Sexquisite Events are an award winning performing arts company platforming the hottest sex worker artists, creating fierce, political and multi-disciplinary work.
Join us as we return to our queer house Bethnal Green Working Mens Club for the second month within our 3 month residency. With the future of the club precarious, and tomorrow not promised, lets make the most of this iconic space whilst we still have the chance.
We’re SO excited to be screening “Trans Heaven, Pennsylvania” to open the show from 830pm - 9pm before the show starts. The short film shares the same universal fight to keep queer spaces alive, and mirrors the threat currently facing BGWMC. In the 1970s and 1980s, the small Pennsylvania town of New Hope was among a few safe havens outside of major cities for gay men to find community. Over 30 years later, the town’s legacy remained, but now for a different community: transgender women.
Trans Heaven, Pennsylvania explores the untold story of legendary, weekend-long parties that saw hundreds of transgender women and self-identified crossdressers take over the town, traveling from all over the country to meet other people like them. Through both interviews and stunning animation sequences that utilise never-before-seen archival photography, audiences not only get a glimpse into the heyday of these events in the early 2010s but also the iconic gay bar The Raven which became the unlikely cornerstone of these weekends.
Festival screenings include: World Premiere: Frameline: San Francisco LGBTQ+ Film Festival | International Premiere: Melbourne Queer Film Festival | European Premiere: BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Festival | East Coast Premiere: OutSouth | Best Short Documentary Winner: ReelQ: Pittsburgh LGBTQ+ Film Festival | Best Short Documentary Finalist: Appalachian Queer Film Festival | Best Pennylvania Film Nominee: West Chester Film Festival | Official Selection: Newfest, DocuWest Documentary Film Festival, Reeling: Chicago LGBTQ+ Film Festival, Out On Film: Atlanta LGBTQ+ Film Festival, Cinema Divers: Palm Springs LGBTQ+ Film Festival, Cinema Columbus, OutReels Cincinnati, ImageOut: Rochester LGBTQ+ Film Festival, Twisted Arts Film Festival, Tag! Queer Shorts Film Festival, Black Bear Film Festival, Big Water Film Festival, Fabulous Independent Film Festival, Southside Film Festival
By supporting Sexquisite you are enabling us to create paid creative opportunities for those who work in the sex industry. Alongside this you are supporting us in our mission to destigmatise sex work through performance.