Come and worship as a queer community. All genders and sexual orientations are welcome to experience God's enudring love through song, story, and sacrament. We follow the example of the liberating Gospel of Jesus that seeks to build communities that proclaim social justice for all.
Location: 1300 Oxford Street - the front door of the big stone church
6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
A gentle kiss on the bruised cheek of god
A cardinal of the holy church interrogates a prisoner held accused of sodomy in the eyes of the Inquisition. A vulnerable & abstract chamber piece on kink, sex, power, religion, gender & queerness in the 16th century. A work-in-progress reading of a labour of love.
Juanita Bang Bang, a Latina drag queen, tells and enacts the story of the number 108: the number of males, presumably homosexuals, detained during a murder investigation conducted by the Paraguayan Dictator Alfredo Stroessner in 1959. To this day, this number is used as a way to discredit a person based on their sexual orientation. However, the number has been reclaimed by local LGBTQ+ members from a shameful association to one of pride. "I am 108" focuses on the fusion of extravagance and meaningful narrative.
Content Notice: Mature subject matter, themes of violence and homophobia