

Transfest
June 24
June 24, 1:00 – 5:00 PM // Alexander Street Parkette // Free
Note: This event will be ASL-interpreted.
An all-day celebration of non-cisgender identities in words, fashion, dance, and song! This is your trans, genderqueer, and non-binary playground at Pride!
Curated by Katie Sly, expect performances and readings from across Canada, runway by non-binary underwear line NEWFRDM, and an afternoon of music.
Your TRANSFEST line up includes:
Anishinaabe/Métis poet and the 2016 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT Emerging Writers Honour of Distinction winner, Gwen Benaway
Dora Ng, a writer/activist telling genderqueer Chinese-Canadian stories, joining us from Coast Salish territories
Toronto multidisciplinary artists Angel Glady and Bilal Baig (the writer of the play Acha Bacha, recently presented at Theatre Passe Muraille)
Powerhouse stand-up comedian Chantel Marostica
Game-changer musician, model, and disability advocate Rachel Romu
Toronto darling punk band Camp Girls
Stalwarts of grassroots community work, trans-spectrum advocacy, and access to affordable dance training, the winner’s of Buddies’ Queer Emerging Artist Award in 2015, Toronto’s ILL NANA/DiverseCity Dance Company
TRANSFEST is an exploration of the dimensions of gender in terms of body, identity, and expression:
Body: our body, our experience of our own body, how society genders bodies, and how others interact with us based on our body.
Identity: our deeply held, internal sense of self as male, female, a blend of both, or neither; who we internally know ourselves to be.
Expression: how we present our gender in the world and how society, culture, community, and family perceive, interact with, and try to shape our gender.” – GenderSpectrum.org
The Buddies in Bad Times Pride Toronto stage is presented in partnership with Pride Toronto.
ALSO HAPPENING AT QUEER PRIDE 2018


Bitch Salad
June 22

Too Queer: A Bi Visibility Cabaret
June 23

Homo Night in Canada
June 23

Transfest
June 24

The Lady Oiye’s Tea Dance
June 24

WHOLE
June 8
You Better Work: All-Star Edition
June 8

The Communist Manifesto for Children
June 9

Vag Halen: Heavy Leather Parking Lot
June 9

Elvira Kurt: Fired Up!
June 10

Pearle Harbour’s Battle Cry
June 10

Buddies Youth Ensemble: Clamorous Concords
June 13

Karaoke Night & Boiband the Boyband
June 13

Creme de la Femme: Gettin’ Wet
June 14
Many Faces: We are all Marilyns
June 14
Kings and Classics: Existence is Resistance Pride Edition
June 15

Fay and Fluffy’s House Party
June 16

Yo Sis!
June 16

Oasis Love
June 16

Queer Songbook Orchestra: Anthems & Icons
June 17

I Don’t F*ck with You: The Goth Drag Musical
June 19

In Your Pocket: Time After Time
June 19

Resistance And Lipstick
June 20

Leila Live!
June 20

Butch Femme Salon: Angels & Demons
June 21
