Join us for a night of captivating Queer Literary Readings at the Victoria Conference Centre on Saturday, July 4, 2026.
We are thrilled to welcome many great writers and speakers who will be presenting their work for our community audience.
There will be ASL Interpreters at the event!
Event is 7:30 PM till 10:30 PM (Doors at 6:30PM)
Tickets available now!
All tickets are on a Pay What You Can Model. Suggested donation for tickets is $10-40. We encourage folks to purchase their tickets within their means and for folks who are able to donate more, we greatly encourage so that we can continue to showcase and share these events for EVERYONE!
Billy-Ray Belcourt is from the Driftpile Cree Nation in northwest Alberta. He is an Associate Professor in the School of Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of six books; most recently, Coexistence: Stories and The Idea of an Entire Life: Poems.
He's got the gift of gab and you can find him shimmy shoulders on stages all over the island. Know for his Sass, class and all that...heart.
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The Victoria Pride Society acknowledges that it organizes and works on the traditional territories of the Lekwungen Peoples and that the land’s relationships with the Songhees, Esquimalt, and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples have existed since time immemorial. Further to this acknowledgement, the Victoria Pride Society affirms that colonialism and the attitudes and practices that have accompanied it contribute to systemic discrimination and violence against Indigenous Peoples and all marginalized and equity-deserving people. Read more.
