meTamorphosis: QUEER OPEN MIC, DANCE & MINGLE PARTY!

Schedule

Fri Jul 31 2026 at 07:00 pm to 09:30 pm

UTC-04:00
Location

White Whale Bookstore | Pittsburgh, PA

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QUEER OPEN MIC NIGHT! with Drag Performance by Sue Flay and music by DJ TIZA.
About this Event

We invite you to join us at meTamorphosis and support emerging local LGBTQ+ writers! Created by White Whale's events coordinator, Amari, meTamorphosis is a local queer & trans led event series committed to uplifting emerging LGBTQ+ writers by curating inclusive community readings in Pittsburgh, PA. meTamorphosis celebrates queer & trans people's commitment to ongoing transformation and embracing change to become who they know themselves to be.

meTamorphosis is excited to offer a QUEER OPEN MIC NIGHT! Sign ups begin at 6:30pm and LGBTQIA+ readers can share up to 5 mins of their original work. We can host up to 10 readers.

We are grateful to host Drag Artist Sue Flay for an opening performance, and DJ TIZA for a dance & mingle party following the reading.

About the organizer:

AMARI ONYX is a Black trans poet & artist based in Pittsburgh, PA. Poetry, art, and community sustain his existence, which inspired the creation of meTamorphosis in 2024. His work has appeared in Black Warrior Review and The Shade Journal and is set to appear in Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora and Callaloo. Amari is an editor working within, across, and between genres for 3 Sisters journal. He is a proud trans vogue femme.


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White Whale Bookstore, 4754 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, United States

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