SHOW YOUR PRIDE!
We’ve reached the sunny month of June, which means one thing … Pride! And while we are yet to see a return of the main Pride festival to the city, it is still going to be a busy month. At the time of writing, quite a few events are confirming last-minute details, so do keep an eye on the Sheffield LGBT+ events page on Facebook (www. facebook.com/sheffieldlgbtevents) for updates as they are announced. Theatre Deli will be hosting a special screening of the film Pride on Wed 14 Jun, followed by a guided discussion by the organisers. Based on a true story, it depicts a group of lesbian and gay activists who raised money to help families affected by the British miners’ strike in 1984, at the outset of what would become the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners campaign. And there is no shortage of queer films this month as DocFest (Wed 14 – Mon 19 Jun) returns for its 30th edition championing and presenting the breadth of documentary form – film, television, immersive and art. The LGBTQ+
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offerings within this year’s festival lineup include A South Asian Queer Pamphlet, an interactive web installation in which each participant creates a unique experience based on letters chosen from a theory-linked queer alphabet; All The Flowers – a tender portrait of Tabaco y Ron, a small brothel in a Bogotá neighbourhood that’s home to many of the city’s trans sex workers; Anhell69 – a genre-busting, transgressive and kaleidoscopic musing on the lives and deaths of a group of queer Colombian twentysomethings; Dalton’s Dream – a moving portrait of Dalton Harris, the final winner of The X Factor UK, as he navigates harassment over his sexuality and representing his home country; Every Body, a heartfelt and urgent call for equality focussing on the lives of three intersex people; and Transition, a film following a genderqueer filmmaker as he navigates life and work as a trans man in Afghanistan. And if that’s not enough queer film for you, then we also have Queer East Presents: Lotus