DIRTY WORK: Workshops & Skillshares

Ever wanted to discuss and learn everything from organizing to queer faith or kink and more? Look no further! Save the date for Dirty Work - Workshops & Skillshares, happening on Saturday, June 27th & Sunday, June 28th at 7 Stages (1105 Euclid Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30307) as a part of the Southern Fried Queer Pride 2025 Festival.

This event happens on Saturday, June 27h & 28th.
This event opens at 12:30PM and runs until 6PM on both days.

These workshops are all ages; content of each workshop is up to attendee discretion.
This event is free; however we will be collecting suggested sliding scale donations of $5-$20.

Info: In this interactive workshop, participants will explore what brings them pleasure and how their communities honor (or silence) it. Together, we’ll reflect on queer pleasure as a powerful form of resistance in today’s political climate. Through open discussion, guided self-reflection, and shared dialogue, participants will deepen their understanding of pleasure and close with a grounding pleasure meditation.

Info: This interactive educational workshop centers transmasculine experiences with fertility, pregnancy, birth, and reproductive autonomy. Participants will explore fertility options, bodily agency, and navigating reproductive healthcare systems that often exclude or misunderstand trans masculine people. Grounded in lived experience and practical knowledge, the session provides tools, shared language, and resources to support informed reproductive decision-making.

Info: As licensed mental health clinicians and Somatic Experiencing Practitioners, we recognize that navigating conflict is crucial when building and sustaining community. This workshop will offer somatic techniques to help participants notice safety, boundaries, and authentic presence. Participants will have an opportunity to practice centering, stabilization, and regulation tools to feel better equipped to show up more fully while honoring both connection and difference during conflict.

Info: Big Consent Energy is an interactive consent education workshop designed for raves, festivals, and dance spaces. Learn how to recognize boundaries, practice enthusiastic consent, intervene safely as a bystander, and help create dance floors rooted in respect, autonomy, and collective care. Trauma-informed, culture-specific, and community-powered—because safer spaces mean better nights for everyone.

Info: WAACKLANTA is home to Atlanta’s vibrant Waacking/Whacking scene. Waacking/Whacking is a dance style with multicultural roots in gay, black and brown communities in Los Angeles, born in the disco clubs of the 70s out of Queer oppression. This dance has since spread all over the world, and Atlanta’s Waacking community is another to join the scene.

Info: Join award winning burlesque performer and mentor, Royal Tee as they guide you through basic burlesque moves; including bumps & grinds, shimmies & shakes, peels & reveals, & being seen in this sensual & fun workshop designed for all bodies. Elevate your performances with the tools & confidence gained in this masterclass of burlesque movement! Please bring an outer layer to practice peeling out of (robe, button down shirt, etc) Some robes will be provided. Wear comfy clothes & shoes!

Info: Before colonization, our communities practiced love beyond ownership. This workshop explores historical BIPOC non-monogamy, how patriarchy reshaped intimacy, and how to reclaim relationship structures rooted in reciprocity, honesty, and freedom. Whether you use a label or not, come interrogate your style and build love that feels organic, accountable, and truly liberatory.

Info: This workshop dives into how grassroots organizations and communities can build social spaces that center inclusivity and artistic mutual aid without depending on unethical tech giants like Google, Amazon, or Meta. From DIY platforms to indie collectives, folks can carve out unapologetic, bold, cultural spaces where art and advocacy can be shared through community building sans capitalistic, corporate puppeteering.

Info: This is a workshop meant to teach people how to engage with their neighbors especially during these times knowing your neighbors is an essential tool for survival especially for those in the Latin community. This workshop will go over ways to establish and maintain those connections to create a sense of safety within community.

Info: Calling all writers, storytellers, poets, memory workers, and world builders! Have you ever wanted to write, produce, and broadcast your work over the radio airwaves? Join the hosts of Alternative Perspectives on WRFG Atlanta, and take practical steps to do just that. Through the use of WRFG's non-commercial, independent platform, queer and trans voices receive first priority; bring your creative vision and explore the possibilities available to you.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

7 Stages Theatre, 1105 Euclid Avenue Northeast, Atlanta, United States

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