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Queer folks read their REAL teenage diaries live on stage 🌈📖 Get involved: Linktr.ee/hasbianqueerdiary www.queerdiary.org.uk

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Queer Diary / Hasbian @queerdiary.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Margate next week! Counting down til I can be by the beach again 🌈🌊🍦
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TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Every penny donated helps us work toward a world where our organisation no longer needs to exist. It takes two minutes to set up a monthly donation, or make a one-off contribution, to help us continue the fight for trans rights today. tinyurl.com/DonateTransA... #Trans #Transgender #Nonbinary
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Queer Diary / Hasbian @queerdiary.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Queer Diary is the night where LGBTQIA+ folks share REAL teenage diaries on stage 👀 Get involved by signing up to read, or grab a PWYC ticket 🌈📖 📍Brighton 25 Jun www.outsavvy.com/event/36048/... 📍Margate 16 Jul www.outsavvy.com/event/36706/... 📍EdFringe 6-30 Aug www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
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Queer Diary / Hasbian @queerdiary.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Queer Diary is the night where LGBTQIA+ folks share REAL teenage diaries on stage 👀 Get involved by signing up to read, or grab a PWYC ticket 🌈📖 📍Brighton 25 Jun www.outsavvy.com/event/36048/... 📍Margate 16 Jul www.outsavvy.com/event/36706/... 📍EdFringe 6-30 Aug www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
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TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
The UK Government’s new Code of Practice offers cruelty, not clarity. Despite promises and spin to the contrary, this is a bathroom ban and a huge rollback for human rights in the UK. Read now: transactual.org.uk/blog/2026/05...
The UK Government’s new Code of Practice offers cruelty, not clarity. Despite promises and spin to the contrary, this is a bathroom ban and a huge rollback for human rights in the UK.
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 23/05/2026
After his partner died of AIDS-related complications, David Bohnett used the insurance payout to launch GeoCities - this became one of the internet’s earliest queer communities
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Geocities: a cautionary tale of how Trans+ history can be deleted with one click
Geocities, a gay owned start up, was one of the first to give people tools to make their own web pages - when Yahoo deleted it, queer and Trans+ archives were lost
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A Mere Solicitor @ameresolicitor.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
EHRC Code: 1. The point of the Equality Act was to prevent discrimination. So if you were discriminated against, you had (in most cases) a route to make a complaint, the law to back you up and a route to make inequality expensive enough that most companies complied (to some extent).
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Queer Diary / Hasbian @queerdiary.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Queer Diary Summer 🌈📖 This Weds: Hasbian + Queer Diary, Manchester watersidearts.org/events/hasbian London Zine-making: www.outsavvy.com/event/16926/... QD SCHOOL DISCO returns, Brighton, Thu 25 Jun: www.outsavvy.com/event/36048/... Edinburgh Fringe: www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
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Rachael House @rachaelhouse.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Good morning. Drawing for International Women’s Day 2026.
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 08/03/2026
#OtD 8 Mar 1917 defying union leaderships, women workers and housewives took the streets of St Petersburg against high prices and hunger. They were joined the next day by 200,000 workers, sparking the February Revolution stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1082...
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Hongwei Bao (he/him) @queercomrades.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Queer zines often feature queer manifestos. What do Chinese queer manifestos look like? Read this translated and edited essay from the latest issue of @madeinchinajournal.com. Thanks also to the support of the Leiden Chinese Queer Collection. madeinchinajournal.com/2026/02/23/q...
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Queer Manifestos: Editorials from Chinese Queer Zines | Made in China Journal
Since the late 1990s, even amid continuing media censorship and sporadic government crackdowns on LGBTQIA+ activism, there has been a boom in queer groups, organisations, and events in urban China. Se...
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Colette Townend @colettet.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Brixton Library's LGBTQ+ zine fair is on this Saturday! Details on the LGBTQ+ History Month website lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/events/brixt...
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Brixton Library LGBTQ+ Zine Fair - LGBT+ History Month
A day of fanzines, perzines, self publishing and arts from LGBTQIA+ zinesters, distros, publishers and artists. Over 20 stalls over two floors and tables of communal zines too. An annual event. Free e...
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African Rainbow Family @africanrainbowfam.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
LGBTIQ+ history isn’t just the past—it’s happening right now in our lives across the UK. 🏳️‍🌈✊🏾 Today, we share a memory representing a unique journey & why it matters. Our history is being written today, by us. ✍🏾 #LGBTIQHistoryMonth #AfricanRainbowFamily #LivingHistory
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Saba (she/her) @sabacelebritypa.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
As Interim Chair of Ban Conversion Practices Coalition I’m concerned a parenting book promoting “desistance” appears in 58 UK libraries. This is not evidence-based care; it draws from harmful conversion practices. Young people deserve dignity and support, not shame. We need a fully inclusive ban now
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 07/02/2026
This might sound like hyperbole. It is not. They took a decision they were warned would cause trans kids to die. Trans kids died. They covered that up and attacked those trying to expose their cover up. They deserve to go to prison and nobody will ever be held accountable. It is the UK way.
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 08/02/2026
‘Has the bisexual “trend” started to reverse?’ – no, any decrease just reflects how much harder it is becoming to be out as bisexual
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Biphobia is sending our community back into the closet — here’s what we can do
‘Has the bisexual “trend” started to reverse?’ – no, any decrease just reflects how much harder it is becoming to be out as bisexual
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Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard @lgbtswitchboard.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
The festive season isn’t joyful for everyone. If this time of year brings stress, loneliness, grief, or anxiety, you’re not alone. Our partners UOK can help you find mental health support that feels right. www.uok.org.uk/services/
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 25/12/2025
The holidays are hard when you're estranged from your family, but it gets easier, and you are not alone. From @sandyernestallen.bsky.social some counter programming for trans people who may be struggling today. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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Surviving the Holidays as an Estranged Person — Assigned
You may struggle over the holidays if you’re estranged from your family, but you are not alone.
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Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
The eight Palestine Action hunger strikers have now been held without trial for months, and three have been hospitalised. Here's a toolkit with 11 proposed actions you can take to support them.
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Toolkit for UK Hunger Strikers
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BASH BACK @bashback.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
🚨URGENT CALLOUT FOR SUPPORT AT HMP BRONZEFIELD🚨 Qesser Zuhra, who has been on hunger strike for 45 days, is in urgent need of hospital treatment Despite this, calls for an ambulance have been denied by prison staff. MOBILISE OUTSIDE HMP BRONZEFIELD IN ASHFORD, SURREY, ASAP TO DEMAND AN AMBULANCE
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Libby from Biscuit @thisisbiscuit.org.uk · 16/12/2025
... and the terfs are screaming and bellowing about absolutely none of these things.
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Five key moments in the assault on the rights of women and girls in 2025
Since Trump’s second term began in January, global healthcare, especially for sexual and reproductive health, has been under constant attack
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The Love Tank CIC @thelovetankcic.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Our recent research shows queer people want more accessible harm reduction information about club drugs. This new work in partnership with Antidote at @londonfriend.bsky.social is a step towards implementing the findings of our community-based research. www.thelovetank.info/news/sdc4all
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New harm reduction materials for queer clubbers launched — The Love Tank CIC
New harm reduction information on five of the most commonly used club drugs has been launched in a partnership between The Love Tank and Antidote at London Friend .
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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
A reminder: migrants do not have to be “grateful” or “successful” to be able to live safely. We are entitled to freedom regardless of whether other people like us.
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Libby from Biscuit @thisisbiscuit.org.uk · 16/12/2025
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Gen Z women are more likely to identify as bisexual, but still embrace lesbian label: study
Around 45 percent of Gen Z women ages 20 to 29 use the bisexual label, compared to 42.2 percent who use lesbian.
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TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Are you a transgender uni student currently studying in the UK? Take part in this survey forming part of the research looking at how the Supreme Court ruling might influence the experiences of transgender people studying in Higher Education. Email Samantha directly: S23006415@mail.glyndwr.ac.uk
A poster with pale pink background and a drawing of three people embracing surrounded by the trans flag. There is writing in blue promoting a survey that says "Take part in a 20 minute questionnaire exploring, How might the Supreme Court ruling influence the experiences of transgender people studying in higher education (HE). We want to hear from you if you are a transgender student; You are currently studying at a UK university; You are over 18; You are based in the UK; You have heard about the Supreme Court ruling; You are not currently seeking therapy. We especially want to hear from trans Black people and trans people of colour who are currently at university. Got a question? Email Samantha directly: S23006415@mail.glyndwr.ac.uk".
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 29/11/2025
The Doctor is right and correct
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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
“As scholarship continues to evolve, queerness must be acknowledged as an essential contributor to Palestinian liberation, complementing other political strategies.” Queer Palestinians continue to challenge genocidal politics and advocate for freedom. 🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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Queerness, Genocide, and International Law - A Look at Palestine - ECPS
In the colossal scope of the annihilation of Palestinians since October 7, queerness is not a mere addendum when positioned in the scholarship and legality of
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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Over two decades ago, a Labour government repealed “Section 28” which aimed to prevent positive discussions about homosexuality and gay lives in schools. Now a Labour government pursues transphobia and erases trans and non-binary lives. Today’s political transphobia is basically recycled homophobia.
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Queer Diary / Hasbian @queerdiary.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
This week we're in Newcastle! ✂️ Zine-making on Weds 💘 Hasbian performance on Thu Both at alphabetti theatre with PWYC tix available See u there 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
A split page, advertising 2 Queer Diary events at alphabetti theatre. On top: zine-making 22nd oct make your own mini-zine from real old teen magazines (with a doodle of scissors and the covers of kerrang featuring Skin, mizz featuring Beyoncé, smash hits featuring George Michael and nme featuring green day. Below, hasbian show "a unique insight into growing up queer in the 90s" (5 stars, a young-ish perspective), featuring a picture of Beth opening a blue book and looking mock-shocked at the contents. Stickers surrounding beth show doc marten boots, cheap vodka, a brighton bus, lindsay lohan and Ashton Kutcher in hearts, and pop duo tatu looking on.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 21/10/2025
The EHRC has removed its interim guidance on the Supreme Court ruling on gender But this guidance is what Virgin Active gyms and other organisations used to ban trans people from their toilets and changing rooms... so what now? t.co/pnAgMzmVbr
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https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/our-work/uk-supreme-court-ruling-meaning-sex-equality-act-our-work
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 17/10/2025
Gender Clinic Files: Two-thirds of adults waiting for transgender healthcare in UK are under 25 👇 www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clinic-…
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Majority of adults waiting for Trans+ healthcare are under 25
Two-thirds of Trans+ people would lose care if all Cass Review recommendations implemented
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 01/10/2025
At a time of unprecedented awareness of the Trans+ community, we have never been more misunderstood www.wearequeeraf.com/visibility-is-…
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Visibility is nothing if we don't translate it into understanding. Let’s reclaim it
At a time of unprecedented awareness of the Trans+ community, we have never been more misunderstood
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Queer Diary / Hasbian @queerdiary.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Oct 1 QD, Newcastle Bring ur old diary, poetry, fanfic, tumblr post- whatever you wrote when as a teen 🌈📖 Oct 3 Hasbian, Durham Queer coming-of-age comedy with REAL teenage diaries & a soundtrack of y2k pop classics & indie angst anthems 💘 Oct 22-23, Newcastle zine-making & a Hasbian show 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
Queer Diary event dates in the North East, listed in a typewriter font: Weds Oct 1 Queer Diary open mic diary-reading night Alphabetti Newcastle, Fri Oct 3 Hasbian performance Durham, Weds 22 Zine-making workshop at Alphabetti, Thu 23 Hasbian at Alphabetti. Around the dates, doodles of scissors, glue, a diary and a microphone. At the top the title Queer Diary in pink handwriting with a heart over the i. At the bottom, the qd logo (a rainbow bursting from an open book) and the quote "a place to look back on our formative years with laughter and kindness"
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Libby from Biscuit @thisisbiscuit.org.uk · 27/09/2025
It's still bi+ month; help a gal out and get yourself an affirming treat. We're trying to recover the costs of the bi+ community fair (if we don't break even its unlikely we'll be able to do it again). thisisbiscuit.org.uk/shop/perfect...
A recycled acrylic pin in the form of a name badge reading 'hello im... still bisexual'A large black button badge with a gold star in the centre, surrounded by the words 'gold star bisexual'Three trans flag button badges in small, medium and largeA vinyl sticker depicting three m&ms in pink, purple and blue
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Queer Diary / Hasbian @queerdiary.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Tour starts next week 🤯
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Switchboard - LGBTQIA+ Support Line @switchboard.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
This week (Tuesday 16th September - Tuesday 23rd September) is all about raising awareness of bisexuality; a sexuality that is often erased or misunderstood, but is no doubt a valid and sacred part of the LGBTQIA+ community.
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Eurovision monitor. Blue = not taking part if Israel does
Ireland, Netherlands, Spain, Slovenia
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 11/09/2025
Polari Prize saga shows us how the Overton window on Trans+ rights has shifted 👇 www.wearequeeraf.com/polari-prize-s…
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Polari Prize saga shows us how the Overton window on Trans+ rights has shifted
The Overton window on what is acceptable to say has shifted dramatically in recent years, especially when it pertains to Trans+ rights
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Xtra @xtramagazine.com · 11/09/2025
"Any connection they can draw between us and this act of violence will be used to strip more of our rights, or threaten us more in our homes, our schools and our communities," writes @melwoods.me, on how trans people have been roped into the narrative around Charlie Kirk's death
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Trans people didn’t ask to get pulled into any of this | Xtra Magazine
Charlie Kirk’s murder is the latest event in which trans people have suddenly, inexplicably, become main characters
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william 🐝 @william.noiseistherapy.co.uk · 11/09/2025
at @queerdiary.bsky.social oxford. absolutely captivating and so so much fun - thank you to every queer who kept a diary and has the bravery and humility to share the entries. punchlines after punchlines from daily existence - hugely recommend
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Queer Diary / Hasbian @queerdiary.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Still a few tix for Queer Diary in Oxford this eve! Readings start from 7:30 & it's Pay What You Can 🎟
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Queer Diary / Hasbian @queerdiary.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Love this poster collage @captainafab.bsky.social made in one of our sessions 😍 ✨️🚫👮‍♂️🚫✨️
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Queer Diary / Hasbian @queerdiary.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
This week we're in OXFORD 📍 Zine-making on Sept 7th, Queer Diary readings on the 11th at the Old Fire Station! Come & join us 🌈📖 linktr.ee/hasbianqueer...
A collage of torn pink and blue paper with text in handwriting and typewriter-style font, alongside a photo of me (a white person with half-up long dark hair smiling into a mic holding a clipboard), and some magazines (green day on nme, George Michael on Smash Hits, Beyoncé in mizz, and Skin on keyring), with doodles of pritt stick, scissors, and a microphone. Plus the queer diary logo (a rainbow bursting from an open book). It says: Queer Diary, old fire station oxford, open mic, sign up to read your real teenage diary, old poetry, or fanfic Thu 11 sept, readings from 7:30. Zine-making: make your own mini-zine from real old teen magazines, sun 7 Sept, 2-4pm.
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Quarter to Worm 🏳️‍⚧️ @captainafab.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
I made a poster in response to some (now resolved) recent bullshit in my local park’s WhatsApp group in @queerdiary.bsky.social’s zine making workshop;
A collage poster on white A4 paper: a picture of a cop cut out of a comic with a red cross stuck over his face. Around him are cut-out letters from newspapers and magazines spelling out “kill the cop in your head.” This takes up the top two thirds of the left-hand side and is surrounded by gemstone stickers in various colours. The rest of the poster has words and phrases cut from magazines and newspapers, such as “value,” “home,” “involved,” “you,” “us,” “hi,” “join,” “welcoming you,” “alternative,” “trust,” “if you dream of,” “stay,” and “choice.”
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Beth Watson @bethwhatcanido.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Going on tour! We're making this happen on an absolute shoestring, doing all my own marketing, with no PR etc, so if u have links to any of these areas, pls help me spread the word 🙏🏻
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Queer Diary / Hasbian @queerdiary.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
HASBIAN on tour 📣 Hasbian (noun) - A former lesbian - A comedy about growing up queer in Brighton during Section 28 Beth’s REAL teenage diary is brought to life in vivid hilarity with animated projections inspired by teen magazines, set to a soundtrack of y2k pop classics & indie angst anthems 💘
A promo photo of Beth against a pink backdrop, opening a blue notebook, with a scandalised expression - one eyebrow raised, mouth open in shocked amusement. Beth is a white person with dark hair in a high ponytail, wearing pink dungarees & a lilac tie-dye t-shirt. Above Beth, the title says “Hasbian” in a bold yellow font that recalls teen movies: Mean Girls, Clueless, etc. 
Surrounding Beth's head are cut-out photos including a Brighton bus, a bottle of cheap vodka, red Doc Marten boots, young Lindsay Lohan & Ashton Kutcher in heart-shaped frames, the back of 00s pop duo Tatu holding hands in school uniform. 
Snippets from reviews appear on cut-out strips, above and below Beth, and the dates are listed on a torn blue strip of paper, in a typewriter-style.

Text reads: 
Hasbian
“A unique insight into growing up queer in the 90s” ★★★★★ - A Young(ish) Perspective
"An incredibly funny, charismatic performer" ★★★★ - West End With Me

Worcester 27 Sept Worcester Theatres
Durham 3 Oct Gala Theatre 
Oxford 10 Oct The Old Fire Station 
Norwich 12 Oct Norwich Theatre
Basingstoke 16 Oct Proteus Theatre 
Exeter 18 Oct Exeter Phoenix 
Newcastle 23 Oct Alphabetti Theatre 
Salford 19 Nov New Adelphi Theatre
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Queer Diary / Hasbian @queerdiary.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
See u TONIGHT Basingstoke!
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Queer Diary / Hasbian @queerdiary.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Still some tix left for this on Fridayyyy
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Queer Diary / Hasbian @queerdiary.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
This Friday at Proteus Creation Space in Basingstoke: LGBTQIA+ folks read REAL teenage diaries, angsty poetry & thirsty fanfic live on stage 🌈📖 Tix are PWYC or FREE if you sign up in advance as a reader 👀 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/queer-diar...
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Queer Diary
The night where LGBTQIA+ folks read REAL teenage diaries. Expect angsty poetry, thirsty fanfic, old tumblr posts + a throwback playlist
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Queer Diary / Hasbian @queerdiary.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Brighton! Queer Diary is back tomorrowwwww Still time for last min sign-ups to share something from yr coming-of-age era on out mic 👀 www.queerdiary.org.uk/take-part
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Queer Diary - Take Part
Take Part
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