Storytelling festival

Stories that gatherpeople into witness

Our storytelling festival brings together queer activists, grassroots organizations, performers, and narrators to share lived experience, cultural memory, and urgent community conversations.

Festival archive

Storytelling editions that centre memory, advocacy, and queer imagination.

The festival brings together narrators, performers, organizers, and communities to share lived experience through conversations, poetry, performance, and collective witness.

Third edition of the storytelling festival
Festival editionDiversity Magazine, Hideout Podcast, and partners - June 8, 2024

Third Edition of the Storytelling Festival

Held on June 8, 2024, this edition explored queer kinky safe sex through performances, sex-positive conversations, therapist perspectives, and contributions from community vendors.

Second edition of the storytelling festival
Festival editionDiversity Magazine partnership - January 27, 2023

Second Edition of the Storytelling Festival

The January 27, 2023 edition highlighted the realities facing LGBTQ+ refugees and created room for dialogue on legal environments, safety, and community support.

First edition of the storytelling festival
Festival editionLaunch event - December 7, 2023

First Edition of the Storytelling Festival

Our first festival gathered queer stories that spoke to intimate partner violence within LGBTQ+ relationships and introduced the event as a living platform for testimony and solidarity.

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