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May 22 - June 30
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50+ VIEWING HOURS
170+ Films from 25+ Countries
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FREE VIRTUAL EVENT
9 DAYS
Sunday, June 1 - Monday, June 9
Virtual Events + Meeting Spaces
CONNECT WITH OTHERS AROUND THE WORLD
Film Screenings . Music . Performances
Galleries . Roundtables . Presentations
Hosted by the Charter for Compassion

Join our first Global Gatherings
This is the first in a series of LIVE Global Events & Community Networking programs in collaboration with the Charter for Compassion.
CONNECT: Meet New Friends, Make New Alliances, New Collaborations
WATCH PARTIES: Film, Music, Special Events
LIVE STAGE PERFORMANCES: Music, Poetry, Performance Artists
GALLERIES & WORKSHOPS: Galleries, Empowering Workshops
CONNECT WITH OTHERS AROUND THE WORLD

The Global Gatherings series of virtual events aims to serve as a vibrant platform for sharing missions, insights, and actionable ideas to foster a more compassionate and equitable world.
Participants will engage in online sessions, presentations, performances, panel discussions, exhibitions and community networking to inspire, educate, and galvanize meaningful impact.

A CALL TO ACTION
The Global Gatherings is a collective call to action, inviting filmmakers, musicians, artists, activists, advocates, thought leaders, change-makers, and community members to contribute their voices, expertise, and passions toward a shared vision of empowerment for the LGBTQIA+ community.
At the heart of the Global Gatherings lie the core principles of the Charter for Compassion: empathy, justice, equality, and interconnectedness
Artists + Advocates + Human Rights Defenders

Angel Maxine
GERMANY + GHANA / Musician + Activist

Regina Sayles
USA / Musician

Sarah Shively
USA / Filmmaker "Darcelle"

Ayodeji Otuyelu
NIGERIA / Poet + Filmmaker + Podcaster

Hendrika Mayora Kelan
INDONESIA / Indonesia's first transgender public official

Ariana Mutoni Klaus
UGANDA / Rainbow Riots Dancer + Storyteller

Omary Baajun
TANZANIA / Poet + Writer + Ambassador for Peace & Human Rights

Joey Medina
USA / Filmmaker "Arthur Ave."

Parker Parent
USA / Filmmaker "Freight"

Atakan Yilmaz
TURKEY / Filmmaker "Hi Mom, It's Me, Lou Lou"

Hillary Shiimi
NAMIBIA / Filmmaker "Uno & Hatago"

Roni Skaly
USA / Musician "Redundant"

Jackson Brink
USA / Filmmaker

Anwesh Sahoo
INDIA / Artist + Creator

Meera Joshi
NEW ZEALAND / Filmmaker

LØU Sauter
NETHERLANDS / Musician

Mohan Singh Aulakh
INDIA / Filmmaker

Jessica Orcsik
AUSTRALIA / Filmmaker "Sariah"

Iranmehr Salimi
IRAN / Filmmaker "Unnamed"

Nicola Bertoglio
ITALY / Artist + Curator

Hans Senfuma
UGANDA / Poet + Writer + Human Rights Defender

Antoine Elhashem
CANADA / Musician + Festival Founder

Maty Young
USA + Australia / Filmmaker "The Out-Fit

Bennett Singer
USA / Filmmaker "Queer2Queer" + "CURED" + "Brother Outsider"

Patrick Sammon
USA / Filmmaker "Queer2Queer"

Fernie Music
CANADA / Musician

K.C Sarita
NEPAL / Mitini Nepal

Shahanur Islam
BANGLADESH / JusticeMakers

Joshua Coverdale
USA / Filmmaker "Weaving the Pieces Together"

Apondi The Poet
KENYA / Poet Artivist

Tropical Marca
INDIA / India’s first queer rapper + drag artist

Sara Asadi
IRAN / Filmmaker "Brother's Horn"

Majid Asadi
IRAN / Filmmaker "Brother's Horn"

Grace Stone
UGANDA / Musician

Shonena Nathaniel
NAMIBIA / Poet + Writer + Activist

Aedin Mohrmann
NAMIBIA / Poet + Writer + Atlantis

NIkita Vyshinskiy
USA / Filmmaker "Red Hat"

Mike Syers
USA / Filmmaker "There Are Things To Do"

Dominic Mercurio
USA / Filmmaker "He Won't Belong"

Rafal Sokolowski
USA / Filmmaker "River"

Pawel Jemioło
POLAND / Queerowy Maj (Poland Pride)

Joe Lyimo
TANZANIA / Musician + Poet + Founder "Harmony for Health"
Schedule
June 01
07:00PM–08:00PM UTC
Sessions
Screening: USA / SHORT FILM "Red Hat"
USA / A young man finds an ideological escape out of fear, loneliness, and uncertainty, to learn the truth behind what that ideology entails.
07:00PM–07:12PM UTC
Sessions
TURKEY / Screening "Poligala"
Ali is 24 years old and identifies as gay. He becomes romantically involved with a boy from Mardin whom he meets at the age of 23.
07:30PM–07:51PM UTC
Sessions
BRAZIL / Screening "A Bella e Poc"
BRAZIL: Belinho, a queer boy, dreams of being artist like the divas he admires so much. A fatality happens and leads him to his biggest dream.
08:00PM–08:20PM UTC
Sessions
BRAZIL / Screening "MC Jess"
Jessica has to face everyday prejudice. She seeks in art a way of expressing herself and over coming her insecurities.
08:30PM–08:51PM UTC
Sessions
GREECE / Screening "Meow"
Nefeli, a young transgender girl lives with her family in Athens after the death of her father.
09:00PM–09:15PM UTC
Sessions
UK / Screening "Do As I Say"
A middle-aged piano teacher, haunted by her failed career, drowns her sorrow in alcohol.
09:33PM–10:00PM UTC
Sessions
SINGAPORE / Screening "After Noon"
Two teenage boys idle away a seemingly ordinary afternoon, but as events stir up hidden feelings and confusion.
10:00PM–10:30PM UTC
Sessions
Screening: SWITZERLAND / SHORT FILM "Paxmal"
SWITZERLAND / Two gay men set out on a train journey after losing a common friend to a homophobic attack when life slowly catches up with them
June 02
02:00AM–04:00AM UTC
Sessions
Screening: UK / FEATURE DOCUMENTARY "Are You Proud?"
UK / Rare archive footage and interviews across a spectrum of historical campaigns and current activists in the United Kingdom celebrate the LGBTQ+ Pride movement's landmark achievements.
11:00PM–01:01AM UTC
Sessions
USA / BabyGay™ Podcast Presents: Amplifying TGI2+ Voices with Abdullah Hall (Trans Chorus of LA)
USA / BabyGay™ Podcast Presents: Amplifying TGI2+ Voices with Abdullah Hall (Trans Chorus of Los Angeles) exploring the intersection of art, activism, and authentic identity.
June 03
04:00AM–05:00AM UTC
Sessions
Screening: IRAN / SHORT FILM "Adjustment"
IRAN / The nine year-old effeminate boy, Shahrokh, humiliated and pushed away by his family and friends makes up his mind to adjust himself to his new identity and comes out to the people of his village. Having been through a variety of ordeal, Shahrokh, dressed in girl's clothes, shows up in the class before his classmates. The teacher support Shahrokh mentally against people.
11:00AM–12:00PM UTC
Sessions
Screening: GERMANY / SHORT FILM "Translucent"
GERMANY / Translucent tells the perspective of gender-diverse athletes inspired by the real life example of tennis player Renée Richards.
03:00PM–04:31PM UTC
Sessions
UGANDA / Sacred Resistance: Faith, Stories, Liberation
UGANDA / Aggie Dennett Harmon, Uganda's first open trangender pastor, with host Wyatt O'Brien Evans. In this intimate conversation, Wyatt and I will explore the intersections of faith, trans visibility, storytelling, and liberation. We’ll talk about how queer and trans people especially in places like Uganda are reclaiming spirituality as a tool of resistance and healing.
03:00PM–03:13PM UTC
Sessions
Screening: IRAN / SHORT FILM "Unnamed"
IRAN / Unnamed tells the story of Zainab, an Iranian volleyball player who undergoes a gender transition. In the face of opposition from his family and from Iranian society, Zainab must fight for his identity and success in volleyball and beyond in order to live his life in its most authentic form.
Unnamed tells Zainab’s story, but it is a story that resonates with the lives of transgender people globally as they face an increasingly hostile world.
05:00PM–07:30PM UTC
Sessions
IN PRODUCTION: Documentary "The Emerald's Touch"
AUSTRALIA + CANADA / Emerald's Touch is a feature documentary currently in development by a team of 2 queer filmmakers from Sydney, Australia and Toronto, Canada. A lifechanging project opening voices and platform for the voices of queer women in Indonesia.
11:00PM–11:30PM UTC
Sessions
USA / Screening: Short Film "Who I Wasn't"
USA / An open letter to the filmmaker's parents who died without ever knowing they were transgender.
June 04
05:00PM–06:00PM UTC
Sessions
Screening: Short Film "Freight"
USA / An original horror short film showcasing a character being haunted by an unknown source they later realize is gender dysphoria. Rylie has long been ignoring a looming Figure that plagues her, until she finds kinship in Sam, who seems to be going through the same struggles.
11:00PM–12:00AM UTC
Sessions
USA / SHORT FILM "River"
USA / River, a trans woman estranged from her family, returns home to attend her father's funeral.
June 05
01:00AM–01:17AM UTC
Sessions
HUMAN RIGHTS: All Out mobilizing a movement
GERMANY / Matt Beard, Executive Director of All Out shares about he global backlash in politics and funding that is currently hitting the movement.
02:00PM–03:00PM UTC
Sessions
FILM IMPACT: "1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture"
USA / Filmmaker Sharon "Rocky" Roggio shares the impact of her featured documentary and web series.
03:00PM–04:00PM UTC
Sessions
Screening: USA / SHORT FILM "Weaving the Pieces Together"
USA / Brooklyn-based artist Beyoncé Armstrong's first-hand encounter with gentrification in her community, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, NY.
03:00PM–04:00PM UTC
Sessions
ROUNDTABLE: "Short Film Distribution for LGBTQIA+ Filmmakers
FRANCE / Cedric Gonella, CEO of Gonella Productions in France, leads an insightful discussion on global short film production and distribution.
03:00PM–03:04PM UTC
Sessions
Screening: GERMANY / SHORT FILM "Translucent"
GERMANY / Translucent tells the perspective of gender-diverse athletes inspired by the real life example of tennis player Renée Richards.
06:00PM–07:00PM UTC
Sessions
Screening: Short Film "Law's World: Lipstick Bandit"
USA / A sassy pansexual sex blogger prepares for a high-profile house tour, but his plans are derailed by his narcissistic bestie, determined to retrieve something she claims is irreplaceable.
June 06
06:00PM–03:00AM UTC
Sessions
NIGERIA / "Words in My Head" with Ayodeji Otuyelu
NIGERIA / Nigerian Artist Ayodeji Otuyelu presents poetry, short films, podcasts and other creative works.
June 07
04:00PM–05:30PM UTC
Sessions
USA / Poetry: “Scents of Lavender" with D.C. Wilkinson
USA / An interactive session with author D. C. Wilkinson as he shares some of his literary works, including the new book "Scents of Lavender."
06:00PM–07:00PM UTC
Sessions
Screening: USA / SHORT FILM "Arthur Ave."
USA / In a Bronx bar, a clash between traditional Italian-American "wiseguys" and the LGBTQ+ community leads to a confrontation that challenges the characters' preconceptions and the dynamics of power.
07:00PM–07:30PM UTC
Sessions
UK / MUSIC SHORT "Redundant"
UK / Redundant is a queer activism fan funded project raising awareness to abuse done on transgender and non-binary youth through conversion therapy. At the time this project was produced, the gay conversion therapy ban in the UK did not include a ban on conversion therapy done on transgender and non-binary youth, today the ban includes gender as well.
June 08
03:00AM–04:00AM UTC
Sessions
CANADA / MUSIC SHORTS with Antoine Elhashem
Lebanese Canadian, singer/songwriter, talk show host, music festival founder, Toronto, gay, new album 2025, foodie, love dogs, love/kindness
01:00PM–02:00PM UTC
Sessions
TANZANIA / INGOMA "The Spiritual Massage Show"
TANZANIA / A body healing therapy and ritual experience using soft drum, dance, herbs, aroma, sounds, and words to heal.
02:00PM–04:00PM UTC
Sessions
GHANA / Decolonising Queerness: Global South, Global Solidarity
GHANA / In conversation with host Wyatt O’Brian Evans, Ghanaian artist Ato Kwamina Hasford (Oteanankanduro) explores the intersections of queerness, decolonial resistance, and spiritual memory.
Rooted in African knowledge systems and creative practice, this dialogue unpacks the ongoing work of reclaiming queer identity outside Western frameworks — and building bridges between the Global South and diaspora communities around the world.
From art-making to survival, from erasure to affirmation, this conversation invites us to rethink what solidarity and sovereignty truly mean.
03:00PM–03:05PM UTC
Sessions
Screening: GHANA / SHORT FILM "Our Motherland"
GHANA / A lyrical video and visual protest that challenges the violent myth that homosexuality is “unAfrican.” Blending poetry, music, and a bold face, the piece reclaims erased queer histories and speaks directly to the African continent — from a place of truth, pain, and unapologetic pride. Both personal and political, the work is a call to remember, resist, and re-root in the fullness of African identity.
03:30PM–03:41PM UTC
Sessions
Screening: GHANA / SHORT FILM "Yellow My Window"
GHANA / 'Yellow My Window' invites you into the world of an effeminate artist in residency outside his home country who describes himself and his world as yellow: a feeling of stagnation, a call to change. The systems of colonialism that permeated his home, promising bright lights through dark tunnels are the same ones that have rejected him, forced him into cold tents under distant bright lights.
04:00PM–04:09PM UTC
Sessions
Screening: GHANA / SHORT FILM "Mirror With No Face"
GHANA / A sonic ritual against colonial and religious erasure of queer identity across the world. Using layered visual symbolism, spoken word, and evocative imagery, the film unearths the distorted reflections imposed on marginalised bodies and imagines the slow, painful blooming of true selves through the cracks.
05:00PM–05:05PM UTC
Sessions
Screening: GHANA / SHORT FILM "ButtAfly"
GHANA / A visual protest against the policing of masculinity and femininity in African societies. Through dance, shadow, surreal symbolism, and poetic defiance, the film reclaims the beauty of natural queer existence in a world obsessed with rigid, violent binaries.
06:00PM–07:00PM UTC
Sessions
Screening: NAMIBIA / SHORT FILM "Uno and Hatago"
NAMIBIA / A ground-breaking film that portrays the trauma and triumph of a young lesbian couple as they challenge socio-cultural norms and overcome prejudice.
June 09
03:00AM–04:30AM UTC
Sessions
Screening: USA / MUSIC SHORTS: Daring to Love Authentically
Daring to Love Authentically with musician Johnny Schafer and author Gayla Turner
Expo Booths

NETHERLANDS / WorldPride Amsterdam 2026
UNITY 2026: 25 years of same sex marriage

PORTUGAL / EuroPride 2025 Lisboa
Proudly Yourselves!

USA / WorldPride 2025 Washington, DC
The Fabric of Freedom

ALL OUT
A global movement for love & equality through people-powered campaigns.

CANADA / The Q Creative Network
Empowering and Amplifying 2SLGBTQIA+ Voices in the Creative Arts

INDONESIA / "The Emerald's Touch" Documentary
Fundraising & Information Session

USA / Charter for Compassion
Promoting empathy, peace, social justice, environmental sustainability, and intercultural understanding in a world riddled in turmoil.

FRANCE / Gonella Productions
Worldwide LGBTQ+ Film Distribution

USA/ eoFlix
Award-winning films available for free on Android, iOS, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and the web

USA / Film + Web Series Podcast "1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture"
The origins of the anti-gay movement traced to the mistranslation of the Bible in 1946

USA/ Teaching While Queer
Teaching While Queer provides queer folks working in education with a community to feel less alone and unload the burden of identity politics.

TANZANIA / GenDAR Initiative
Tanzania Hub led ed by Baajun Omary, multi-award-winning poet, writer, researcher, curator, and ambassador for peace and human rights.

GERMANY + GHANA / Music: Angel Maxine
Angel Maxine

CANADA / Music: Burry
Burry Captures the Essence of A Queer Awakening in “TV Glow”

AUSTRALIA / Music: Tom Nethersole
Melbourne-based content creator and musician

USA / Music: Regina Sayles
Regina Sayles

CANADA / Music: Fernie
Fernie

USA / Johnny Schaefer Music

Kwetu Publishers
The First Queer-Led Publishing Firm in Tanzania

NIGERIA / Words In My Head
The art of Ayodeji Otuyelu: Poet + Filmmaker + Podcaster

IRAN / Short Film "Amida"

GERMANY / Short Film "Translucent"

Short Film "Freight"
Short film by Parker Parent

TURKEY / Short Film "Hi Mom, It's Me, Lou Lou"

NAMIBIA / Short Film "Uno and Hatago"
A Namibian film that portrays the trauma and triumph of a young lesbian couple.

USA / Short Film"Darcelle: On Life, Love and Dying"
A Touching Tribute to Portland's Beloved Drag Queen, Darcelle XV

IRAN / Short Film "Unnamed"

USA / Music: Roni Skaly

USA / Short Film "River"
River, a 30-year-old trans woman, returns home to attend her father's funeral. Nothing can prepare her for the extraordinary reunion.

USA / Short Film "Never Look Away"
The first mural in Portland, Oregon that is dedicated to the Queer community, demonstrating the power of regular people coming together to build something.

NAMIBIA / Drag & Vogue Beyond Borders
An exciting international artistic collaboration is set to spotlight African drag and ballroom culture on the global stage.

USA / Short Film "Law's World"
Avante Garde Indie Creative Artist building his own hall of ART!
IRAN / Short Film "Brother's Horn"

USA / WYATT! Podcast

BOTSWANA / ARTivist Kat Kai Kol-Kes
Trans ARTivist + Human RIghts Practitioner + Writer + Performer + Educcator

UK / Feature Documentary "Are You Proud?"
100% Rotten Tomatoes: Rare archive footage and interviews across a spectrum of historical campaigns and current activists in the United Kingdom celebrate the LGBTQ+ Pride movement.

Baby Gay
A Los Angeles queer & ally community celebrating the coming out process through storytelling, advocacy & togetherness!

African Queer Youth Initiative (AQYI)
A network of queer youth activists mobilising, supporting and amplifying the voice of LGBTQI+ youth in Africa.

BANGLADESH / JusticMakers
JsticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) Defending Human Rights, Fighting for Social Justice, and Empowering Communities.

KENYA / Hearts & Arts Initative
Creating a positive attitude towards LGBTQIA+ youth in Kenya, helping and empowering unity.

USA / Short Film "Arthur Ave."
This film was created to promote empathy and tolerance.

USA / Short Film "Weaving the Pieces Together"
Brooklyn-based artist Beyoncé Armstrong's first-hand encounter with gentrification in her community

USA / Maturin Pictures Short Films
Student Led Creativity

UGANDA / Shivanah Music

UGANDA / Poet / Activist Hans Senfuma

USA / Short Film "Skin Deep"
A trans-nonbinary teen is haunted by an entity as they struggle to balance the traditional views of their mother with authentic reality.

USA / Short Film Series "Queer2Queer"
Short form series featuring inter-generational conversations between LGBTQIA+ youth and elder activists.

CANADA / Antoine Elhashem (el Hashem) Music
Artist, publisher, media personality, community advocate

USA / Book Series Release: "SHATTERED"
Provocative insight into Gay/SGL men of color, IPV/A, mental illness, childhood sexual abuse, bullying, and contentious father/son dynamics

ICELAND / Samtökin '78
The National Queer Organisation of Iceland

USA / Short Film "He Won't Belong"

UGANDA / Music: Grace Stone + Lived Realities
The music of Uganda's Grace Stone

Iconic LGBTQ The Art of Gay Style Culture, Aesthetics & Kink
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CANADA / Music: JAYMZE
Toronto based Producer/Singer/Songwriter/Musician/Remixer of synths, beats and emotion

LEBANON / Proud Lebanon
Promoting sustainable social & economic development in Lebanon

NAMIBIA / Women's Leadership Centre
Namibian feminist organisation building women’s rights leadership and citizenship among girls and young women.

POLAND / Queerowy Maj (Krakow, Poland Pride)

CZECH / Prague Pride

UK / Book Creator
Enhancing student engagement through story creation and multimedia design

USA / Collide Press
Clint Collide, a gay creator-curator who celebrates Past, Present, and Pride with a motley mix of Men, Merch, Montages, and More.

SOUTH AFRICA / The Travel & Event Company
A unique integration of the travel and event experience!