Queers On the Move (QOM)

Winter was made for queer books, films, fizzy veggies, acid beats, and us. Join us. Link in bio. Illustrated by @paulienverheyen 🫰

CARE CLUB #2 - SATURDAY 2 MAY [PROGRAMME - Community Bistro] 📍 Courtyard & Café Grands Carmes 🔗 Full programme & registration – link in bio The heart of the gathering: open-access, free food and connection, with delicious free vegan meals provided by @labellecuisinedemalvi from 14:00 to 20:00, and activities hosted by @_qommunity_ , Arlet & @matchbelgium ! Drinks available for purchase at the Bar of @grandscarmes 💫QUEER SUPRA Supra (Georgian: სუფრა), “Sofreh” (Persian: سفره), “Sofra” (Arabic: سُفْرَة) People come together not only to eat, but also to spend time with one another, share stories, and support each other. @_qommunity_ invites you to join us at the table. We invite you to bring stories and memories of of pleasure in all the ways it emanates across queer bodies and identities... from erotic and mega sexy to queer banter, hugging belly to belly, muscling into a brand new chest, sweating through the night till sunrise, or all the other countless ways it manifests. 14:00 - 17:30 • Making collages together 17:30 - 18:30 • Sharing moment Send in your story! Choose a story or example you would like to share with the group. Send us a drawing, image, short text, poem, symbol, or screenshot that represents your story. Email it to [email protected] by April 25th. We will risograph-print all submissions and bring them to the Supra, so that you can use them for the tablecloth. 💫THE CHEMISTRY EXCHANGE 19:00 – 20:00 A lively exchange experience where fast-paced encounters lead to deeper connections beyond appearances and first impressions. 💫PASS THE MIC 20:00 – 20:30 Do you have an initiative, idea, event, or project you’d like to share? During Pass the Mic, you’ll get one minute to present it to everyone at the Bistro. Tip: practice beforehand to keep it clear and to the point. And don’t forget to let people know you’ll be available afterward for questions! For questions on accessibility, send @sophia.asbl.vzw or @matchbelgium a DM. Care Club is a collab brought to you by Match and Sophia, where we are joined by the partners, practitioners, and creators who make this space possible. This project is made possible by @youth_care_for_change

The books that changed everything always came from someone else. A title passed between friends. A passage read out loud over drinks. Muntpunt asked queer organizations, collectives, and individuals from Brussels and beyond to share theirs. The result is a new curated collection, available in the library from May 5. On May 7, we celebrate. An evening of readings, conversation, film, performance, and free food. With Bebe Books, Brussels Ass Book Fair, Deno Vogelaers, Dyke* March Brussels, Jezebel Studio, Johannes Cools, Queers on the Move, RoSa, Shabbes 24/7, Sophia, and Susan from Grindr. 📅 Thursday 7 May • 18:00 – 23:00 • Muntpunt ℹ️ Free. Most activities require registration, link in bio.

@amrsarchives.jpg , @moonlitlayla & @sarahkadry_ will be conversing on how telling stories have been intrinsic mechanisms of resilience for queer bodies on the move. The narratives we tell ourselves, and others, shape how we recall our past, how we live in the present, and contribute to our future. Come join us on the 7th of May and get yourself a copy. « They want us out » is a deeply personal, rage-fueled response to the nightmare of migration paperwork, wrapped in humour and honesty. Whether you’re wading through visa forms, confronting hostile communes, or simply trying to survive as a queer body in a system not built for you, this book doesn’t promise magic. But it will hand you clarity, context, and community. « They want us out » is not just about staying in the queendom; it’s about resisting erasure with every page.

Quǝǝrs on the mic: volume 1.0 May 8 Sign up to perform 💥 - 🖌️ @iamgarytsang

For quǝǝrs in the asylum process, with rǝfugee status, or facing paperwork-related precarity.

April’s agenda is out. Our new space @ursquare.brussels Registration link in bio. Illustrated by @iamgarytsang   - The project is financially supported by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union.

[the room capacity is already full] Next Friday, @eliniceadeyemi is bringing 3 shorts exploring queerness in Nigeria and across the diaspora. Egúngún (2021, @olivenwosu ) On the day of the Egúngún festival, Salewa returns to Lagos to bury her mother. At the funeral, she encounters an acquaintance who forces her to confront old wounds. SHINING, IN PLAIN SIGHT (2023, Oreoluwa Ifamodupe Akinyode @beyondthisvessel ) Exploration of Black Queer and Trans people’s relationships within African Spirituality. Girl-Boy (2025, @ajayabalaka ) The lives of four masculine-presenting women—Tinuke, Fred, Ella, and Lara—navigating gender norms, societal pressures, and personal identity in Nigeria. av. de la couronne 227, 1050 Registration link is in bio.

[PROGRAMME - Community Bistro] 📍 Location: Mallemunt (Muntpunt) 🔗 Link in bio for the full programme The heart of the gathering: open-access, free food, connection, and exchange, with delicious free vegan meals provided by @labellecuisinedemalvi , and @valentinezhang will be our illustrator for the day. No registration is required but you can send contributions for the Supra (see info below)! PROGRAMME & TIMING 14:00 – 19:00: Bistro open 14:00 – 16:30: Supra 1.0 w/ @_qommunity_ 16:30 – 19:00: Supra 2.0 w/ @_qommunity_ 16:30 – 17:30: Speedy Market w/ @hisokasartre 17:30 – 18:00: Pass the Mic w/ @matchbelgium 💫 SUPRA (Georgian: სუფრა), “Sofreh” (Persian: سفره), “Sofra” (Arabic: سُفْرَة) Queers on the Move invites you to create a collective archive on the tablecloth, with stories of queer collectives, networks, and friendships. This will be followed by a collective eating moment where we share stories of queer kinship & solidarity around a communal table. Supra is divided in two moments: 1.0 and 2.0, composed of collage making, sharing and eating. For the collages: Choose a story, poem, symbol, or image that represents queer kinship. Email it to [email protected] by March 14 @ 13:00. We’ll RISO-print your submission and bring it to the Supra to be placed on the tablecloth! 💡 Tip: While the space is open access all day, we highly recommend joining us during the collective eating moments during Supra! 💫 Speedy Market Go beyond surface-level impressions by partaking in this guided networking experience and share knowledge, tips, practical information, expertise, and beyond on any topic of your choosing. 💫 PASS THE MIC w/ Match Got an initiative, idea, or project? You have 1 minute to pitch it to the room! (Pro-tip: practice beforehand and stay around for questions afterward).

March’s meet-ups in our new space @ursquare.brussels Registration link in bio. FAGS WHO DRILL Mar 7 & 14 @tempel.hof is coming to introduce us to the basics of woodworking. QUƎƎR VISION BOARD Mar 9 A little bit of re-imagining w/ @purpleflame_____ OPEN DOOR Mar 10 & 28 Bi-weekly meetings to generate community-knowledge with and for LGBTQI+ folks in asylum process or with any residency related precarity QUEER MOVIE NIGHT Mar 20 @eliniceadeyemi is curating the night with quǝǝr shorts from Nigeria QUEER SUPRA Mar 21 Quǝǝring Supra • სუფრა • سفره • سُفْرَة w/ @sophia.asbl.vzw & @matchbelgium - Thanks @iamgarytsang for the cutest illustrations. - The project is financially supported by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union.

Printed, passed around, retold, and nearly lost before being published. A rare peek into life in Baghdad in 2005‑06, seen through the eyes of ordinary Iraqis under occupation - the side of the story the West rarely shows. 20. 01 reading hangout 27.01 reading hangout 17.02 discussion DM to be on the list. - Queer Bookclub is a queer-facilitated discussion group dedicated to reading literature by authors whose experiences and perspectives have been traditionally excluded from mainstream narratives, with a focus on authors from the Global South. With a lack of sober spaces in Bxl, the idea is to create weekly meet-ups for us to meet, discuss, and connect.

Op 28 januari presenteert Poppers Fairy het debuut They Want Us Out. Verwacht geen brave boeklancering, maar een warm en radicaal gemeenschapsmoment waarin woede en humor, pijn en liefde, bureaucratie en overleving samenkomen. Je wordt meegenomen door het Belgische migratielabyrint vanuit een onverbloemd queer perspectief, met scherpe satire, persoonlijke verhalen en praktische inzichten. De avond vult zich met een diepgaand gesprek, een multimedia-expo van queerkunstenaars met migratieachtergrond, een performance, een intieme lees- en luisterhoek om te landen EN een afsluitende DJ-set! Een veilige, gezellige plek voor queermigranten, vrienden, bondgenoten en supporters om te verbinden, adem te halen en samen te dromen. Georganiseerd in samenwerking met Vermeylenfonds, Mammoet (EPO), Qommunity (Queers on the Move), Merhaba vzw en Amal.💥📚✨ Tickets en info via #linkinbio