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Glasgow Zine Fest 2021: Introduction to the Bent Bars Project

Don't miss an introductory talk on The Bent Bars Project, which aims to build solidarity between LGBTQ communities inside and outside prison walls, as part of Glasgow Zine Fest 2021.

Glasgow Zine Fest 2021: Introduction to the Bent Bars Project

About Glasgow Zine Fest 2021: Introduction to the Bent Bars Project

The Bent Bars Project is a letter-writing project for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, gender-variant, intersex, and queer prisoners in Britain. The project was founded in 2009, responding to a clear need to develop stronger connections and build solidarity between LGBTQ communities inside and outside prison walls.

Bent Bars aims to work in solidarity with prisoners by organising pen-pal matches, sharing resources, providing mutual support and drawing public attention to the struggles of queer and trans people behind bars.

In this introductory talk, we’ll give some background to the project, talking about what we do and why we do it. We’ll talk about the importance of letter writing as a form of solidarity, as well as answering some frequently asked questions about writing letters.

You’ll then be invited to sign up as a penpal, and attend a workshop later in the festival where we’ll talk you through writing your first letter.

If you would like to attend the letter writing workshop on April 24, you will need to have attended this talk.

Please note: This event is open to all, but only LGBTQIA+ people can sign up to be pen pals through the Bent Bars Project

Content warning: Incarceration of queer people

Access information for this event:
This event is for ages 18+ and will be held online using Zoom. You will need a good internet connection and a laptop/computer/mobile device to join us.

There will be 100 attendees maximum, and the event will feature comfort breaks. During this event, participants will be involved in: whole group discussions and visual presentations.

Access links will be sent to attendees in advance of the event. For any technical problems, please email glasgowzinelibrary@gmail.com

All talks and ‘Young Producers’ events at Glasgow Zine Fest are live closed captioned and include BSL interpretation.

All workshops at Glasgow Zine Fest will feature automated captioning via Otter.ai. Live closed captioning and BSL are available upon request.

All access requests can be made via Eventbrite while booking or you can contact glasgowzinelibrary@gmail.com.

If you have any specific access requirements please indicate this when booking a ticket. We will do our best to meet any requests within our limited budget. We are more able to meet requests made at least two weeks in advance. We may be in touch with you directly to discuss certain requests. Events may be recorded for access reasons, but GZL or the event facilitator will always inform participants in advance if this is the case.

All events will adhere to our safer spaces policy, which you can learn about here.

See full access information at glasgowzinelibrary.com/gzf.

Please contact glasgowzinelibrary@gmail.com if you have any questions or feedback about accessibility at our events.

About Pay-What-You-Can:
For Glasgow Zine Fest events, we use a Pay What You Can (PWYC) sliding scale ticketing system for all programming unless otherwise stated. You can choose to pay £0-12 for all events, workshops and talks.

You can read more about our ticketing system here: glasgowzinelibrary.com/ticketing.

Please be honest with yourself and your financial situation. If you purchase a ticket at the lowest end of the scale when you could afford the higher ticket prices, it makes it harder for us to provide financial flexibility to those who need it.

If you have booked a ticket and can no longer attend, please let us know as soon as possible so we can offer your space to others who wish to attend.

How to access our events:
We use Eventbrite for all of our ticketed events. After booking a ticket, you will be sent 3 reminder emails from Eventbrite leading up to the event. We will also send emails that share any resources that attendees will need access to, including any materials you will need in order to participate.

Unless otherwise stated, all events at Glasgow Zine Fest will take place using Zoom. Each email you receive will contain a button you can use to access the online event link. Please click this button for full information including any links and passwords.

If in doubt, you should log into your Eventbrite account using the same details you used to buy your ticket and access this information from there.

24 hours before the event begins, you will be sent a separate email with a direct link to the event as well a reminder of what materials you’ll need to bring.

Please email glasgowzinelibrary@gmail.com for any queries or issues.

Privacy:
When you purchase a ticket through Eventbrite, we will receive a limited amount of information about you (name, postcode and email address) We will never receive your payment methods from these channels. If your order includes a physical element, e.g a zine or a book or a materials pack, we will also receive the shipping address you choose to provide.

After an event, Glasgow Zine Library will email ticket holders a feedback form on behalf of Glasgow Zine Fest. Glasgow Zine Library will not use your information for any other purposes. Providing feedback is optional. Please see the privacy policy on our website for more details.

About Glasgow Zine Fest:
Glasgow Zine Fest (GZF) is brought to you by the team at Glasgow Zine Library. It is an annual festival that celebrates self-publishing and Do It Yourself (DIY) ethos. GZF is a yearly opportunity to come, see, make, share, and do. Spanning the full month of April 2021, this year’s festival is host to an online zine fair of over 60 makers, in addition to workshops, talks, performances, and readings.

You can support the library and festival and the work we do here: glasgowzinelibrary.com/support

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