Food & Economic Justice June 12 @ 2-4 pm

Join us for food, storytelling, and a farm tour for our fifth and final event of our 2021-22 program year: Food & Economic Justice on Sunday, June 12 @ 2:00-4:00 pm CT. This will be our first IN-PERSON (and online) event since the beginning of the pandemic!

This is our last event of our program year exploring the intersections of queerness and justice.

We will be live-streaming the event and gathering in-person at the Feminist Book Club patio for storytelling, then moving to the Growing Lots Urban Farm for food from the Elevate Chef Aubrey and a farm tour! You will have the opportunity to mingle with LGBTQ2S+ community members in small group discussions, as well!

Substance free, family friendly, ASL interpreted event. Tickets are sliding scale/ pay-what-you-can. The livestream will be recorded.

Accessibility information: The Feminist Book Club patio where storytelling will happen is ADA accessible. The farm tour may not be accessible for some mobility devices, but there is a sidewalk around the farm you can look in from. If needed, we will bring you food to the Feminist Book Club patio and will host some discussion groups there as well (as opposed to on the farm). While The Feminist Book Club bathroom will be available, it is not ADA accessible. We are working to find an alternative option.

Livestream information will be sent to attendees closer to the event, and the day of.

Get your ticket now!

Fast Friends for Telling Queer History, April 10 @ 2 pm

Live performances, storytelling, speed-friending, and online auction. Hosted by Tane Danger

Zoom link will be emailed to ticket holders 2 hours and again 10 minutes before the event starts.

Get your ticket today!

Join us at Fast Friends on April 10th for a virtual fundraiser to support Telling Queer History which connects Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer + people across generations and identities through storytelling gatherings; bringing communities together to foster compassion, empathy, and healing.

Live performers TBA

ASL interpreted, live captioned, all ages, substance free event. The stories and performances in the first hour of the event will be recorded.

Invite your friends and future friends to join you at Fast Friends and/or make a donation in advance. https://www.givemn.org/organization/Telling-Queer-History-1

What is speed-friending? A guided opportunity to connect. The last 20 minutes of our fundraiser is dedicated to "speed-friending", giving space to act out our mission of connecting LGBTQ+ and allied people across generations and identities. If you choose to stay for that portion, you will be put in small groups of 4-5 people to get to know.

Here are the question prompts so you can reflect on them in advance.

• Have you been to a Telling Queer History event before? If yes, which one(s)?

• If you could have any super power, what would it be and why?

• Do you have any animal or plant companions? If so, tell us about them.

• What is a unique part of you that you would like to share with this group?

• What is something you want to add to your life this year? What is something you are leaving behind?

• If you were offered the following three beverages, which one would you choose? Iced coffee, hot coffee or tea.

Why our events are sliding scale: There is no difference in access, weather you pay $20 or $250. Each person pays what they can for this fundraiser (and our other events). We intentionally don’t replicate the capitalistic hierarchy of more money = more access.

We believe every gift is a gift, you give what you can. Thanks for supporting us in all the ways you can.

Art & Environmental Justice February 13, 2022 @ 2-4 pm

Join us Sunday, February 13 @ 2-4 pm for our third gathering of the 2021-22 program year exploring the intersections of queerness and justice.

“Knowing that you love the earth changes you, activates you to defend and protect and celebrate. But when you feel that the earth loves you in return, that feeling transforms the relationship from a one-way street into a sacred bond.” ― Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

All ages, live captioned, ASL interpreted, substance free event, and sliding scale tickets.

This Zoom event will be recorded. ZOOM LINK IS ONLY SENT TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE REGISTERED ON THE DAY OF THE EVENT.

Click here to learn more and RSVP now!

Spreading Holiday Queer Dec 13th, 2020

Join our last gathering of 2020 and our first open mic this Sunday December 13th from 2-4pm CST.

Telling Queer History uses storytelling to connect across generations and identities of LGBTQ+ people. Join us for a night of short storytelling open mic and deep listening. As the northern hemisphere enters the darkest weeks of the year, we lean into our shadows and bring light to each other.

Get cozy with your favorite warm beverage and a blanket, invite your friends, keep some tissue nearby, and think of a story you want to share with community.

RSVP on Eventbrite to join. Zoom link will be sent to "ticket holders".
https://www.eventbrite.com/.../spreading-holiday-queer...

To reserve a storytelling spot, please email us hello@tellingqueerhistory.com
Each person will get 5 minutes max. This is an all ages event so please keep that in mind when sharing.

Free to attend but donations appreciated. www.givemn.org/organization/Telling-Queer-History-1

All ages. Substance free event. ASL interpreted. Live captioned.

Annual Report for Fiscal year 19/20

Check it out. All of this work is possible because of people like you donating, sharing your stories, and attending our gatherings. Thank you!

Listening Party: Stories on HIV and AIDS from our archives

Join us for the live launch of our podcast followed by group discussion on Friday April 24th at 7pm CST.

Listen to archives on AIDS and HIV from Dec 2015 featuring: Maureen Wells, Patrick Scully, Sharon Day, and Kevin "Kaos" Moore.

In the age of COVID-19, Telling Queer History working to develop the same sense of connection and intimacy attendees experience during our in-person gatherings and translate that to virtual gatherings.

The podcast will be released as a video with captioning. Please contact us if you have any accessibility requests. A link to the video conferencing where the listening party will take place will be posted and emailed prior to the event.

Please RSVP and invite your friends.

Content Warning: this recording include strong language, sex, drugs/addition, suicide, and death.

Image from the Dec 2015 gathering.

We became a nonprofit - new donor page

Mid January we got approved by the IRS as a nonprofit.

This means we are a financially and legally independent organization and have to create systems within that structure. We will be switching our GiveMN page. Our previous page connected to our awesome fiscal sponsor has been disabled. Please make your donations on our new page now. 

Thank you for being a small and mighty group of donors, carrying this organization over the years. We are excited to build structures, grow our board and supporters, and officially hire staff in this new phase. Our goal is to raise at least $2,000/month in sustaining donations by Dec 2020.

https://www.givemn.org/organization/Telling-Queer-History-1/welcome

Your support means we can continue to compensate all of our storytellers, audio recorders, child care providers, provide food and compensate our Executive Director for the many hours they put into TQH.