A GATHERING OF OUR PRIDE 2025 is part of a larger festival, FIND YOUR STORY…WRITING WITH PIRDE which takes place from 10.00 AM - 5.30 PM at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington DC and includes a full day of readings, workshops, and panels from DC's LGBTQ literary community.
FIND YOUR STORY will be a day of workshops, presentations, and author talks focused on DC’s writing community. For World Pride 2025, the event will have a special focus on LGBTQ writers in the DC area. The day will include panel discussions, informal writing workshops, and a dedicated poetry stage.
In addition to the marathon reading hosted by Tribes, here are two other notable events:
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM - RAINBOW ARCHIPELIGOS OF QUEER RESISTANCE DURING THESE COLONIZING TIMES: A QUEER FILIPINO PANEL AND WORKSHOP
https://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/13581012
DC's Liwanag DC Filipino Book Festival organizers and Queer Poets perform poems of the ever evolving struggle to come out as queer, bisexual, non-binary and how their lives are impacted during the current administration. First Floor Stage
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM - A GATHERING OF OUR PRIDE - A MARATHON POETRY READING
https://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/13581949
Regie Cabico, the Fairy Godmother of Spoken Word, and Kim Roberts, the premier literary historian of DC, curate and host fourteen LGBTQ+ poets from the greater DC region as they share poetry of love and resilience. Join us in the afternoon for a book fair featuring small local presses and an open mic. Fifth Floor Poetry Stage
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM - OPEN MIC AND LOCAL PRESS FAIR
https://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/13742336
Celebrate the community of independent presses and publishers in the DC area amplifying the voices of LGBTQ writers with a press fair and open mic featuring their work. Fifth Floor Poetry Stage
All events are free and open to the public.
Please check individual event listings for age levels.