EVENT NAME: Queer Week 2024
EVENT PLACE: Lumen
EVENT DATE: from 11 to 16 June 2024
EVENT PRICE: free entry
EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Queer Week returns to Florence, a week of cinema, theatre, music, dance and drag shows to celebrate Pride Month and the coexistence of differences: from Tuesday 11th to Sunday 16th June 2024 in the spaces of Lumen (via del Guarlone) a program packed with events to raise awareness among citizens of Florence and elsewhere on the issues of indispensable rights for everyone. Among the events not to be missed, Thursday 13 June at 9.30pm the queer stand-up and open-mic show hosted by the drag queen Monella Rai with special guest the comedian Daniele Gattano and his irony to undermine stereotypes, followed by a DJ set at 11.30pm by Ava Hangar, drag queen participant in the first edition of Drag Race Italia, and on Friday 14 June at 9.30pm "La Romanina" by the multifaceted writer and playwright Luca Scarlini and the actress Anna Meacci, a show inspired by the figure of Romina Cecconi, among the first in Italy to have undertaken the path of gender change (DJ sets will follow). The Queer Week is part of the Florentine Summer 2024 and is organized by Arcigay Firenze Altri Sponde with the collaboration of Underdogs Srl Benefit and the collaboration of Spazio LUMEN, Cinematografica and Love My Way (free entry).
Departure on Tuesday 11 June with two events curated by “Cinematografica”: at 8.30 pm the talk “Sex work is work” and followed at 9.30 pm by the screening of “Kokomo city”, a documentary film by D. Smith which explores the lives of four trans women Black women and their experiences in New York and Georgia. We continue on Wednesday 12th with the 8.30pm talk “Lesbiche-3 amore” which will see the CinematograFica collective in dialogue with the activist Giada Bonu Rosenkrantz and at 9.30pm the screening of “Queerama - a Century of gays rights and desires on film” by Daisy Asquith, a journey through love, desire, secrets, liberation and pride. And again, Thursday 13th at 7.30pm "Lumen Walk", a meeting to share good practices for respecting the planet, and at 8.30pm the round table on knowing place coordinated by Valerio Bellini. On Friday 14th at 7pm the unmissable talk with Romina Cecconi followed, at 8pm, by the rock concert with the band Technicolor.
We continue on Saturday 15th with the talk "Only if it makes you happy" at 7.30pm with Love My Way to talk about bisexuality, and at 8.30pm the talk on the theme of Drag art with the guest Drag King performers. At 9.30pm drag King evening with The Rusty Bat, Sturm und Drag, Nyx and Zac Teflon followed by DJ sets by The Shade, Icon and Rebel with Sharon oops. Conclusion on Sunday 16th with the free runway class by Nemesi Utopia Ninja from 7pm to 8pm and at 9.30pm the “Core” show by Nemesi Utopia Ninja with La Piera Utopia, Nerea 007, ioio Victoria Utopia, Vio. Munera, Ines Utopia, Freetown Utopia, followed by Afro house/Afro Beat DJ sets by DJ Moon and Sean Martins.
foto credits: https://lumen.fi.it/estate-queer/