What we’re about
Activities for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI+) people in Kingston upon Thames.
Join us if you'd like to hang out, take part in some interesting events and make a difference to the lives of local LGBTQI+ people.
More:
This is the Meetup group of Kingston LGBT Forum, operating under the name 'Kingston LGBTQ+ Forum'. Our charity number is 1184645.
Upcoming events
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•OnlineVirtual Pub Quiz
OnlineSee you on Zoom for our virtual pub quiz. There will be general knowledge questions, picture rounds, music rounds, mystery voices, and spot questions. No prizes, it's just for fun.
You must have a working microphone to take part.
If you would like to join, please be ready by 8pm. Once the quiz is started, the room will be locked and you may not be allowed in.
Click here to join the quiz
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Free LGBTQ+ yoga at Kingston Quaker Centre
Kingston Quaker Centre, Fairfield East, Kingston upon Thames, GBJoin Serge at Kingston Quaker Centre for a free yoga flow class for LGBTQ+ people. The class is suitable for all levels. Spend an hour connecting breath and movement, feeling grounded, strong and relaxed.
Please bring your own yoga mat.
Kingston Quaker Centre is at Fairfield East, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 2PT.
When you arrive, press the buzzer for the Hall and we will let you in.
You can find accessibility information about Kingston Quaker Centre here: https://www.accessable.co.uk/venues/kingston-quaker-centre
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LGBTQ+ Queer Fiction Book Club - Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin
Waggon and Horses, 1 Surbiton Hill Road, Surbiton, Surrey KT6 4TW, Surbiton, GBQUEER FICTION BOOK CLUB!
Our next read will be ‘Notes of a Crocodile’ by Qiu Miaojin, translated by Bonnie Hiue’
Synopsis:
Book Description
The English-language premiere of Qiu Miaojin''s coming-of-age novel about queer teenagers in Taiwan, a cult classic in China and winner of the 1995 China Times Literature Award.
An NYRB Classics Original
Set in the post-martial-law era of late-1980s Taipei, Notes of a Crocodile is a coming-of-age story of queer misfits discovering love, friendship, and artistic affinity while hardly studying at Taiwans most prestigious university. Told through the eyes of an anonymous lesbian narrator nicknamed Lazi, this cult classic is a postmodern pastiche of diaries, vignettes, mash notes, aphorisms, exegesis, and satire by an incisive prose stylist and major countercultural figure.
Afflicted by her fatalistic attraction to Shui Ling, an older woman, Lazi turns for support to a circle of friends that includes a rich kid turned criminal and his troubled, self-destructive gay lover, as well as a bored, mischievous overachiever and her alluring slacker artist girlfriend.
Illustrating a process of liberation from the strictures of gender through radical self-inquiry, Notes of a Crocodile is a poignant masterpiece of social defiance by a singular voice in contemporary Chinese literature.
Purchase the book here:
Amazon Link
At the end of the meeting we will set the next book, based on ideas and feedback from the group, giving everyone two months to read the book. All the books will be LGBTQ+ themed, by LGBTQ+ writers, or with themes likely to be of interest to LGBTQ+ people and communities.
Please read the book ahead of the meeting and come with a view to share your opinions and views.
If you would like to attend but are unable to afford the book, please email Chris on cwray@kingstonlgbtforum.org.uk who will be able to help out.
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Past events
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