​Panel Discussions

🗓 Sunday 12 October 2025
📍 The Glad Café, Glasgow
🎟 £5 for the afternoon of talks – no one turned away for lack of funds
📸 Photography/videography may take place (opt-out available)

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Join us at The Glad Café for two live panel conversations exploring care, resistance, visibility and survival in grassroots arts communities. Both events centre the voices and experiences of women, trans and gender-diverse artists working at the forefront of Glasgow’s creative scene. We welcome all attendees to engage with care and respect for the space and those within it.

If the ticket price is a barrier, please email catherine@floscollective.com — no one will be turned away for lack of funds.

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NEW EVENT SCHEDULE

12:00 - Doors open 

12:30 - Welcome and Event Overview 

12:45 - 13:30 - Panel: Accessibility & Representation of/in Queer Spaces

13:30-14:00 - BREAK

14:00-14:45 - Panel: Grassroots organising & what it takes 

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🌈 Panel 1 — Representation of/in Queer Spaces

🕐 12:45 - 13:30pm
A conversation about access, identity, and representation in queer spaces — where they succeed, where they fall short, and what inclusive futures could look like.

Speakers:
• Phoebe IH
• Frankie
• Ruby Zajac - FLAPS (Fanny Riot)

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​​🌱 Panel 2 — Grassroots Organising & What It Takes

🕒 2:00–2:45pm
An honest discussion about what it means to build from the ground up: sustainability, collaboration, burnout, and creative agency in grassroots organising.

Speakers:
• Sarra Wild
• Mele Broomes
• Dill (Ponyboy)

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