On Friday 26th July 2019 we hosted the second Notts Queer Pride! We had two day events, on the 26th we had a film screening of Happy Birthday Marsha! and a panel at Nottingham Contemporary and due to rain we had to postpone the next day's Notts Big Queer Picnic until Sunday 18th August. See some info from our Facebook event pages below!
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"In collaboration with the amazing 1525 Collective at Nottingham Contemporary we will be screening the incredible independent film Happy Birthday, Marsha! with an intersectional queer panel to follow, where we will be discussing the film, the origins of Pride and the importance of our new anti-capitalist, anti-cop and anti-corporate Notts Queer Pride. Panelists tbc.
Happy Birthday, Marsha! is a film about iconic transgender artist and activist, Marsha "Pay it No Mind" Johnson and her life in the hours before she ignited the 1969 Stonewall Riots in New York City.
Written and directed by Reina Gossett and Sasha Wortzel.
This is a FREE event, but tickets will be required for entry due to limited capacity. Donations towards the cost of the screening are accepted and there will be a donation option on the ticket site to come.
This event is wheelchair accessible and disability friendly. If you have any specific needs eg signing or questions, please contact Notts Activist Wellness or 1525 Collective directly with time in advance so we can make sure we can provide support. We are checking with the Happy Birthday Marsha! team about subtitles, we will update when we hear back.
Welcome to Notts Queer Pride!
Hosted by Notts Activist Wellness, we are delighted to announce 3 days of events and workshops to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community in Nottingham!
Notts Queer Pride is very important, we are creating space for our safe, inclusive, intersectional and accessible events as a direct alternative to Notts Pride. We are anti-capitalist, anti-cop, anti-corporate and we put supporting people and our community first!
These are Black Queer organised events and will centre the QTIBIPOC community. White people are very welcome and invited as long as they are respectful and are aware that they are guests in this space.
We have a zero tolerance policy for: Racism, xenophobia, sexism, queerphobia, lesbophobia, biphobia, transphobia, classism, ableism, femmephobia, whorephobia.
This also includes zero tolerance on:
Cultural appropriation, TERFs, SWERFs, religious abuse, fat shaming, slut shaming, misogynoir.
All our events follow Intersectionality, with marginalised people to the front and are safe spaces. If anyone is attending who violates that, please let an organiser know. We reserve the right to refuse entry at our discretion for the safety of the events. All our events will be disability friendly and wheelchair accessible, if you have any extra accessibility needs, please let us know asap.
Panelists information:
Eshe Kiama Zuri, 23, is a non-binary community organiser, inclusivity trainer and political activist. They founded Notts Activist Wellness, an organisation dedicated to self-care, self-preservation and community support in their local Nottingham area and beyond. Through this, Eshe created Notts Queer Pride as an alternative to corporate saturated pride events and UK Mutual Aid, a national Facebook group providing support to marginalised people. They also own Yemoja Foods, a vegan British-Caribbean private caterer. And founded Vegans Of Colour UK, an online netwok including, a platform for Black and PoC vegan businesses across the UK and a Vegans Of Colour only safe space Facebook group. They are newly elected as the youngest Trustee at The Vegan Society. Find Eshe on Instagram @eshekiamazuri or on Facebook, Eshe Kiama Zuri.
Thé is driven by justice and education, particularly when it comes to Black LGBTQIA+ issues. As a non-binary lesbian, Thé is bringing her knowledge and experience to the table in order to help younger people in similar situations feel supported. Earlier in the year as a part of the We Will Be Proud Collective they successfully gave a workshop on how to decolonize the Vegan movement. Find We Will Be Proud on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @wewillbeproud.
Row Seward is a Nottingham-Born Trans Activist, Model and Award-winning Fashion Designer.
She has appeared in multiple fashion magazines such as Vogue, ID and Dazed for her visibility and work for the trans community as well as creative vision. She has worked with LGBT youth and spoke at university about trans visibility in fashion and media. Find Row on Instagram @rowtheboatbitch which links to her other creative projects.
Marcus is a Queer Trans man punk from Nottingham. They are a young carer and working class. They study politics at Bilborough college and are very politically active in the local community as well as getting involved with national campaigns. Marcus recently set up Bilborough Help The Homeless at their college, a non-profit group that aims to raise money to help Tracy's Street Kitchen and also to help feed and clothe homeless people within Nottingham.
Marcus is a huge LGBT activist and campaigner, focusing on climate change awareness, system reform, LGBT education and equality with a focus on Trans rights. Find Marcus on Twitter @punkboi12
T’kya is an 18 year old mixed race artist and fashion student as well as being the textbook Leo of the 1525 collective within the Nottingham Contemporary. 1525 serves as a space for creatives within Nottingham to come together weekly to support and uplift each other, as well as planning and running workshops which help form connections and friendships within the otherwise seemingly exclusive and alienating Nottingham art scene.
Find T’kya on Instagram @thevainleo where he uses the platform to uplift not only himself through his fashion and art but also other under-represented people, such as young designers and photographers on his story."
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Arty Area with resident artist @sofftpunk on hand to help you out if you need! 
Make Up and Glitter Station
