welcome to dundee pride festival.

a week long celebration of all things queer.

15 to 22 Sept

we’ve collaborated with wonderful partners from across the city including V&A Dundee, DCA and The McManus, as well as national partners such as National Theatre of Scotland, to bring you a week long festival packed with activities and events including workshops, talks and queer cinema!

ongoing activities.

These activities are going on throughout the Pride Festival- check them out!

make up.png — **TUTORIALS**: Make Up & Skin Care Tutorials with Bobbi Brown, Yves Saint Lauren, Kat Von D Beauty and Lancome.

Pop into the beauty counters Debenhams Dundee during Pride Festival and receive a free LGBTQ+ friendly make up or skin care consultation. The counters offer a safe space for LGBTQ+ people to be themselves and learn about what products are going to work best for their individual skin.
**WHEN**: Any time during Pride Festival
**WHERE**: Debenhams, Overgate Shopping Centre, Overgate, Dundee DD1 1UE
**FREE**

mon 16 september.

queer question time.jpg — **TALK/DEBATE**: Queer Question Time

Exploring LGBTQ+ rights and issues in the 21st Century. Join this panel as they discuss and explore some of the challenges facing LGBTQ+ people today. The panel includes:
Lynne Short: Dundee City Council Ward Councillor for Maryfield, Depute Convener Community Safety & Public Protection, Spokesperson Fairness & Equalities
Drew McCusker: Solicitor and founder of The Glass Network
Lisamarie Cohen: Dundee Pride Trustee
Scott Cuthbertson: Development Manager at Equality Network
Chaired by Linda Stewart, Dundee Pride Trustee
**WHEN**: Monday 16th September at 19:30
**WHERE**: The Vine, 43 Magdalen Yard Road, Dundee DD1 4NE
**BUY TICKETS**: £5 - Click here

tues 17 september.

**DANCE WORKSHOP**: Learn to Vogue with Shaper/Caper

Vogue, or voguing, is a highly stylized, modern house dance originating in the late 1980s that evolved out of the Harlem ballroom scene of the 1960s. In this workshop, dance company Shaper/Caper will take you through a fun and uplifting workshop learning voguing routines and culminating in a pop video style dance routine for everyone to perform together at the end of the class!
Dig out those conical bras and come dressed in your favourite Madonna look ready to Strike a Pose, gal!
**WHEN:** Tuesday 17th September at 18:30
**WHERE:** The Vine, 43 Magdalen Yard Road, Dundee DD1 4NE
**BOOK:** Tickets are Pay What You Can, so whether that’s £1 or £5, it’s all good. Don’t let the cost be a barrier - Click here

**DRAG SHOW & BINGO**: Bingo Wigs at Church

Join Miss Peaches and friends at Church. Bingo Wigs is a fun Drag Show & Bingo show run by Slay! Presents.
Church is also hosting their semi final for Dundee Pride Karaoke Contest tonight!
**WHEN**: Tuesday 17th September at 20:00
**WHERE**: Church, 15 Ward Rd, Dundee DD1 1ND
**FREE**

wed 18 september.

The Garden.png — **FILM**: The Garden with DCA

Half waking dream and half fiery polemic, *The Garden* was born of director Jarman’s rage over continued anti-gay discrimination and the sluggardly response to the AIDS crisis – he had been diagnosed HIV positive in 1988.
Starring Tilda Swinton, this uniquely kaleidoscopic film shows the filmmaker’s genius at its most coruscating, making space in its breadth of vision for an over-the-top Hollywood-style musical number, nightmare images of tar-and-feather queer persecution, and footage of the particularly menacing-looking nuclear power plant that overlooks Jarman’s own garden, the point from which his film begins, and a cherished spot which he must keep to tending even as his body begins to betray him. Writhing with sorrow and anger, and yet so vividly alive to the loveliness of being, *The Garden* is a baleful and beautiful epistle from the brink of the beyond.
Dir: Derek Jarman
UK 1990 / 1h35m / 12A
**WHEN**: Wed 18 September at 18:00
**WHERE**: DCA, 152 Nethergate, Dundee DD1 4DY
**BOOK**: Click here

**YOUNG PEOPLE**: Pride Proms with LGBT Youth Scotland & Dundee CLD Youth Work

Join us for Pride Proms - an under 25’s alcoho free event at The Shore from 6.30pm to 9pm hosted by the fabulous Kat A. Clysmic!
**WHEN**: Wednesday 18th September 18:30 - 21:00
**WHERE**: The Shore, 15 Shore Terrace, Dundee DD1 3DN
**FREE** but bring some food to share!

**KARAOKE**: Perform on the main stage at Dundee Pride with Arctic Bar, Church, Klozet and Salty Dog/Pillars.

This year Dundee Pride are giving YOU the chance to perform KARAOKE 🎤on the main stage on SATURDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 🌈
Tonight is the Salty Dog/Pillars semi-final with the winner going through to the grand final on the big day at Slessor Gardens 👬👭 along with the winners from Klozet, Church and the Arctic Bar.
**WHEN:** Wednesday 18th September, evening
**WHERE**: The Salty Dog/Pillars

thurs 19 september.

**FAMILY**: Drag Queen Story Time

With Kat A. Clysmic!
Join us for a family friendly Drag Queen Story Time! Last year, the first ever Drag Queen Story Time event happened in Dundee and was a huge success. This year, the wonderful Kat A. Clysmic is back and ready to entertain the bairns!
**WHEN:** Thursday 19th September at 16:30
**WHERE:** Waterstones, 35 Commercial St, Dundee DD1 3DG
**FREE** (No need to book, just turn up)

pride talks.png — **TALKS:** Pride Talks

An evening of inspiring talks from some of Dundee’s finest LGBTQ people. Including:
Howey Ejegi - model and influencer
Lenna Cumberbatch - Drag King and Diversity & Inclusion expert
Alex Muir - Personal Trainer
Kenny Christie - Education Support Officer at Dundee City Council
Alex McCrossan - Dance Artist at Shaper/Caper
Jen Glen - Practice Learning Convenor and Professional Tutor, Community Education, School of Education and Social Work at University of Dundee
**WHEN**: Thursday 19th September at 19:30
**WHERE**: The Vine, 43 Magdalen Yard Road, Dundee DD1 4NE
**BUY TICKETS:** Tickets are Pay What You Can, so whether that’s £1 or £5, it’s all good. Don’t let the cost be a barrier - Click here

**EXHIBITION**: Our Space, Our Experience with The Queer Dot & GENERATOR projects.

Come and unleash your inner artist at The Queer Dot’s exhibition ‘Our Space, Our Experience’ at GENERATORprojects there’ll be a collective painting session where anyone is welcome to contribute – no experience necessary! All materials will be provided.
At the same time there’ll be a gender expansive and plus size friendly clothes swap. You can donate clothes before the swap, but if you need some new pieces there will be plenty to go round, and there’ll be music if you want to have a little runway moment! Leftover clothing will be donated to charity.
**WHEN:** Thursday 19th September at 18:00
**WHERE**: GENERATORprojects, 25/26 Mid Wynd, Ind Est, Dundee, DD1 4JG
**FREE** (No need to book, just turn up!)

**FILM**: The Miseducation of Cameron Post with DUSA

Celebrate Dundee Pride by gaining an insight into the realities of members of the LGBT+ Community with a screening of the film, The Miseducation of Cameron Post. Proceeds from the event will be split between Dundee Pride and the Dundee International Women’s Centre.
In 1993, teenager Cameron Post (Chloe Moretz) is secretly involved in a romantic lesbian relationship with her friend, Coley Taylor. When their relationship comes to light, Cameron's aunt Ruth, a devout Christian, sends Cameron to God's Promise, a gay conversion therapy centre for teenagers.
**WHEN**: Thursday 19th September at 18:00
**WHERE**: Lecture Theatre 2, Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee, Old Hawkhill, DD1 5EN
**TICKETS**: £2 for students/ £3 for non-students

fri 20 september.

coming back out.png — **SOCIAL:** The LGBTI+ Elders Social Dance Club

**A free social event to celebrate the whole rainbow community- come one come all!**
The *LGBTI+ Elders Social Dance Club* is a welcoming space for the whole rainbow community to come together to share stories and meet new people.
The events were started in Melbourne, Australia as a way to celebrate a generation discriminated against for years and who, according to recent findings, fear having to ‘return to the closet’ as they get older.
Now in their first year in Scotland, the *Social Dance Clubs* provide an opportunity to get to know other members of the LGBTI+ community, join the dancing, or just enjoy the music and conversation. Catering is provided.
The Social Dance Clubs will culminate in *The Coming Back Out Ball*, a spectacular social event happening in Spring 2020.
*Social Dance Clubs* are free and run monthly on a Sunday in Glasgow and Inverness from May 2019.
Advance booking is not required, you can just turn up at the session if you prefer.
You can find out more or book in for a club by using the clicking below or calling 0141 227 9013.
A National Theatre of Scotland and All The Queens Men co-production, in partnership with Eden Court and Luminate, and in association with Glasgow City Council.
*The LGBTI+ Elders Social Dance Club is part of The Coming Back Out Ball.*
comingbackoutball.com
#comingbackoutball
**WHEN**: Friday 20th September at 15:00-17:00
**WHERE**: Dundee Rep Theatre
**FREE**: Click here

GAMING/TALK: PLATFORM: Why Queer Game Jams are Important with Weave by Abertay

For the first Platform of the new semester Weave by Abertay are teaming up with Dundee Pride to highlight the importance of LGBT+ equality, awareness and inclusion within Dundee and our communities.

Join us for a talk by Abertay graduate and programmer Kirsty Fraser. Kirsty is the co-organiser of the award-winning international queer game jam, Rainbow Game Jam, and is joining us to present her talk ‘Why Queer Game Jams are Important.’ Her talk will highlight the current struggles for queer representation in modern day games and how we can work to help combat this.

Before the talk begins attendees will get the chance to look around GENERATORprojects current exhibition 'The Queer Dot: Our Space, Our Experience.' Created by local arts collective ‘The Queer Dot’ this show intends to amplify queer voices across the spectrum and explore what it means to be a queer artist living and working within Dundee, Scotland.

WHEN: Friday 20th September at 18:30

WHERE: Generator Projects, 25/26 Mid Wynd, Ind Est, Dundee, DD1 4JG

FREE: Book here