Tools for Queer Joy
What Lab
Vancouver, BC
Tools for Queer Joy
A workshop series by Queer Spirit Circle
What:
Queer Joy is sacred!
A light of inner happiness that escapes definition by its very nature. We deserve to nurture that light! Set aside that time.
Four nights. Four teachers. Four ways to tend your light of Queer Joy.
Attend one night (10$-15$) or all four (30$-45$).
Start with movement practice guided by world-renowned dancer Lee Su-Feh.
Then join us in learning about joy in Indigenous ceremony from Métis two-spirit Elder/Uncle Bonaventure Fabian.
Open your intuition and connection with the divine, guided by Wizard Tien Neo Eamas.
Finally, get to the heart of the matter with comedian, DEI consultant and community organizer Ky Sargeant with their talk on what Joy is, why it matters, and how to find it.
When: Tuesdays @ 7:00PM-8:30PM June 2025
Where: What Lab
1814 Pandora St
June 3rd 2025 Lee Su-Feh
June 10th 2025 Bonaventure Fabian
June 17th 2025 Tien Neo Eamas
June 24th 2025 Ky Sargeant
June 3rd 2025
Touch Me Hold Me Let Me Go with Lee Su-Feh
Touch Me Hold Me Let Me Go is a somatic algorithm for building greater ease in dancing with oneself, with another and with the planet.
Participants can expect to tune into their breath, roll around on the floor (or chairs for those who find floors inaccessible), and explore consent and permission around touch. Attention and care around pain and injury are embedded in the work. Pleasure will be our compass.
Lee Su-Feh (she/they) is a dance artist whose practice sits in the interstices of performance-making, pedagogy, ritual, writing and dialogue facilitation.
They split her time between Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia where they were born and raised; and xmkym, Swxwú7mesh, slilwta Territories, colonially known as Vancouver, Canada, where they make their home. Over the past 35 years, they have created a provocative body of award-winning trans-disciplinary work that interrogates the contemporary body as a site of intersecting and displaced histories and habits.
June 10th 2025- Joy in Indigenous Ceremony Practices with Bonaventure Fabian
Join two-spirit elder/uncle Bonaventure Fabian about Joy in Indigenous Ceremony practices over 33 years.
Two-spirit elder/uncle Bonaventure Fabian (he/they/them) is Red River Métis, living on Squamish,Tsleil-Waututh and Musqueam territories since 1978. Involved in ceremony for over 30 years. Bonaventure believes we are all gifts as we are, wherever we fit on the spectrum. Warm, welcoming, creative and playful, they have a gift for connecting with people of all genders.
June 17th 2025
DEEPENING YOUR INTUITION AND CONNECTION TO SPIRIT, GUIDES, ANCESTORS AND MORE with Tien Neo Eamas
We are all Soul in human body. Queer and 2 spirit folks know this profoundly, as we continue breaking down the ideologies that keep humans from freely loving and expressing our true beings. In this workshop, Tien creates a sacred space to converse about our diverse spiritual practices, how we access spirit, and guide you through foundations to deepen your connection to your source and guides. Develop your psychic senses, your intuition, be open to deeper connections to your ancestors and beyond. Discover how life can be when living deeply connected to the universe, supported, guided and in harmony with eternal consciousness.
Tien Neo Eamas is a Trance Medium, Spiritual Teacher and Wizard.
Singapore born Tien is the first Asian transman to come out in the Gay and Lesbian community 2001. His experiences as a multiply marginalised person led to deep suffering for decades. His journey from being a victim of hatred, violence and isolation to now a joyful wizard, is profoundly inspirational and Tien now teaches access to our souls knowing, in practical, doable, socially responsible ways, with his unique brand of sass and joy.
June 24th 2025
Finding Joy and Staying Alive with Ky Sargeant
In a decade defined by chronic access to information about global suffering, learning to find joy has become more than a cliche platitude but a necessary skill to stay alive. As the targets of anti-queer hate, we put our hearts on the line advocating for ourselves and our community, but our capacity for sustained change lives in inspiring relationships we build each day. First delivered as part of UBC Library's EDI Scholar in Residence Program, this talk explores what joy is, why it matters, and how we find it in an increasingly hopeless world.
Ky Sargeant (she/they) is stand-up comedian who dabbles as an EDI consultant during the day. As a student, they led numerous grassroots inclusion efforts at the UBC, before joining the Dean's office as an EDI lead and eventually starting her own consulting practice. She's supported a range of corporate, public and non-profit organizations, as well as served as the EDI Scholar in Residence at UBC's Main Library in 2024. While she still does consulting work regularly, her main focus is in comedy, where she performs and hosts spaces dedicated to celebrating the trans experience as Kay. |
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What Lab
1814 Pandora
Vancouver, BC V5L 1MV
Canada
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| First: | Tuesday Jun 03, 2025 7:00 PM | | Last: | Tuesday Jun 24, 2025 7:00 PM |
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| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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What lab is wheelchair accessible via Salisbury Dr. Please let us know to expect you so we can let you in as this entrance remains secured. Washroom is equipped with grab bars but is too small to accommodate larger mobility aids.
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