The Ancient Myths... Books of scripture... Oral traditions... Superhero origin stories... Family history... Genetic ancestry tests... These are all attempts to answer the fundamentally human questions "Where did I come from?" and "Where do I fit in the grand scheme of things?"

Creation myths reveal what we understand about the world around us and our place within it. As queers, so many of our creation myths are tied to traditions that have purposefully erased us from our origins. This leaves many queers longing to find their place in The Cosmos... Unswallow the Tongue is an opportunity to fix this, both for yourself and for others in our community.

Here's the gist: Jason Wyman and Scott Sessions, awesome queer artists and activists, are facilitating a 3-hour workshop on Nov. 18th to help LGBTQ+ adults and comrades to queer an origin story or creation myth which is meaningful to the writer. Two weeks later, on Nov. 30th, we'll hold a community event where each writer is invited to read their piece aloud to an audience of loved ones and comrades.

We need spaces where we can dig into the myths, sacred texts, and origin stories that create(d) who we are and remake them in our image. Then, we need ways for us to pass on, transmit, and transmute our queered creation myths to our kin near and far, now and into the future. This is how we ensure our existence.

Tickets available at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/unswallow-the-tongue-a-workshop-to-queer-creation-myths-tickets-734223471167