LGBTQ2S+ Youth Spotlight at Lawnya Vanwya
Films exploring the experiences of young people in the LGBTQ community.
Age Recommendation: Mature youth. Films in this program include some coarse language and frank discussions of drug use, HIV, and sex work.
Tickets: Suggested donation of $5. Advance tickets here
Location: Lawnya Vawnya HQ
Time: 7-9pm
FEATURE
Kiki (USA, 1h30mins)
In New York City, LGBTQ youth-of-color gather out on the Christopher Street Pier, practicing a performance-based art form, Ballroom, which was made famous in the early 1990s by Madonna’s music video “Vogue” and the documentary “Paris Is Burning.” Twenty-five years after these cultural touchstones, a new and very different generation of LGBTQ youth have formed an artistic activist subculture, named the Kiki Scene.
SHORTS
Canada's a Drag: Irma Gerd (Newfoundland & Labrador, 7 mins)
In this episode of CBC's Canada's a Drag, St. John's queen Irma Gerd discusses her journey towards drag as a young queer person living in Newfoundland.
Powdered Dandelions (Canada, 7 mins)
A young girl creates a potion in an attempt to convince another to fall in love with her.
I Like Girls (Canada, 8 mins)
Four women reveal the nitty-gritty about their first loves, sharing funny and intimate tales of one-sided infatuation, mutual attraction, and fumbling attempts at sexual expression.