Queer Third Spaces: Resurgence and Resilience
The strength and solidarity of queer community deepens in the midst of local and global anxieties related to political and social destabilization, rapid technological reformulations, and post-pandemic economy. This is evident in the preponderance of third spaces surviving – and even new ones being established – for and by LGBTQ+ people. These spaces range from cafes and community centers, art galleries and performance venues, bars and clubs, parks and plazas. These places are the venues for community organizing, mutual aid, performing queer culture, socializing and building political capital. In conversation with a 2017 SFUFF Program on the demise of queer bars in the Mission District, this program will celebrate how LGBTQ+ communities work tirelessly in spite of structural forces to keep them and their allies oppressed.
Presenting Artists
Per Sia
Drag Performer and Educator
Chloe Sherman
Photographer
Panelists
Robin Abad (Moderator)
SFUFF Program Curator, Urban Planner
Meg Shutzer
Filmmaker “Mother”
Honey Mahogany
Co-Founder of the Transgender District, Co-Operative Owner of the Stud Collective, Friends of Harvey Milk Plaza Honorary Committee member
Films
¡Viva 16!
Directed by Augie Robles, Tina Valentin Aguirre
The onset of the AIDS epidemic in the LGBTQ Latinx community in San Francisco, a testimony to the resilience, love, and hope that emanated from 16th Street.
Harvey Milk Plaza: The Power of Place
Directed by Corey Leavitt
A short documentary that uses an architectural redesign project to examine the importance of distinctly queer public spaces.
Mother (documentary trailer)
Directed by Brandon Yadegari Moreno, Meg Shutzer
In San Francisco, Malia Spanyol, a self-identified dyke sets out to build a space for women and femmes.
Stop the Movie (Cruising)
Directed by Jim Hubbard
The demonstrations against the filming of the movie “Cruising.”
Partners
