Queer Sydney: bridging past and present 2024

when: 18 - 25 February 2024 | venue: Kings Cross Library | cost: Free | address: 50-52 Darlinghurst Road, Potts Point NSW 2011

published: 16 Feb 2024, 5 min read

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As part of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival join us for two talks honouring and sharing LGBTIQA+ stories from our local area.

Engage with the broadening intersectionality of being LGBTIQA+, as we reflect on our history and explore what it means to be queer in the current moment. Our starting point is framed around the complexity of intersectional identity - we are more than just one part of our LGBTIQA+ acronym.

Hosted by Tony Duke also known as Pa Condom, cultural activist and social entrepreneur. Each evening will present a panel of diverse voices, and identities including artists, authors, activists, academics, and community members in shaping the narrative of 2024.

The events start at 4:30 pm, the talks are at 5pm, and the entire event concludes at 6.30pm.

Future Past - Sunday 18 February: Explore our journey to the present, reflecting on the complex intersections of LGBTIQ+ identity.

Panelists:

  • Garry Wotherspoon - historian and gay community elder

  • Atul Joshi - writer, arts administrator and a queer person of colour

  • Dr Shirleene Robinson - historian, curator and author, President Sydney's Pride History Group

  • Aunty Zak Douek - gender fluid community elder and mentor

  • Wart also known as Ma Condom - artist, performer and poet with disability

Future Present - Sunday 25 February: Share ideas and aspirations for our collective future

Panelists:

  • Dr Quah Ee Ling - fire dragon feminist queer migrant woman from Singapore of Chinese-Hokkien and Indonesian-Peranakan heritage. Western Sydney University senior lecturer and author.

  • Adam Doughty - non-binary artist and designer

  • Speedy Shatari - inclusion and motivational speaker, proudly non-binary, transmasculine advocate and instrumental in developing Australia's first LGBTIQA+ Jewish mentorship program

  • Jacyn De Santis also known as Foxxy Empire - Sista Girl originally from the Tiwi Islands. Poet, playwright and performer.

Both sessions invite you to contribute your story, fostering discussion and celebration of LGBTIQA+ life.

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Queer Sydney: bridging past and present 2024 | What's on in Potts Point

Queer Sydney: bridging past and present 2024 is on 18 - 25 February 2024. See start and end times below. Conveniently located in Potts Point. Call 02 9265 9333 for details.

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Event Details

what: Queer Sydney: bridging past and present 2024
when: 18 - 25 February 2024
venue: Kings Cross Library
phone: 02 9265 9333
city/suburb: Potts Point NSW

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