Plotting on the Body: a QTBPOC writing and collage workshop

Plotting on the Body is a creative writing and collage workshop in Edinburgh for queer, trans , intersex and non binary people of colour, led by writer and facilitator JJ Fadaka.

This is an experimental writing workshop using creative writing and collaging with maps to embody and celebrate the connection between our bodies and the natural world.

In a small group, we will manipulate maps with collages and writing samples, to reflect on the political structures that seek to control the way we can physically and emotionally interact with the world.

We will chart a new course on our maps with writing, group discussion and art-making to express how we would like to move through the world and the newfoundlands we are determined to explore.

In group exercises, we will imagine and share the resources we need to take us there and what a new world might look like with collaboration, solidarity and mutual understanding.

This is an embodied writing workshop with gentle and introspective writing prompts and optional, reflective political group discussion.

Jj Fadaka is a writer, facilitator and radical based in Edinburgh. Their writing explores the possibility abolition, feminism, and love give us to create change.In workshops, Jj draws on afro-futuristic radical traditions to create space for exploring desire in a world without barriers. Jj organises events for political education and finding belonging with music, visual arts and performance.

All LGBTQ+ black and people of colour aged 16+ in or travelling to Edinburgh are welcome to join us.

We welcome black and people of colour from the entire diversity of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community including non-binary, queer, intersex, asexual people and all identities under the LGBTQIA+ umbrella.

We also welcome black and people of colour who are exploring or aren't sure about their sexual orientation/gender identity, or who do not use labels for either.

Spaces are limited to 25 people so we need you to register in advance.

Please use this Eventbrite form to register. Registration is for 1 person only. If you wish to book for someone, please make another registration using their name.

You can also contact the event organiser Jules at [email protected], or phone 0131 564 3970 and leave a message for Jules.

If something changes and you can no longer attend the event, please let us know as soon as you can so your booking becomes available for someone else. You can cancel your space on Eventbrite or contact Jules.

We will meet at LGBT Health and Wellbeing in Duncan Place Community Hub.

We will send more information about the venue and how to access the event after you register.

The venue and our event features:

♿️ Wheelchair access with ramp access, automatic doors and lifts
🅿️ Disabled parking spaces x 2
🚾 Accessible and gender neutral toilets
⏰ Relaxed timing: drop in and out when you like

If there is anything you need to talk to us in advance to help you access the event, please email [email protected] or leave a message on our admin phone 0131 564 3970.

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