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Dirty Queers: Amelia Abraham and Bryony White In Conversation (18+)

Dirty Weekend

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Dirty Queers Talk

Join writers and cultural critics Amelia Abraham and Bryony White for a timely and uncompromising conversation on queerness and its relationship to dirt and dirtiness. 

Bryony will discuss her forthcoming book Dirty Queers with Amelia as they unpack the lineage and fusion of the term.

Dirty Queers is a raw, lyrical exploration of how art and queerness are shaped by the material realities of life - rent, labour, health, illness and survival. It rejects the notion that sexuality is an innate or stable identity, or that it can be reduced to desire and pleasure, revealing instead how it is forged through history, class and the infrastructures that hold or fail us.

Moving between cultural history, art criticism and memoir, Dirty Queers traces how artists and communities have reclaimed 'dirt' - once a marker shame - as a site of resistance, creativity and care.

Tagged with: Talks & events Dirty Weekend

Age restriction: This event is 18+ (All attendees must bring accepted form of legal ID)
The event may include discussion that contain explicit elements and reference to sexualised imagery or events. This event is strictly 18+.

Duration: 1h30m

 

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Speakers

Amelia Abraham is a journalist and author from London. Her books include Queer Intentions: A (Personal) Journey Through LGBTQ+ Culture and her first edited photography book, Sex, Clubs, Dissent: Visualizing Queer Nightlife will be published in Spring 2026 by MACK Books.

Bryony White is an Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performance at the University of Warwick where her research sits at the intersection of performance studies and art history, focussing on gender and sexuality in performance and visual art. Her non-fiction book, Dirty Queers is forthcoming with Serpent's Tail in 2026.

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