Learn the significance of Stoke Newington Town Hall in relation to the ‘Pits and Perverts Support the Miners’ campaign in the 1980s, lesbian suffragettes associated with Stoke Newington Library, Stokey's contribution to alternative pop culture and new identities and comparisons between the now lost and thankfully still thriving lesbian spaces.
Discover the legendary residents of Abney Park Cemetery, including pioneering drag kings and the doyennes of Music Hall. Accessible tours available.
Queer Tours of London and Unity Arts Present: a new Queer Tour of Stokey
Learn the significance of Stoke Newington Town Hall in relation to the ‘Pits and Perverts Support the Miners’ campaign in the 1980s, lesbian suffragettes associated with Stoke Newington Library, Stokey's contribution to alternative pop culture and new identities and comparisons between the now lost and thankfully still thriving lesbian spaces.
Discover the legendary residents of Abney Park Cemetery, including pioneering drag kings and the doyennes of Music Hall. Accessible tours available.
Arcola Theatre’s Queer Collective Presents: Living Archive
Come and join Arcola Queer Collective as they explore what life has been, is and can be for the LGBTQIA+ community of East London, through their living archive performance.
Book tickets or phone the box office on 020 7503 1645.
The ticket price is set at pay what you can, suggested donation £5.
Reboot: An Introduction to Social Media Management with Charlie Kelly
Clod Ensemble and Petok Productions are proud to present the latest season of Reboot: Behind The Scenes, Screen and Lens. The hugely popular workshop series in which leading figures from the backstage and production industries run sessions that provide participants with crucial insights, tips and wisdom.
Offered exclusively to people who identify as women, trans and non-binary. Ages 18+.
This session will focus on how to manage and grow the main five social media channels - Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok and Twitter - for yourself or a brand. The session will cover everything from devising a brand strategy, creating content, reporting growth, and personal organisation.
Workshops are free to access, with donations encouraged but not essential. Reserve a spot.
This event will take place online via Zoom.
Sappho Events hosts an intergenerational panel exploring LGBT+ Queer Women’s history in London
This intergenerational panel and quiz will uncover the incredible strength of the LGBT+ community and the rights they've fought to keep and establish, examining the visionary ideas that the young generation of queer women are championing.
Panellists will be chaired by Sappho Events CEO, Maryann Wright. Attendees can team up for the interactive LGBT+ history quiz, led by Stonewall Lesbian Role Model for 2020, Laila El-Metoui.
Queer Tours of London and Unity Arts Present: a new Queer Tour of Stokey
Learn the significance of Stoke Newington Town Hall in relation to the ‘Pits and Perverts Support the Miners’ campaign in the 1980s, lesbian suffragettes associated with Stoke Newington Library, Stokey's contribution to alternative pop culture and new identities and comparisons between the now lost and thankfully still thriving lesbian spaces.
Discover the legendary residents of Abney Park Cemetery, including pioneering drag kings and the doyennes of Music Hall. Accessible tours available.
ParaPride 2023: Making LGBTQ+ History
ParaPride is committed to creating inclusive, accessible and enjoyable events in a safe
environment for the intersectional disabled / LGBTQ+ community, as well as for friends and allies.
This will be a spectacular line-up of creative acts with comedy royalties, Drag Kings & Queens, aerial artists, pole performers, poetry, comedy, DJ sets and more.
With a community networking area for everyone to connect, engage, share information, learn and have fun, including an interactive panel discussion with special guest speakers focusing the conversation on Disability/LGBTQ+ Inclusion.
Book tickets here (concessions available, incl free tickets for accompanying carers).
Revisiting Lesbian Theatre of the 70s and 80s
Come along to this exclusive evening where extracts will be read, along with invited speakers and including actors from original productions like Chiaroscuro (1986) by Jackie Kay, Pulp by Tasha Fairbanks, Siren Theatre (1985) and Theatre of Black Women.
We will be sharing reminiscence and reflections on how the plays speak to today with audience participation.
Free. Book your tickets.