Queer Diary: Zine-Making Evening (Southwark)

Grab a pritt-stick & join the Queer Diary team for an evening of
nostalgia, crafting & chance to create your own personal Queer
Teenage History Zine 🌈📖Design the teen mag you wish you’d read 🎨Collage
your fantasy prom-night 💐Create a fanzine for your first crush ❤️‍🔥Write
a letter to your younger self 💌Draw a coming-of-age cartoon 👀Or simply
sit & doodle with a friendly queer crowd, to a throwback
soundtrack 💿🎶 Bring your pals, your date, or come alone to meet some new
friendly faces. All crafting materials are provided by us: Paper + pritt
stick + scissors + felt-tips + gel pens + pencils + stencils 🖍+ a load
of old teen mags to cut up & re-cycle into your own queer-tastic
zine ✂️✂️ We also provide instruction (how to fold a basic zine) and
✨zine-spiration✨ in the form of some zines we've enjoyed, and some we’ve
made before, along with a collaborative playlist, where you can add your
own fave throwback tracks from your teenage years.If you wanna use your
own life as inspiration, we invite you to bring something you've kept
from your past: a favourite object, a picture, a song, or treasured
memory\* to use as inspiration on turning them into a Queer-tastic Zine
(this is not required - just if you want to. ) 🎟 All tickets to this
event are Pay What You Can - booking is essential and spaces are
limited, if you can no longer make it, please let us know in advance so
we can free up a place for somebody else. This event is brought to you
by the team behind Queer Diary (the night where LGBTQIA+ adults read
their teenage diaries on stage). Find out more about us here:Instagram
\| Facebook \| Linktree \| TikTok If you have any questions, concerns,
or access needs you'd like us to know about, please email Beth &
Josie at: hello@queerdiary.org.uk (we often miss messages sent through
Outsavvy). 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 \*Non-treasured memories
also welcome. Teenage troubles, angst & cringe are all part of
life. Please look after yourself & consider others if choosing
to explore or share anything difficult or sensitive. Location &
Access:The LGBTQ+ Community Centre is in Central London, near the Tate
Modern. The nearest stations are Blackfriars, Waterloo, London Bridge,
and Southwark tube.LGBTQ+ Community Centre has a quiet room with
weighted blankets and sensory toys. LGBTQ+ Community Centre cafe serves
non-alcoholic drinks only, with Pay What You Can options available.There
is blue badge parking a few metres from the entrance.The venue is
step-free, and entirely on the ground floor with a wide entrance and a
lowered counter in the cafe, and an accessible toilet.Dogs are
welcome.The LGBTQ+ Community Centre is a shared community space. During
our session there may be other visitors using the centre, or other
activities going on - you'll find us by the Queer Diary signs &
table of craft materials. Full information about access at the LGBTQ+
Community Centre is on their website, and we recommend contacting the
Centre directly if you have any specific questions about physical access
to the building.If there's something you'd like the organisers and
facilitators to consider, to make this workshop accessible for you,
please email the organisers: hello@queerdiary.org.uk COVID Safety:Please
take a lateral flow test before attending. Event organisers are fully
vaccinated and use lateral flow testing regularly.We also welcome the
wearing of masks.Do NOT attend this event if you have either COVID
symptoms or a positive test result. inclusivity & Community
Safety:Please note this event is themed around memories of teenage years
gone by, and is aimed at adult audiences.This is an-LGBTQIA+ centred
space. As hosts of this workshop, we will not assume your gender or
sexuality, or apply gendered pronouns or honourifics (until we learn
which ones you use). To make sure everyone feels welcome in this space,
we ask attendees to do the same.Toilet signage will be
gender-neutral.Discriminatory language or behaviour will not be
tolerated (including - but not limited to - transphobia, biphobia,
homophobia, sexism, racism, xenophobia, classism, ablism, fatphobia). If
anyone makes you feel uncomfortable in the space, please tell the event
organisers.We may take a few photos at this event, to publicise future
workshops like this - if you'd prefer not to be in photos, or want to be
anonymised in any pictures we publish on our social media, etc, please
let us know, we want to make sure we respect your privacy.

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