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LGBTQ+ women and non-binary pop-up coming to Bristol
A “safe, social and sober” event for LGBTQ+ women and non-binary people is coming to Bristol.
Organisers, Sappho Events, will be hosting an evening of sober activities at Cafe Kino in Stokes Croft.
The evening’s agenda includes speed dating, a board games social mixer, queer writing workshop, and open-mic poetry night for queer creatives.
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Sappho Events, which has run monthly events in London to much acclaim, received a grant this year from Consortium’s LGBT+ Futures: Equity Fund to help expand UK-wide.
Bristol will be the second stop on Sappho Events’ nationwide tour, following a successful kick-off in York. Bristol will be followed by Manchester in March, as part of a plan to set up bases in further regional hubs across the UK.
Originally founded as an alternative to alcohol-fuelled bars and LGBTQ+ nightclub spaces, Sappho began organising sober social events especially geared towards LGBTQ+ women and non-binary people, who have historically had less representation in LGBTQ+ spaces.
Past events have included clay-making and lino printing – photo: Sappho Events
Sappho launched during the UK’s third national lockdown in 2020, at a time when the LGBTQ+ community had limited opportunities to connect, leaving many increasingly isolated.
Sappho’s CEO, Maryann Wright, has been a vocal advocate for safe and sober spaces for queer women, founding Sappho after struggling to meet other queer women at nightclubs.
Speaking about Sappho’s arrival in bristol, Maryann said: “For the past two years we’ve worked really hard to find a formula of events that offer the queer community fun ways to connect with one another and make new friends in non-alcohol-fuelled environments, and we can’t wait to meet the queer community of Bristol!”
The event takes place on Saturday 21 and tickets are available on the Sappho Events website.
Main photo: Sappho Events
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