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On view: Wed - Fri | 12 - 6 PM
This spring season we explore the idea of queer creative health through experiments in radical mapping praxis - collective mapping practices that build on counter- and anti-mapping traditions to challenge the social structures that drive health inequities for queer communities.
Researcher and theatre practitioner River Újhadbor has co-developed a framework for radical mapping praxis, bringing together examples, methods, and provocations from diverse movements and geographies. Find out more
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Queering The Institution
2026 marks a pivotal moment in QUEERCIRCLE’s development. Over the next 12 months, we will co-develop our future strategy with our wider ecology, shaping a new framework to better articulate our work built around four interconnected pillars: Collective Governance, Cultural Democracy, Community Knowledge and Solidarity Economies.
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Rivers and Mountains: A Sound Mapping Workshop
07 June | 3 - 5 PMA playful, improvisational workshop using voice & imagination to weave landscapes, histories & stories into an embodied, joy-filled soundscape.
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Poetry is not a Luxury
Open Mic Night for Black Queers & Queer POC 11 June | 6.30 - 9 PMAn informal evening of readings, writing and open mic inspired by Audre Lorde’s words — a closed space for queer Black people and queer people of colour to share poetic work, reflect together, and explore themes of pleasure, sensuality, survival and change.
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Creative Mutiny
Artist Talk with Jacob V Joy 14 June | 3 - 5 PMAn artist talk exploring cruising as a diasporic technology of mutiny, expanding on their Cruising Grounds series and ongoing research into anti-colonial queer arts education through queer African heritage critical theory, collective risk-taking, defiant joy and the erotic.
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Through our Catalyst Programme, LGBTQIA+ groups have found a regular home in our space, shaping and strengthening what we do together. You can contact these groups to inquire about joining them.
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The Queer Death Cafe is a community centred approach to death and dying for all LGBTQ+ people. Each month we hold space for people to come together to share and learn from each others experience in a way that aims to provide belonging and comfort to everyone there.
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Queer Youth Art Collective (QYAC) is the UK’s only national LGBT youth service working specifically in the arts. We provide a place for young LGBT people to breathe a little easier, share experiences, advice, resources and creativity. QYAC hosts free weekly workshops, run by queer artists. We co-curate exhibitions offer mentoring, social space and resources.
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United Queerdom is a vibrant and diverse community of LGBTQIA+ migrants from Eastern Europe, Caucasus, Northern and Central Asia, united in the UK by a shared vision of equal rights and strength in solidarity and mutual support.
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Bechdel Theatre supports, connects and amplifies people of marginalised genders in and through theatre and performance. We create and facilitate physical and digital spaces to increase visibility, build solidarity and re-imagine the possibilities of UK theatre.
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NAFS نَفْس is dedicated to celebrating and uplifting Queer SWANA (South West Asia and North Africa) creatives. Founded in 2019, NAFS was born out of the need for authentic representation in creative industries. Through exhibitions, workshops, and cultural events, we create spaces for our community to connect, express, and advocate for change.
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Queerscapes is a community platform for queer and trans spatial practitioners and built environment professionals exploring the intersection of space, design, and lived experience through mutual aid, experimentation, and care.
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Trans Video Buffet is an anti-curational film night, built on the spirit of DIY and celebrating trans and video filmmakers of all genres and formats.
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WORD-BENDERS is a monthly poetry workshop centering the work of trans and queer poets of colour.
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Black Queers Connect (BQC) is a community-driven organisation creating safer, empowering spaces for Black LGBTQ+ people through events, Black Queer Connect Groups, and shared resources that centre us.
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NEUROMANCERS is a peer-led organisation providing autonomous, abolitionist, and accessible mental health care for and by the neurodivergent+ community.
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The Amniotic Archives is a trans-led initiative dedicated to documenting and preserving queer, trans and intersex experiences of pregnancy through art.
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Machina Kollektiv is a South London based interdisciplinary DIY dyke art collective focused on organising politically engaged projects within the arts.
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Queer Diary creates performances, events & creative workshops for LGBTQIA+ people to explore & share their coming-of-age experiences.
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Touch Grass curates gentle, joyful, nature-based gatherings that centre community, creativity and care.
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LGSMigrants is a queer activist group that, through fundraising and direct action, stand in solidarity with all migrants and refugees.
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Black Trans + Queer Homes London is a space for us by us to find housing together + share rooms going.
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African Queer & Creative is dedicated to empowering and uplifting queer Africans in the diaspora through the transformative power of creativity.
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