This event is a space for folks building LGBTQ+ community through literature to gather, share best practices, and build power. The first hour will consist of a panel discussion of open mic hosts, writing class instructors, and publication editors serving the LGBTQ+ community, who will discuss how they are working in quarantine and their personal paths. The second hour will be an open forum for folks to share their projects, ask questions, and meet in small group breakout sessions.

The panel will be hosted by West Hollywood City Poet Laureate Brian Sonia-Wallace, in partnership with Poetry LA and the City of West Hollywood, and will result in a calendar and infographic map for LGBTQ+ writers in LA and beyond who want to get involved and aren't sure where to start. Panelists include: Cori Bratby-Rudd, Influx Collective; Ana Bernal, Q Youth Foundation; Hanna Harris, Found Family; Colby Holt, Queer Slam; Cynthia Guardado, Lambda LitFest 

CONTEXT
West Hollywood and Los Angeles at large host many vibrant pockets of LGBTQ+ literary community where writers come to support one another and sharing work. This gathering will support alliance building and mutual aid across groups to elevate and uplift everyone's work and highlight the LGBTQ+ literary scene in our city, as well as building links further afield and serving as a nation-wide model for supportive creative spaces as part of our ecosystem of LGBTQ+ communities. 

This event is free. RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lgbtq-literary-spacemakers-in-quarantine-roundtable-tickets-131966462241