Community Organising: Why are these queers so vocal?

22 Apr

Community Organising:
Why are these queers so vocal?

A Hastings Queer History Collective Event

When: Tuesday 9th June
Time: 7pm - 9pm
Where: Benbow Arts Space, The Bright Foundation, 2 London Rd, St Leonards, Saint Leonards-on-sea TN37 6AE
Ticket Price: £5/£3

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A conversation on queer intimacies, legacies and activism.

Hastings Queer History Collective member Mark Caffrey is joined by Asad Zafar (The Love Tank CIC) and Erin (The Folkestone Bookshop).

Together they will reflect on queer approaches to community organising and mutual aid, and how understanding queer histories can shape the way we build real and online spaces for connection and care.

Hosted in the former location of Blades, a secret gay nightclub in 1980s St Leonards, this panel will explore themes of activism, community and radical care within queer histories and communities.

Friction. Shame. Politics. Night-time economies. Queer family. Solidarity. Accessibility. Sarah Schulman. Food. Leaving home. Disrupting the peace.

Join us for an exploration of the many possibilities and necessities of queer community organising.

About the Panel

Asad Zafar (they/them) is a queer non-binary Pakistani living in London. Their existence is activism and identity is political. With their lived experience & intersecting identities, Asad coordinates outreach activity for The Love Tank, a community interest company promoting the health and wellbeing needs and addressing health inequity and inequality amongst underserved communities in London.

Erin (any pronouns) co-runs The Folkestone Bookshop, a Queer and Trans led book store and radical community space on the East Kent Coast. They have over a decade of experience in youth work, sexual violence support, Queer and trans advocacy, and community organising.

Mark Caffrey (he/him) works as a writer, performer and researcher. He combines this with a career in activism and advocacy, supporting grassroots-led social change.

Part of the Lemons, Laws and Secret Doors exhibition event programme from the Hastings Queer History Collective. Find out more.