programme

12th, 13th & 14th

June

FRIDAY

WHARF CHAMBERS Building open 5pm 2am

Find it here:

23-25 wharf street, Leeds, LS27EQ

FOOD Were gonna have plenty of

vegan samosas and cakes to

munch on for a suggested

donation, available from 7pm!

MERCH Therell be plenty of merch to

buy, so make sure you bring

some cash with you!

MUSIC Music starts from 7.30pm and the

line-up from that time onwards is:

Fingers Crossed, Beards, Commiserations, Roseanne Barrr, Daskinsey 4

Well aim to be out of the building

for 2am to give us all time to

recuperate for all the AWESOME

workshops that are on the next day!

SATURDAY

MESMAC Building open 12pm-

5pm

Find it here:

22 / 23 Blayds Yard, Leeds, LS1 4AD

Weve got loads of awesome workshops

and stalls on at the MESMAC building for

the whole of Saturday daytime. We

recommend planning in advance so you

dont miss any!

A big thank you to all of the people who

contributed to make this happen, without

you Queer Fest Leeds wouldnt exist.

All workshops will have donations tins in

the rooms, please consider donating

around 50p per workshop (or more if you

can!) to help us cover the costs of

materials.

Cheers The Queer Fest Team!

ART EXHIBITION

THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING We have some local queer artists displaying their

work for you to look at and buy if you like! Theres

no theme in particular we just want to showcase

Leeds based queer artists with awesome talent.

Please feel free to make offers on any art you dont

see with prices attached. Any prices will be set by

the artist, and all profit will go straight to the artist

for their pieces.

Support our local art scene and make sure to fill in

the book to give these folks some well-deserved

compliments, anything nice you have to say would

be really lovely to hear!

Artists include:

Anna Malcom

Li Magnsd.

Dylan Mooy

Ida Shaw

ROOM 1

WRITING ROOM Snapping Strings, 1pm-2pm Henry Raby

Between 2012 & 2013, Henry documented various

music gigs by writing poetry on-the-spot inspired by

the music, personality and, of course, the lyrics of

various acoustic musicians. This resulted in a zine

called Snapping Strings in 2013 and collaborating

with musician Travels By Telephone to produce a

poetry/music/story-telling fusion show called

Practise Patience. This workshop will explore how

to take your favourite song, or favourite type of

music, and find ways of playing and reshaping its

essence into a new poem or piece of writing.

Story Telling, 2pm-3pm Afshan Lodhi

Afshan has been part of Commonword Cultureword,

Doghorn Publishing and currently works for Young

Enigma with the aim of getting young people

involved in writing and diversifying literature. She

has had great success with her play The Lesbian

Terrorist and writes openly and honestly about her

experiences. This workshop will focus on ways of

telling stories about your experiences, with focus on

queer narratives and narratives of people of colour.

ROOM 2

CRAFT ROOM The craft room will have plenty of stuff in it until the close of

this building at 5.30pm, so feel free to come in and unwind,

create stuff, and have fun. Therell be a donation box in the

building and itd be ace if you could donate 50p-1 if you use

the craft room, just to cover the cost of the materials!

Zine Making, 1pm-2pm Li M

Spend an hour (or more!) making your own zine

using free materials we have in the room. Get advice

on photocopying, producing and distributing your

zines, and inspiration for zine topics if you dont have

one in mind! The aim of this is for you to leave with a

zine of your own, which you can take away and

photocopy/distribute at your own leisure!

Patch Making, 3pm-4pm Pickles

Preferred pronoun patch making learn to

embroider patches with free materials and a 10/10

teacher.

ROOM 3

ACTION ROOM Self Defence Workshop 12pm-2pm

A lesson in practical self-defence for queer people.

Queer direct action: Acting for ourselves

and in solidarity, 2pm-3pm Red and Black Leeds

Direct action describes a way of getting what we

want by the most direct route possible, and needn't

be illegal or risky. Inspired by "solidarity unionism"

the approach favoured by solidarity networks like

Seattle Solidarity Network, unions such as the

Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and the

Solidarity Federation, and the successes they've had

in winning demands around housing, working

conditions and community issues, we're here to talk

about collectively fighting queerphobia in ways that

are practical and effective. Keira from Sheffield IWW

will join us to share the story of their campaign and

how collective action got them their job back after

getting sacked for using their choice of toilets. After

an introductory presentation we'll open things up to

talk about what real life problems we're facing and

what kind of solidarity actions we would like to see

from others to support us.

Queer Mental Health, 3pm-4pm Amber and Tove

A session focusing on how to make our community

safe and accessible for people with mental health

difficulties, how to provide support for others, and

how people might create support groups which are

safe and productive for everybody involved. With

special focus on accessing medical help, the

reasons why this kind of help can be inaccessible or

intimidating and how we as a community can change

this through action.

ROOM 4

INFO ROOM

Asexuality Workshop, 2pm-3pm Yolly

A presentation on queer asexuality and the

crossover between compulsory sexuality and

compulsory heterosexuality, with a comprehensive

explanation of the terms to use when discussing

asexuality and activities aimed at discussing and

exploring these ideas.

Action for Trans Health, 4pm-5pm Action for Trans Health Manchester

Trans Health: Advocating for yourself and others to

tame your doctor and get what you need.

OTHER STUFF

ROOMS 5 + 6 + 7 Pop-Out Salon, 12pm-5pm Room 5

Pop-out Salon provide spaces for self taught/training

stylists and make-up artists to develop their skills

whilst providing cheap salon services and a

welcoming space for everyone, including people of

all genders. Eventually we hope to have a fixed

premises for a salon and training programme. Our

services include haircuts, hair styling, makeup

styling, nail services and tarot readings.

Printing Co-Op, 12pm-5pm Room 6

Get your merch screen-printed here. Bring a t-shirt,

patch, bag, or anything else you want screen printing

with our queer fest designs. Screen Printing will be

2 on your own item or if you forget to bring

something well have totebags in an array of colours

available for 4. Profits support the Leeds Trans

Healthcare Fund.

MESMAC free STI testing, 12pm-5pm Room 7

MESMAC are an amazing local service who provide

loads of great support and advice to the queer

community here in Leeds and throughout the North

East and we're really happy to have them on board

doing free, confidential STI screening throughout the

day.

We want you to have an AWESOME TIME (and we

know you will!!!) but we also care about your health

and wellbeing and we hope that you'll all take

advantage of this opportunity to make sure you know

your STI status and can get the advice you need to

keep you and the people you care about as safe as

possible!

PLUS Stalls 12pm-5pm

The Bayard Project (Leeds), S.P.I.C.E. (Bradford)

and Rainbow Noir (Manchester)

3 social and peer support groups from the North for

LGBTQI people of colour. Each group seeks to

support and empower LGBTQI people of colour

through a range of activity, including; community

organising, arranging socials and events, sign

posting into services, providing meeting spaces and

representing and advocating on behalf of the

community - making sure LGBTQI people of colours

voices are heard, experiences are understood and

validated and communities are acknowledged.

Zine stall!

Bring your own zines to sell through this 1-day distro,

just remember to pick it up at the end along with the

money people pay for them! Dont forget to bring

enough cash for the Queer Fest Leeds Zine, which

will have interviews with all the bands!

Craft stall

As above, feel free to bring all your great crafts.

Weve got patches, bracelets and more to sell and

we want to see your awesome stuff alongside it. Just

remember to pick it up at the end of the day along

with the money you raised!

Other stalls

We wont list all the amazing stalls well have here

because itll ruin the surprise, but make sure you

come along to see them!

WHARF CHAMBERS Building open 3pm -

late

Find it here:

23-25 wharf street, Leeds, LS27EQ

FOOD Well have proper tasty vegan food

available for a suggested donation of

4, plus vegan cakes and other tasty

treats!

MUSIC Music starts from 7.30pm and the

line-up from that time onwards is:

The Living End, The Nervy Betters, Chrissy Barnacle, Block Fort, Rare Junk, ILL, Shopping, Martha

DJs After all the amazing music fun were

having a

SUPERHERO THEME AFTERPARTY!!!! with some pretty rad DJs:

Andrew from Power Lunches, Bent Fest

and all the bands in London

Ruth (Revolt and not right and DSM) from

Coventry

DJs from LaDIYfest Sheffield

James from Queer Fest Nottingham

+ Your fave Queer We Go regulars!

SunDAY

MESMAC Building open 12pm-

5pm

Find it here:

22 / 23 Blayds Yard, Leeds, LS1 4AD

ROOM 3

FILM SCREENING + DISCUSSION Leeds Queer Film Festival: celebrating the best in

new and alternative LGBTQI cinema from around the

world.

We are a small collective that have been going for

the past 5 years this year the festival will be 16-19th

July. We will be screening films that centre on the

experiences and are the voices of queer and trans,

people of colour, sex workers, and those with non

binary queer experiences.

We are not for profit and make the festival as cheap

and accessible to you all as we possibly can!

Our aims are:

1. Provide a platform for queer independent film

makers;

2. Provide a social space for queers thats non

commercial, affordable, safer, inclusive and not

alcohol focused.

3. Bring people together both from within and outside

of Leeds to make friends, strengthen our community

and build links & alliances.

4. Educate and raise awareness of LGBTIQ issues

globally & inspire solidarity.

If you want to get in touch email us at

leedsqueerfilmfestival@gmail.com

The amazing Leeds Queer Film Fest team are

putting on 2 films and a discussion throughout the

day on Sunday. This will run between 1pm and 5pm,

and will be focused on queer experiences and

liberation politics.

The films have yet to be decided but we can

guarantee theyll be must-see shows!

OTHER STUFF

ROOMS 5 + 6 + 7 Pop-Out Salon, 12pm-5pm Room 5

Pop-out Salon provide spaces for self taught/training

stylists and make-up artists to develop their skills

whilst providing cheap salon services and a

welcoming space for everyone, including people of

all genders. Eventually we hope to have a fixed

premises for a salon and training programme. Our

services include haircuts, hair styling, makeup

styling, nail services and tarot readings.

Printing Co-Op, 12pm-5pm Room 6

Get your merch screen-printed here. Bring a t-shirt,

patch, bag, or anything else you want screen printing

with our queer fest designs. Screen Printing will be

2 on your own item or if you forget to bring

something well have totebags in an array of colours

available for 4. Profits support the Leeds Trans

Healthcare Fund.

MESMAC free STI testing, 12pm-5pm Room 7

MESMAC are an amazing local service who provide

loads of great support and advice to the queer

community here in Leeds and throughout the North

East and we're really happy to have them on board

doing free, confidential STI screening throughout the

day.

We want you to have an AWESOME TIME (and we

know you will!!!) but we also care about your health

and wellbeing and we hope that you'll all take

advantage of this opportunity to make sure you know

your STI status and can get the advice you need to

keep you and the people you care about as safe as

possible!

PLUS Stalls 12pm-5pm

Zine stall!

Bring your own zines to sell through this 1-day distro,

just remember to pick it up at the end along with the

money people pay for them! Dont forget to bring

enough cash for the Queer Fest Leeds Zine, which

will have interviews with all the bands!

Craft stall

As above, feel free to bring all your great crafts.

Weve got patches, bracelets and more to sell and

we want to see your awesome stuff alongside it. Just

remember to pick it up at the end of the day along

with the money you raised!

Other stalls

We wont list all the amazing stalls well have here

because itll ruin the surprise, but make sure you

come along to see them!

WHARF CHAMBERS Building open 3pm-12am

Find it here:

23-25 wharf street, Leeds, LS27EQ

FOOD Were gonna have an

awesome VEGAN BRUNCH

on for a suggested donation,

available from 3pm!

OPEN MIC Were having an open mic

from 3pm until 7pm, when

the music starts. You can sign

up throughout the weekend

or just turn up that day. Go

on, show off your talents! You

could end up playing for us

next year!

MUSIC Music starts from 7.00pm and the

line-up from that time onwards is:

Zach Roddis, Finnmark, Ferret Legs, Faith Taylor, Jasmine Kennedy, Demitaves, Andrew Lips, Daniel vs The World

Please remember Wharf Chambers closes at

midnight on Sundays. If you wanna carry on

after that find a house to do it in please!

INFO!

Taxis: Amber Cars 0113 202 2117

Ace Cars - 0113 230 4499

Apollo Cars - 0113 243 3333

Royal Cars - 0113 230 5000

Speedline - 0113 244 1444

Streamline - 0113 244 3322

Closing Times: Please respect the closing times of the

venues, and respect the staff too! If you want to party come back to mine or

sommat.

Safe Spaces Policy: This is the safer spaces policy for Wharf Chambers, and will apply to

anybody in the building throughout queer fest. Please respect other people

at both venues, and follow this code of conduct. If you are found to be in

violation of the safer spaces policy at either venue you will be banned from

the rest of queer fest without reimbursement for your ticket, so be nice to

each other! On top of that, Wharf Chambers will follow their policy as

outlined below. If you have issues with anybody violating this policy, please

talk to a member of staff at either venue as a first point of action.

Detailed below are the types of behaviour that we dont tolerate and the

reaction the perpetrator can expect from us should these situations occur. If

we consider your behaviour, physical or otherwise, sufficiently serious, you

can expect a minimum ban of 3 months and to have membership revoked.

In accordance with our Club rules we will then want to meet with you to

check you have understood our policy before your membership is re-

instated, which may also be subject to the approval of other members where

appropriate.

We hope that it will be possible to resolve issues in a mutually supportive

manner without the need for police intervention. However we understand

that this might not always be possible and that there are scenarios we are

not equipped to deal with and would call the police in this instance.

Physical Violence

Definition/ Explanation: This type of behaviour may intimidate or injure

other people present, could damage the clubs reputation as a safe

environment, and could jeopardise our license.

What we will do immediately: If we are made aware of physical violence

the perpetrator will be asked to leave the premises immediately. They can

then expect a minimum ban of 3 months, or more depending on the nature

and severity of the offence.

What we will do afterwards: A review will then be held prior to

reinstatement of membership.

Prejudiced behaviour

Definition/ Explanation: At Wharf Chambers we will not tolerate any form

of prejudiced behaviour. This includes but is not restricted to (and in no

particular order) homophobia, transphobia, sexism, ableism, sizeism,

classism, racism, or ageism.

What we will do immediately: Prejudiced behaviour is often subtle in its

nature and will normally need to be reported for us to deal with it. The

perpetrator will be reminded of the Clubs policies, or if it is sufficiently

serious or they persist they will be told to leave.

What we will do afterwards: A ban of 3 months or more may be

appropriate depending on the severity of the incident. A review will then be

held prior to reinstatement of membership.

Harassment

Definition/ Explanation: Different people interpret and define harassment

in a number of different ways. They might include threats or verbal abuse,

such as use of derogatory language intended to undermine or insult.

Harassment can include wilful misinterpretation of someones desires, e.g.

not leaving them alone when they clearly want you to leave them alone, or

inappropriate touching or invasion of personal space.

What we will do immediately: Like prejudiced behaviour, harassment is

serious but can be hard to prove. If we are made aware of it, the perpetrator

will be reminded of the Clubs policies, or if it is sufficiently serious or they

persist they will be told to leave.

What we will do afterwards: A ban of 3 months or more may be

appropriate depending on the severity of the incident. A review will then be

held prior to reinstatement of membership.

Membership: You must be a member or guest of a

member to attend events at Wharf

Chambers. Joining costs 1pa. See the

Wharf Chambers website for more details,

or to register as a member online.

Special Thanks: A huge thank you to everybody who helped us put this

together. To the bands, the workshoppers, the organisations,

the foodies and everybody who bought a ticket. Just look at

how many of you there were!

Fingers Crossed, Beards, Commiserations, Roseanne Barrr,

Daskinsey 4, The Living End, The Nervy Betters, Chrissy

Barnacle, Block Fort, Rare Junk, ILL, Shopping, Martha, Zach

Roddis, Finnmark, Ferret Legs, Faith Taylor, Jasmine Kennedy,

Demitaves, Andrew Lips, Daniel vs The World, Revolt!, Power

Lunches, LaDIYfest, Queer Fest Nottingham, Leeds Queer

Film Festival, Leeds No Borders, Wharf Chambers, Pop-Out

Salon, MESMAC, Rainbow Noir Manchester, The Baynard

Project, S.P.I.C.E, Red And Black Leeds, Pickles, Afshan, Henry

Raby, Amber, Tove, Kashka, Jess, Yolly, Lil, Liza, Jessica Bull,

Sinad, Simone, Mel, Toni, Jumbo Records, Jake, Loz, Kate,

Lorraine, Shell, Ida, and all the other volunteers who werent

finalised at time of printing. Without you, this wouldnt have

happened.

Lots of love to all our queer friends, old and new, to the

amazing community we have, to the venues and their staff

for putting up with us, and to everybody who got involved,

showed up, and helped us make this what it is. DIY 4 lyf.

The biggest queer hugs ever,

Danny, Esme, Felix, Lewis, Li, and Ludo,

xoxo