{"id":74132,"date":"2022-03-17T15:29:36","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T15:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=74132"},"modified":"2022-05-04T12:31:57","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T11:31:57","slug":"cardiffs-first-ever-queer-fringe-festival-will-platform-lgbtq-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/cardiffs-first-ever-queer-fringe-festival-will-platform-lgbtq-artists","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff\u2019s first ever Queer Fringe Festival will platform budding LGBTQ+ artists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The festival, set to arrive this&nbsp;summer, aims to create a space&nbsp;that promotes diversity and inclusion&nbsp;across the city.&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"528\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/Roohi-queer-lead.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/Roohi-queer-lead.jpg 940w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/Roohi-queer-lead-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/Roohi-queer-lead-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/Roohi-queer-lead-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/Roohi-queer-lead.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/Roohi-queer-lead.jpg 940w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/Roohi-queer-lead-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/Roohi-queer-lead-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/Roohi-queer-lead-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>The festival will witness plenty of drag and live music.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As he puts on his outfit that transforms him into the entrancing Esther Parade, Luke, believes that there could be a special place for Esther at Cardiff\u2019s first ever Queer Fringe festival. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This is an opportunity to recognise queer art rather than art that just happens to be queer. That means that they\u2019ve got an opportunity to unapologetically showcase their queerness through their artistic talents which is always only ever a good thing,\u201d said Luke Hereford, a gender-queer theatre artist who is helping make the Queer Fringe Festival come to life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What will be a month-long gala of festivities, the Queer Fringe festival will begin from the 2nd&nbsp;of June, where queer artists will gather across 40 venues in the city to celebrate what queer pride means to them, through performances of drag, music, and dance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"529\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/Luke-hereford.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/Luke-hereford.jpg 940w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/Luke-hereford-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/Luke-hereford-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/Luke-hereford-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"529\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/Luke-hereford.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/Luke-hereford.jpg 940w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/Luke-hereford-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/Luke-hereford-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/Luke-hereford-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Theatre artist Luke says that the festival is about redefining what a queer space is.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The festival, which is being organised by Yan White, the owner of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thequeeremporium\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Queer Emporium<\/a>, will follow a set of guidelines that puts diversity at its forefront, for which <a href=\"https:\/\/transaid.cymru\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trans Aid Cymru<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/glittercymru.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Glitter Cymru<\/a> have been consulted.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These guidelines aim to ensure representation across gender minorities and for people of the global majority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe guidelines, hopefully, will become a really good reference point, so then people can take that and use it in other festivals. So then, if they\u2019re following those guidelines, that means that then it\u2019s going to encourage them to create more diversity naturally,\u201d says Yan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Luke, The Queer Emporium is not about ticking a diversity box. \u201cI think it means that it&#8217;s going to be a really important thing in terms of diversity within the arts but also diversity within the queer world which I think is something that we struggle with,\u201d says Luke, who performs most of his gigs at The Queer Emporium.&nbsp;\u201cI think it&#8217;s going to be a game-changer really.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yan says that instead of spending money on advertising for pride month, he decided to help the queer community in Cardiff at a grassroots level, which is what led to his decision to organise the festival.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"529\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/Yan-white-final.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/Yan-white-final.jpg 940w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/Yan-white-final-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/Yan-white-final-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/Yan-white-final-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"529\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/Yan-white-final.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/Yan-white-final.jpg 940w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/Yan-white-final-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/Yan-white-final-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/Yan-white-final-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Yan White hopes to see new artists platformed at the festival.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Queer Fringe Festival aims to get creative people who are part of the LGBTQ+ community, paid. &#8220;It\u2019s a catalyst in an environment to get as many LGBTQ+ artists platformed and paid as we possibly can,\u201d says Yan, who is relying on money from tickets and donations to fund the artists, as the festival is self-funded. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is a queer economy here in Cardiff, and the hope is to keep growing that, just kind of accelerate that through June. There\u2019re loads of artists who get to be platformed for the first time, hopefully then they\u2019ll get more gigs in the future.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is a real-life crisis that\u2019s happening with energy and rents going up. So, hopefully this also just means that more queer people can survive and thrive in Cardiff,\u201d says Yan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yan believes that the festival will create a better network of spaces for queer people. He says, \u201cI think it is going to be an opportunity for the queer community in Cardiff to show things which haven\u2019t been seen before.\u201d &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"529\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/Welsh-Ballroom-Communityfinal.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/Welsh-Ballroom-Communityfinal.jpg 940w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/Welsh-Ballroom-Communityfinal-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/Welsh-Ballroom-Communityfinal-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/Welsh-Ballroom-Communityfinal-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"529\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/Welsh-Ballroom-Communityfinal.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/Welsh-Ballroom-Communityfinal.jpg 940w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/Welsh-Ballroom-Communityfinal-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/Welsh-Ballroom-Communityfinal-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/Welsh-Ballroom-Communityfinal-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>The Queer Gala was hosted by The Queer Emporium in Cardiff City Centre.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Luke feels like there aren\u2019t many safe spaces for the queer community in Cardiff that are not night-life oriented, as there is a sober community within the queer community that exists, which is what he&nbsp;believes that The Queer Emporium is doing for the community by being open during the day. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think starting to move away from the association that queer people only exist at nighttime because they don\u2019t, and even the Fringe Festival is part of that, because it\u2019s kind of saying, we are utilising a number of different spaces that maybe, don\u2019t have an association with queerness normally. So, with venues that aren&#8217;t normally night-time venues, we might have events during the day, so it\u2019s kind of already starting to open those channels up,\u201d says Luke.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luke says that there is discrimination within the community for identifying as genderqueer. 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