In November 2024 we had our first Queer Minds peer support group! During the session, we collectively came up with our community agreements 🫶
This is one way that our group is by us, for us 💫
You can learn more about Queer Minds and register to join us on our website: selmind.org.uk/QueerMinds (link in bio!)
And thank you, as always, to @odditycraft for the beautiful illustrations 🎨
Discover 10 amazing LGBTQ+ friendly bookshops (mostly) in South East London!
There’s everything from feminist archives and queer event spaces to shelves overflowing with zines and secondhand books 📚
We love all of these special, quirky shops. Let us know if there are more we should visit!
Thank you to the wonderfully talented @odditycraft for these illustrations 🫶
Want even more ways to connect with local queer and trans people? Come along to our many @queermindslondon peer support groups, workshops and events! ✨️
Link in bio for more info!
We were blown away by the screen prints made by @queermindslondon yesterday during a creative community workshop at @gardenmuseumlearning . We spent the session thinking about weeds and how to capture them through botanical prints, inspired by the Lambeth Wilds installation by artist Katie Spragg.
#creativehealth #queerminds #gardenmuseum #gardenmuseumlearning
We loved our last workshop at @gardenmuseum making nature notebooks! It was so fun to experiment with plant rubbings, hand stitched binding and collaging 🐛
Join us for another workshop with @gardenmuseumlearning next Thursday, 14 May where we'll be making botanical screen prints 🌿
There are limited spots, so sign up at the link in our bio! 🌻
Our next trans drop-in is happening on Wednesday! 🏳️⚧️
This is a welcoming space by and for trans, non-binary and genderqueer people. We will have hot food, board games, resources and a supportive peer-led discussion on a topic chosen by our group members 🎲🍛💬
Feel free to join for the whole time, or pop by as and when it suits you. No need to sign up in advance, just show up! ✨
See the second link in our bio for more details 🌳
We're back at the @gardenmuseum on Thursday 14 May from 2-4pm for a Botanical Screen Printing workshop!
Be inspired by the botanical prints in their Seeds of Exchange exhibition and create your own botanical screen print using handmade paper stencils and plants 🌼
Play with colour and space to create a colourful print that can be treasured as an artwork or used for a poster/notebook 🎨
Register at the link in our bio 🫶
We're excited to share that we've partnered with @psychosynthesis_trust to offer a free 10-week programme called the Exploring Anxiety Through Nature Programme! 🐝
A small group of us will meet at @surreydocksfarm every Thursday, 4-6pm, from June 11th through August 13th to connect with nature and share experiences and resources, so we can live more freely with anxiety 🦋
You can learn more and apply to take part in the programme by completing a short form (link in bio!)
Applications will close once the programme is full, so we recommend applying as soon as you can 🌿
(Thank you to @odditycraft for the illustration!)
Peer Support Reminder!
Our next peer support group is on Tuesday, 28 April from 6:30-8:30pm in Lambeth ✨️
This month, we're going to be talking about relationships, including patterns and behaviours that show up in our relationships and exploring boundaries. We mean relationships expansively, so this could be with family, friends, partners or anyone else you want to share about 🫶
Interested in joining us? Sign up on our Queer Minds webpage, link in bio 🔗
(Thanks to @odditycraft for the illustration 💙)
We had the best time at our 'cook and eat' workshop at the @gardenmuseum last week! @cerijoneschef always teaches us plant-based recipes that are delicious and easy to make at home 🧑🍳
This time, we made a radish and herb salad, spring onion and cheese soda bread, spicy cauliflower and chickpea stew and tiramisu 🥘🍴
Want to come to other Queer Minds workshops like this one? Sign up to our peer support programme through our website, or you can find our public workshops on Outsavvy (link in bio!) 🫶
Join us on Monday, 27 April from 2-4pm for a Nature Notebooks workshop at the @gardenmuseum !
Learn to make your own experimental nature journals, with a simple hand stitched binding and filled with plant rubbings, natural materials and collage to document the plants in your neighbourhood 🪡🌿
Register at the link in our bio 🫶
We had the best time playing dress up and taking self-portraits yesterday!
Big thanks to @emmabfox for facilitating such a fun workshop for us 🤍 🎞️
Looking forward to more collaborations with @block336 ✨️
We're so happy to be collaborating with @nazprojectlondon for Front to Black (F2B), a literature club celebrating the depth and breadth of Black stories 📚️
In this special edition workshop, Letters Without Words, we invite you to use any scraps, materials, mementos and photos to visually explore how the stories you've been told have shaped your queer identity as well as which stories are still unfolding ✂️
The workshop will be inspired by the book Don't Cry For Me by Daniel Black.
But no pressure, no quizzes - this isn’t an English lit exam! You don’t need to finish the book (spoilers welcome). Whether you come to listen, share, or reflect, there’s space for you 🫶
See you on Wednesday 22 April from 6-8pm at @thefeministlibrary (SE15 6JL). Register at the link in our bio!
