Join us to celebrate Summer after lockdown with a fun fab picnic at Crystal Palace Park.
Within government lockdown rules we will be hosting a picnic for up to 30 people at the wonderful Crystal Palace Park on the 18th July from 12.30 noon till around 4 pm (weather permitting).
This event is open to all the LGBTQ+ community, friends, family and allies.
To get more information please send us an email at contact@suttonlgbtq.org
We look forward to seeing you there.
Get outside and celebrate Pride with this creative and life-affirming interactive walking tour through East London to shine a light on London’s rich LGBTQI history.
Saturday 26th June
11am – 12.30pm
Meeting Point: Whitechapel Gallery
This event is organised by Tower Hamlets LGBT+ Community Forum in collaboration with ELOP and Queer Tours of London.
For more information or to book your place email events@elop.org
We are excited about Abian’s book and article club which will kick off on the 4th of May to discuss an article about LGBTQ+ disabled people and their identities. The article can be found below and is open to anyone who would like to join.
We hope this is to become a regular feature and once you email us at either contact@suttonlgbtq.org or comms@suttonlgbtq.org you will then be sent the Zoom link with the details of how to join in the discussion.
We also welcome any feedback or if you have a particular article or book you think would be a great topic of discussion.
Booking will close around 3 pm on the 4th May.
To read the article simply click on the link below and please share with friends and followers.
https://t.co/lUeh4YdUt0?amp=1
Join the forum+ International LGBTQ+ Film Club discussion group on Thursday 29th April. Meet other lgbtq+ people who live film and join the discussion on BPM, Robin Campillo’s superb story of Aids activism in 1990s France https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4_79dnJeNU
For more information (including how to watch the film for free on a sharing platform) and the event link for Thursday 29th April please email daniella@forumplus.org.uk and visit the event page: https://bit.ly/forumplusFilmClubBPM
Our group’s regular social on the fourth Thursday every month, currently still online (via Zoom) as an informal unstructured social chat. This month also coincides with John (organiser)’s birthday – fancy a game via Zoom anyone? Bring/eat some cake if you like?
This event is great for new members; very friendly, relaxed atmosphere, definitely social, fun, and happy; not meat-market, just informal chat and optional bring-your-own-drinks. While the group is London-based, for online events we have been happy to welcome people from all over the world – anywhere your waking hours suit our timezone. If you’re part of the bi+ umbrella identity (bisexual, pansexual, heteroflexible/homoflexible, polysexual, a suitable version of queer – basically any m-spec label), or think you might be (e.g. bi-curious or questioning) and can communicate with us, come say hi and hang out!
Supportive partners, and practicing allies also welcome – no biphobia, racism/micro-aggressions, transphobia or other bigotry allowed! If you have extra needs or questions, please get in touch via Meetup messaging/social media/email.
Who/what to expect…
Expect at least 10 of you (pub meets were 30-40 back in 2019), with a good mix of regulars and first-timers (roughly half and half – always a lot of new faces every time), genders (not too far from an even split of men/women, a few of whom might be trans, & non-binary people welcome too), a mix of ethnicities similar to or more diverse than the London population (aka. BAME/POC), and sometimes another neurodiverse person/people. The odd couple/+1 too.
This keeps it fresh and friendly to all – regulars chat to new folk. New members won’t be the only new person (by a long way) so you shouldn’t feel left out. If you turn up after the start and it looks like everyone already knows everyone – it only seems like that; its just how friendly we are. We finish late so we’re used to people coming and going through the evening.
Most people arrive within the first hour, it’s busiest at 9-9.30pm but a crowd is around til at least 10pm, often later (sometimes even a handful til midnight). When you first connect you’ll be in a waiting room, we will let you in after a few seconds (if it takes longer we might be busy, please be patient). Find us at: https://zoom.londonbi.org (will redirect to the zoom meet directly) – join the Meetup group to find out the meet id from the direct link there or message organiser John to ask.
Other links to our online social media/meetup group/to donate/.. via our campsite bio (bottom of list): https://campsite.bio/londonbi
Join Incite! online on Wednesday 21st April! The monthly forum+ spoken word event is hosted by performance poet Hannah Chutzpah and featuring stellar open mic line up, plus a special guest.!
Take a seat in the audience at London’s longest running LGBTQ+ poetry event or reserve an open mic slot (5 minutes max) to share your own poetry, music, stand up, or whatever else moves you! Open mic slots for us Queers & respectful allies welcome to join our audience. Incite is free to join and is for ages 18 and above.
Online via Zoom: For a link to Incite please email info@forumplus.org.uk & please visit the event page: https://bit.ly/InciteOnline
