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BOOK LAUNCH x Geraldine Fela in conversation with Dr Dion Kaga

Victorian Pride Centre , Australia +1 more

Join Geraldine Fela in conversation with Dr Dion Kagan at Hares & Hyenas to celebrate the release of her new book, Critical Care: Nurses on the frontline of Australia's AIDS crisis. ABOUT THE BOOK: HIV and AIDS devastated communities across Australia in the 1980s and 1990s. In the midst of this profound health crisis, nurses […]

Free
Event Series Trans and Gender-diverse Book Club

Trans and Gender-diverse Book Club

Thorne Habour Health 200 Hoddle Street, Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia

The TGD Book Club offers trans and gender-diverse people a safe, welcoming space to share and explore deeper meanings, ideas & reflections on your gender journey and explore trans/non-binary culture and books with peers. Members decide the books and we link to free online readings and library holdings, so it’s super accessible and cheap! It’s […]

Free

Celebrate Library Week with Sam Elkin

The VLA Library is excited to announce that Sam Elkin will be joining us to discuss his new book as part of Library Week. Sam works in community law and has recently published his first book Detachable Penis: A Queer Legal Saga. A darkly humorous and ground-breaking memoir from a new voice in queer literature. […]

Free
Event Series Trans and Gender-diverse Book Club

Trans and Gender-diverse Book Club

Thorne Habour Health 200 Hoddle Street, Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia

The TGD Book Club offers trans and gender-diverse people a safe, welcoming space to share and explore deeper meanings, ideas & reflections on your gender journey and explore trans/non-binary culture and books with peers. Members decide the books and we link to free online readings and library holdings, so it’s super accessible and cheap! It’s […]

Free

Fourteen by Shannon Molloy

Geelong Arts Centre 50 Little Malop Street, Geelong, VIC, Australia

An exclusive Victoria screening only in Geelong! Adapted by Shake & Stir Theatre Co with Shannon Molloy. The year is 1999 and Shannon has a secret... Shannon Molloy is a year 9 student at an all-boys rugby-mad Catholic school in regional Queensland, with a secret that no one can ever find out. Shannon is gay. […]

$10 – $69

Book Launch: Dreams – Forging My Own Path

Victorian Pride Centre , Australia

Join Rugare Gomo, the first Black, Gay, African-Australian to share his life story in a book, "Dreams: Forging my Own Path." This inspiring memoir is for anyone who has ever felt excluded, stuck, not enough, or invisible—and for those chasing their dreams. Event Details: Sunday, 8 September 2:30 PM - 5:00 PM Books will be […]

Event Series Trans and Gender-diverse Book Club

Trans and Gender-diverse Book Club

Thorne Habour Health 200 Hoddle Street, Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia

The TGD Book Club offers trans and gender-diverse people a safe, welcoming space to share and explore deeper meanings, ideas & reflections on your gender journey and explore trans/non-binary culture and books with peers. Members decide the books and we link to free online readings and library holdings, so it’s super accessible and cheap! It’s […]

Free

Zine Making with Oliver Vincent Reyes

Cliff Noble Community Centre 24 Suttor St, Alexandria, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Enjoy a creative evening with fellow queers, creating a non-commercial publication with your choice of content. Oliver (Ollie) Vincent Reyes is a freelance creative who is always seeking collaboration and insight from a community, grassroots perspective. He is located and operates across both Darkinjung and Gadigal countries. As an avid zine collector and maker, Ollie […]

Bi+ Book Club

Online

Join Bi+ Pride Victoria for an informal, facilitated discussion on fiction books featuring bi+ protagonists or prominent characters. Genres covered will include Romance, Fantasy and Sci-Fi and celebrate how far positive representation has come in the last 10 years. Come along to share your favourite bi+ books with the group, or simply sit back and […]

Modern Guide to Sex Book Launch

the Theatrette - Victorian Pride Centre 79-81 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia +1 more

Georgia Grace in-conversation with Chris Cheers Join us with Georgia Grace to celebrate the release of The Modern Guide to Sex! Georgia will be joined by Chris Cheers. Modern Guide to Sex Get out of your head and into your body. From acclaimed sex expert Georgia Grace, The Modern Guide to Sex is the ultimate […]

$5 – $10
Event Series Trans and Gender-diverse Book Club

Trans and Gender-diverse Book Club

Thorne Habour Health 200 Hoddle Street, Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia

The TGD Book Club offers trans and gender-diverse people a safe, welcoming space to share and explore deeper meanings, ideas & reflections on your gender journey and explore trans/non-binary culture and books with peers. Members decide the books and we link to free online readings and library holdings, so it’s super accessible and cheap! It’s […]

Free

Event Series Trans and Gender-diverse Book Club

Trans and Gender-diverse Book Club

Thorne Habour Health 200 Hoddle Street, Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia

The TGD Book Club offers trans and gender-diverse people a safe, welcoming space to share and explore deeper meanings, ideas & reflections on your gender journey and explore trans/non-binary culture and books with peers. Members decide the books and we link to free online readings and library holdings, so it’s super accessible and cheap! It’s […]

Free

Accessing Your Story: A writing workshop with Nevo Zisin

Brunswick Library (TBC) Sydney Rd & Dawson St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia

This event is part of Merri-bek Libraries' Trans Awareness Week programming and is intended for participants who identify as transgender and/or gender diverse. Join acclaimed writer Nevo Zisin (they/them) to learn about finding your authorial voice, connecting with the self through writing and the process of validating one’s own emotions and memories. With brief discussion […]

Free

Queering Kylie

Hares & Hyenas Victorian Pride Centre 79 – 81 Fitzroy Street, St. Kilda, VIC, Australia

Celebrating the release of Spinning Around – The Kylie Playlist with readings by some of the queer authors. Australian icon Kylie Minogue is the musical muse for this sparkling new anthology. Twenty-four writers, a third of whom identify as LGBTQIA+, used a Kylie Minogue song as the springboard for a new, original piece of work, […]

$5 – $10

Book Launch of ‘Indie Porn: Revolution, Regulation and Resistance’ by Dr Zahra Stardust

Hares & Hyenas Victorian Pride Centre 79 – 81 Fitzroy Street, St. Kilda, VIC, Australia

Join us in celebrating the launch of Indie Porn: Revolution, Regulation and Resistance by Dr Zahra Stardust on Thursday 5 December in conversation with Frankie Van Kan. “There is no one better positioned to tell the story of the indie porn revolution than porn practitioner and scholar Zahra Stardust. From porn sets to festivals, to […]

$5 – $10