Queer Open Mic

In a time where queer voices are being suppressed, silenced, or spoken over, showing up is an act of survival. Speaking is an act of resistance. Listening is an act of love.

Queer Open Mic is not just a stage. It is a room where your words will not be twisted, your identity will not be questioned, and your truth will not be turned into a debate. You do not have to perform. You can just exist. You can read a poem you wrote at 2 AM. You can sing a song that kept you alive. You can say three words and walk off. That is enough.

The world is loud right now. But in this room, your voice gets to be the loudest thing.

Come to share. Come to witness. Come because you need to be in a room where no one has to explain why they belong.

The mic is on. The door is open. Your voice matters here. About The Host: Hosted by Deon Demamount, spoken word poet, singer-songwriter, creator, actor, and writer. The only artist in the country to win more than ten National Poetry Slams and the first and youngest poet to serve as a jury member at Cannes (The Brief) representing UNICEF. From UNICEF India to the U.S. Embassy, Kommune’s Spoken Fest, Royal Opera House, Tape A Tale, and IFP World, his work has reached audiences across the country and beyond.