Queer Bedtime Stories @ Tamarack

Ever heard of a literary potluck?👀👀

Queer Bedtime Stories is your chance to re-seed the fertile ground of the imagination through oral re-tellings of LGBTQ+ poetry, memoirs, fiction, and history from cultural ancestors and contemporary creators. Together, we'll uncover the richness of our shared heritage and catch a glimpse of the blossoming future. We gather at Tamarack, a warm center of organizing and artistry in downtown Oakland.

Doors open at 7:30pm, and readings start at 8:15pm. Please arrive before 8:10.

You can come simply to listen or bring a reading to share! Readings should be 1-8 minutes long, any genre, and be written by an LGBTQ+ author or center on queerness. Original work is more than welcome!

All queer adults are welcome to attend. Each attendee is asked to donate at least $2, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. As we say, donations keep our candle lit, so persons with bountiful means are encouraged to share generously.

Accessibility:

• ♿Tamarack's community room is accessed by a flight of stairs, and there's no elevator. We are committed to making our space as accessible as possible to folks with disabilities. Contact us ahead of time with your access needs and we will happily make accommodations where possible.
• 😷Mask-wearing is welcome, and optional.
• 🕯️Wood-free incense is usually burned near open doors -- contact us in advance if you want to know more, or to request that we skip it while you attend.

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Queer Bedtime Stories at Tamarack will be facilitated by Elaine Ponce, a Mesoamerican artist and teacher who is motivated by the wonder of the outdoors and the opportunity to help others make soul connections to each other and our beautiful world.

Queer Bedtime Stories was created in 2020 by Scott Sessions, a local teacher and facilitator of transformative events. The QBS community gathers in the Bay Area each month (check the Linktree for upcoming events). To stay up-to-date with all upcoming events shared by the community, sign up for the Queer Bedtime Newsletter!

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Community Values Statement

We gather at Queer Bedtime Stories to:

⭐ witness one another in our human wholeness.

⭐ feel cozy, connected, refreshed, affirmed, and (somehow) both grounded and elevated at the same exact time.

⭐ reveal the too-often-hidden truths about our queer ancestors, queer contemporaries, and queer selves.

⭐ fertilize our individual and social dreamscapes with new possibilities.

We invite queer readings of all forms, artistry, genre, and at all stages of creation.

We celebrate queer persons of all forms, artistry, genre, and at all stages of creation.

We treat each other with kindness, curiosity, and respect.

Know what’s Happening Next — before everyone else does.

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Host or Publisher Scott Sessions, spiritual life coach