Our upcoming Groups and events

We’re back for our second session of 3D printing, music production, and graphic design at Guille-Alles Library’s FAB LAB! 💻🎶

Art and technology merge with cutting-edge gadgets offering endless potential for individual creativity – there are 13 digital fabrication machines under one roof!! 🧑‍🎨🥼
Over 18s only

Lab coats not mandatory, materials supplied, and FREE event for Guernsey’s LGBTQ+ community & allies! 🏳️‍🌈

Please let us know if you’ll be joining – either in the Art Club Whatsapp chat or on this event (https://fb.me/e/7Iy0Z3QYT). If you’d like to be added to the chat, please let us know!

Come along from 10.30am to 12.30pm on Saturday 29 March 🌈
#Liberate #LiberateGsy #ArtClub #FabLab

⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ Trans+ Guernsey Get Together 🏳️‍⚧️⚧️ It’s an informal chat in a safe space on the first Tuesday of each month from 6pm to 7.30pm.

All under the Trans+ umbrella welcome! ☂️ Including Genderqueer (GQ), Gender Non-Conforming (GNC), Non-Binary (NB) & Questioning peeps, and people who do not use labels!

💌 Message/PM for meeting location and details of how to join, or email hello@liberate.gg – if you have any questions at all before joining please do feel free to ask! It’s totally normal to feel nervous, and we can try to help you to feel comfortable. We do have principles of confidentiality and anonymity for anybody who joins these meetings to protect everybody.

👋 New here? 👋
Guernsey has a truly lovely Trans+ community – please remember you are not alone, there are people around who can relate, and we are here to support and include you! We have some private Whatsapp groups that you can join too – please email for the link.

See you there! 💟

🎥 OUT @ The Movies – Guernsey’s LGBTQ+ film club! 🎥

Every fortnight in the colder months we are screening a movie with an optional discussion about it afterwards. Over 18’s only 🔞

In ‘Secret Cinema Club’ style, we will only be providing hints as to what the film is about, and we will be selecting some truly brilliant movies. We will be updating each event with the hints, so come back soon for more! Discussion at end 1 hour approx.

🎟️ TICKETS 🎟️
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/liberate-guernsey?
There are 27 lovely plush seats available at The Venue, Fermain Valley Hotel’s private cinema – please book a ticket to reserve yours!
Individual listings will be added for each event.

⏰ TIMINGS ⏰
Doors @ 2.30pm. Film showing @ 2.45pm.

🗺️ DIRECTIONS 🗺️
The Venue private cinema is located on the same level as Buho. There is an entrance way to the right hand side of the hotel building before you head down the path to the main hotel.

🍿 FOOD 🍿

Complementary popcorn ​🍿 A selection of soft and alcoholic drinks are available from the Cinema Bar as well as chocolate, popcorn, Haribo and ice creams.

You can also pre order hot snacks by emailing ellie@liberate.gg by 5pm on the Friday of that week:

Shack Nibbles
Stuffed jalapeno poppers, cream cheese, sour cream & Mexican slaw £8.50 (224 kcal) V
Pork croquettes, crunchy slaw & smoky plum chipotle £8.50 (377 kcal)
Crispy calamari, coriander, chilli & agave glaze £8.50 (518 kcal)
Spicy chicken skewers & jalapeno cream £8.00 (1008 kcal)

Naughty Nachos
Buho guacamole nachos with:
Cheese £9.50 (792 kcal)
V El Pollo Loco nachos (chicken & cheese) £12.00 (1042 kcal)
Buho nachos:
Refried beans, cheese, guacamole, jalapenos, plus a choice of filling:
Spicy beef £16.50 (922 kcal)
Smoked pulled pork £14.50 (977 kcal)
Sweet & smoky chicken £15.00 (1242 kcal)

American Snacks £9.00
Frankfurter hotdog & fries
Chicken nuggets & fries
Breaded cheese dippers, due dips
Mixed crudites and dips (£5.00)

Sides £4.50
Koffman fries & dips
Sweet potato fries & dips

📍MORE ABOUT THE VENUE 📍
Immerse yourself in the ultimate movie experience as Liberate hire out the Fermain Valley Hotel’s private exclusive 27-seat cinema, complete with surround sound, offering you a one-of-a-kind cinematic journey in Guernsey. Whether you’re a film enthusiast or simply seeking a unique entertainment venue, the private cinema provides the perfect setting for an unforgettable movie night. Sink into plush, leather recliner seats and immerse yourself in the captivating world of cinema. The seating arrangement ensures optimal viewing angles for every guest, while the state-of-the-art surround sound system enhances the audio-visual experience, bringing movies to life in stunning clarity. 🍿

EVENT LINK: https://fb.me/e/4qAwezu66

🌈🇬🇬 👋 New to Liberate’s events? ️👋🇬🇬 🌈
We’re here for the LGBTQ+ community & allies in the Bailiwick of Guernsey – new faces are always welcome! 💌
Feel free to message us to say hi/ask questions, we have a Whatsapp community if you want to join any groups and check out what’s happening HERE: https://chat.whatsapp.com/LxWFufq8dPy00oJAw9j79n 💬

Ever wanted to try life drawing, or tried it before but felt awkward with the usual bare-it-all approach? 🫣 Well, Liberate’s Art Club has just the ticket! 👨‍🎨

Life drawing is a great way to practice perspective, angles, shading, form, and sketch work – and it’s stood the test of time! ⏳

Our fully-clothed life drawing two-parter sessions in April give you the opportunity for life studies and portraiture, plus the chance to learn how to draw the folds and shading of fabric clothing! 🖼️✏️

Our session last year went down a treat, so feel free to come back for more. Our fabulous models will be striking all the poses ready for you to capture in your medium of choice. 🖋️ It doesn’t matter if it’s not perfect, all that matters is you give it a go and see what happens! You’d be surprised at what you end up creating 🎨

Materials supplied, or feel free to bring your own if preferred. Please let us know if you’ll be joining via the Whatsapp chat or on this event (https://fb.me/e/4nAValYic).

Sat 12 April 10.30am to 12.30pm
Venue TBC
🔞 18+

See you there! xoxo

JOIN THE LIT WITH LIBERATE READING GROUP

Lit with Liberate will meet in April to discuss Orlando by Virginia Woolf. Multiple copies are available to borrow, please email Beth at bbrown@library.gg to reserve yours.

Come along for pizza, drinks and book chat in the Rowswell Room on the second floor. Zoom attendance possible, please let us know if you want to take part this way and we’ll send you the details. No booking required. If you haven’t read the book but want to come along for a taster of the book group, please do!

EVENT LINK: https://fb.me/e/4XMH1ceVd

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ABOUT THE BOOK

Orlando has always been an outsider…

His longing for passion, adventure and fulfilment takes him out of his own time. Chasing a dream through the centuries, he bounds from Elizabethan England and imperial Turkey to the modern world. Will he find happiness with the exotic Russian Princess Sasha? Or is the dashing explorer Shelmerdine the ideal man? And what form will Orlando take on the journey – a nobleman, traveller, writer? Man or… woman?

A wry commentary on gender and history, Orlando is also, in Woolf’s own words, a light-hearted ‘writer’s holiday’ which delights in ambiguity and capriciousness.

Ever wanted to try life drawing, or tried it before but felt awkward with the usual bare-it-all approach? 🫣 Well, Liberate’s Art Club has just the ticket! 👨‍🎨

Life drawing is a great way to practice perspective, angles, shading, form, and sketch work – and it’s stood the test of time! ⏳

Our fully-clothed life drawing two-parter sessions in April give you the opportunity for life studies and portraiture, plus the chance to learn how to draw the folds and shading of fabric clothing! 🖼️✏️

Our session last year went down a treat, so feel free to come back for more. Our fabulous models will be striking all the poses ready for you to capture in your medium of choice. 🖋️ It doesn’t matter if it’s not perfect, all that matters is you give it a go and see what happens! You’d be surprised at what you end up creating 🎨

Materials supplied, or feel free to bring your own if preferred. Please let us know if you’ll be joining via the Whatsapp chat or on this event (https://fb.me/e/aI45zCDa6).

Sat 26 April 10.30am to 12.30pm
Venue TBC
🔞 18+

See you there! xoxo

Fancy winning a £100 voucher of your choice? Now’s your chance with the Channel Islands LGBTQ+ Writing Competition 2025.

In its fifth year, it is free to enter and you do not have to be LGBTQ+ to participate.

Anybody who was born in, lives in, or has lived in the Channel Islands can submit one entry of up to 1,000 words with an LGBTQ+ theme.

Entries are submitted into one of two categories: ‘Under 18s’ and ‘18 and Over.’ An independent panel of judges will anonymously decide a winner for each category. Each winner will be awarded with a £100 voucher, and the Pippa McCathie memorial trophy will be awarded for the third year.

As a first this year entrants are able to request where the voucher is for, and are encouraged to support local Channel Islands small businesses where possible. They could even choose to donate a voucher of their choice to another locally registered charity that they would like to support.

Winners will be announced on Thursday 22 May at an awards ceremony at Guille-Alles Library, which is open to the public with online attendance possible.

“The competition is there to educate and inform people on what it’s like to be LGBTQ+ in the Channel Islands today, and it gives local aspiring writers a chance to get their work out there. So the more the merrier!”

All entries must be submitted by Wednesday 30 April via this link: https://forms.gle/GyM6q52bev5s4pr29, which can also be accessed at: linktr.ee/liberategsy. Full Terms and Conditions apply, available via the entry form. Anybody unable to use the form can email hello@liberate.gg.

⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ Trans+ Guernsey Get Together 🏳️‍⚧️⚧️ It’s an informal chat in a safe space on the first Tuesday of each month from 6pm to 7.30pm.

All under the Trans+ umbrella welcome! ☂️ Including Genderqueer (GQ), Gender Non-Conforming (GNC), Non-Binary (NB) & Questioning peeps, and people who do not use labels!

💌 Message/PM for meeting location and details of how to join, or email hello@liberate.gg – if you have any questions at all before joining please do feel free to ask! It’s totally normal to feel nervous, and we can try to help you to feel comfortable. We do have principles of confidentiality and anonymity for anybody who joins these meetings to protect everybody.

👋 New here? 👋
Guernsey has a truly lovely Trans+ community – please remember you are not alone, there are people around who can relate, and we are here to support and include you! We have some private Whatsapp groups that you can join too – please email for the link.

See you there! 💟

Join us at the Guille-Allès library for an evening of literary celebration and awards giving on Thursday 22 May 2025!

This year’s Channel Islands LGBTQ+ Writing Competition closes on 30 April, when our independent panel of judges will determine two winners of £100 vouchers and the Pippa McCathie Memorial Trophy winner.

Winners will be announced on this night!

All are invited to attend to view winning, shortlisted, and selected entries before the ceremony commences. The competition is a celebration of queer expression and aims to inform on LBGTQ+ challenges and triumphs of the past, present and future, while showcasing the incredible talent of the Channel Islands.

Digital attendance will be possible so all Channel Islands entrants and islanders can take part. We will update this to provide a link closer to the time.

For more information about the competition, please see the Entry Form: https://forms.gle/GyM6q52bev5s4pr29 or visit: https://fb.me/e/4sE3UwwBm

Come along to this outdoor sketching Art Club session to sketch some of the beautiful buildings, wildlife, roads and itricacies of our gorgeous island.

Beginners and new faces always welcome! This is a great chance to hone your sketching skills, meet some new people, explore the island, and have fun in a safe and inclusive space! Why not give it a go?

Materials supplied or bring your own if preferred. Please let us know if you’ll be joining via our Whatsapp group or this event (https://fb.me/e/4ekdZWFi8), or if you’d like to be added to our Whatsapp community!

Saturday 24 May 2025
10.30am to 12.30pm
Meeting place TBC
Over 18s only

Looking forward to seeing you!!

⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ Trans+ Guernsey Get Together 🏳️‍⚧️⚧️ It’s an informal chat in a safe space on the first Tuesday of each month from 6pm to 7.30pm.

All under the Trans+ umbrella welcome! ☂️ Including Genderqueer (GQ), Gender Non-Conforming (GNC), Non-Binary (NB) & Questioning peeps, and people who do not use labels!

💌 Message/PM for meeting location and details of how to join, or email hello@liberate.gg – if you have any questions at all before joining please do feel free to ask! It’s totally normal to feel nervous, and we can try to help you to feel comfortable. We do have principles of confidentiality and anonymity for anybody who joins these meetings to protect everybody.

👋 New here? 👋
Guernsey has a truly lovely Trans+ community – please remember you are not alone, there are people around who can relate, and we are here to support and include you! We have some private Whatsapp groups that you can join too – please email for the link.

See you there! 💟

JOIN THE LIT WITH LIBERATE READING GROUP

Lit with Liberate will meet in June to discuss PS. Burn This Letter Please by Craig Olsen. Multiple copies are available to borrow, please email Beth at bbrown@library.gg to reserve yours.

Come along for pizza, drinks and book chat in the Rowswell Room on the second floor. Zoom attendance possible, please let us know if you want to take part this way and we’ll send you the details. No booking required. If you haven’t read the book but want to come along for a taster of the book group, please do!

EVENT LINK: https://fb.me/e/FeMv4BQf3

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ABOUT THE BOOK

Their greatest act of resistance was simply existing

In 1950s New York, a group of drag pioneers found work in a small number of Lower East Side clubs. They occupied the margins of society, determined to live authentically, despite the attentions of the police. These girls were unstoppable, fearless and fabulous, but their very existence was deemed a criminal threat to society.

When a secret cache of their letters was discovered in 2014, these individuals were given a voice for the first time. The letters reveal personal triumphs and tragedies, and a fascinating world that has rarely been documented.

Expertly weaving social, political and cultural history, Craig Olsen illuminates the lives and loves of our exceptional LGBTQ+ forebears.

P.S. Burn This Letter Please is the ground-breaking result: a deeply moving encounter with a generation of survivors, and a necessary account of how modern drag culture was born.

⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ Trans+ Guernsey Get Together 🏳️‍⚧️⚧️ It’s an informal chat in a safe space on the first Tuesday of each month from 6pm to 7.30pm.

All under the Trans+ umbrella welcome! ☂️ Including Genderqueer (GQ), Gender Non-Conforming (GNC), Non-Binary (NB) & Questioning peeps, and people who do not use labels!

💌 Message/PM for meeting location and details of how to join, or email hello@liberate.gg – if you have any questions at all before joining please do feel free to ask! It’s totally normal to feel nervous, and we can try to help you to feel comfortable. We do have principles of confidentiality and anonymity for anybody who joins these meetings to protect everybody.

👋 New here? 👋
Guernsey has a truly lovely Trans+ community – please remember you are not alone, there are people around who can relate, and we are here to support and include you! We have some private Whatsapp groups that you can join too – please email for the link.

See you there! 💟

⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ Trans+ Guernsey Get Together 🏳️‍⚧️⚧️ It’s an informal chat in a safe space on the first Tuesday of each month from 6pm to 7.30pm.

All under the Trans+ umbrella welcome! ☂️ Including Genderqueer (GQ), Gender Non-Conforming (GNC), Non-Binary (NB) & Questioning peeps, and people who do not use labels!

💌 Message/PM for meeting location and details of how to join, or email hello@liberate.gg – if you have any questions at all before joining please do feel free to ask! It’s totally normal to feel nervous, and we can try to help you to feel comfortable. We do have principles of confidentiality and anonymity for anybody who joins these meetings to protect everybody.

👋 New here? 👋
Guernsey has a truly lovely Trans+ community – please remember you are not alone, there are people around who can relate, and we are here to support and include you! We have some private Whatsapp groups that you can join too – please email for the link.

See you there! 💟

JOIN THE LIT WITH LIBERATE READING GROUP

Lit with Liberate will meet in August to discuss Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart. Multiple copies are available to borrow, please email Beth at bbrown@library.gg to reserve yours.

Come along for pizza, drinks and book chat in the Rowswell Room on the second floor. Zoom attendance possible, please let us know if you want to take part this way and we’ll send you the details. No booking required. If you haven’t read the book but want to come along for a taster of the book group, please do!

EVENT LINK: https://fb.me/e/58WP0MLou

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ABOUT THE BOOK

Born under different stars, Protestant Mungo and Catholic James live in a hyper-masculine world. They are caught between two of Glasgow’s housing estates, where young working-class men divide themselves along sectarian lines, and fight territorial battles for the sake of reputation. They should be sworn enemies if they’re to be seen as men at all, and yet they become best friends as they find a sanctuary in the doocot that James has built for his prize racing pigeons. As they begin to fall in love, they dream of escaping the grey city, and Mungo must work hard to hide his true self from all those around him, especially from his elder brother Hamish, a local gang leader with a brutal reputation to uphold.

But the threat of discovery is constant and the punishment unspeakable. When Mungo’s mother sends him on a fishing trip to a loch in western Scotland with two strange men behind whose drunken banter lie murky pasts, he needs to summon all his inner strength and courage to get back to a place of safety, a place where he and James might still have a future.

Imbuing the everyday world of its characters with rich lyricism, Douglas Stuart’s Young Mungo is a gripping and revealing story about the meaning of masculinity, the push and pull of family, the violence faced by so many queer people, and the dangers of loving someone too much.

⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ Trans+ Guernsey Get Together 🏳️‍⚧️⚧️ It’s an informal chat in a safe space on the first Tuesday of each month from 6pm to 7.30pm.

All under the Trans+ umbrella welcome! ☂️ Including Genderqueer (GQ), Gender Non-Conforming (GNC), Non-Binary (NB) & Questioning peeps, and people who do not use labels!

💌 Message/PM for meeting location and details of how to join, or email hello@liberate.gg – if you have any questions at all before joining please do feel free to ask! It’s totally normal to feel nervous, and we can try to help you to feel comfortable. We do have principles of confidentiality and anonymity for anybody who joins these meetings to protect everybody.

👋 New here? 👋
Guernsey has a truly lovely Trans+ community – please remember you are not alone, there are people around who can relate, and we are here to support and include you! We have some private Whatsapp groups that you can join too – please email for the link.

See you there! 💟

⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ Trans+ Guernsey Get Together 🏳️‍⚧️⚧️ It’s an informal chat in a safe space on the first Tuesday of each month from 6pm to 7.30pm.

All under the Trans+ umbrella welcome! ☂️ Including Genderqueer (GQ), Gender Non-Conforming (GNC), Non-Binary (NB) & Questioning peeps, and people who do not use labels!

💌 Message/PM for meeting location and details of how to join, or email hello@liberate.gg – if you have any questions at all before joining please do feel free to ask! It’s totally normal to feel nervous, and we can try to help you to feel comfortable. We do have principles of confidentiality and anonymity for anybody who joins these meetings to protect everybody.

👋 New here? 👋
Guernsey has a truly lovely Trans+ community – please remember you are not alone, there are people around who can relate, and we are here to support and include you! We have some private Whatsapp groups that you can join too – please email for the link.

See you there! 💟

JOIN THE LIT WITH LIBERATE READING GROUP

Lit with Liberate will meet in October to discuss two graphic novels: The Prince & The Dressmaker by Jen Wang and Cosmoknights by Hannah Templer. Multiple copies are available to borrow, please email Beth at bbrown@library.gg to reserve yours.

Come along for pizza, drinks and book chat in the Rowswell Room on the second floor. Zoom attendance possible, please let us know if you want to take part this way and we’ll send you the details. No booking required. If you haven’t read the book but want to come along for a taster of the book group, please do!

EVENT LINK: https://fb.me/e/4cEcOuN0e

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ABOUT THE PRINCE & THE DRESSMAKER

Prince Sebastian is looking for a bride―or rather, his parents are looking for one for him. Sebastian is too busy hiding his secret life from everyone. At night he puts on daring dresses and takes Paris by storm as the fabulous Lady Crystallia―the hottest fashion icon in the world capital of fashion!

Sebastian’s secret weapon is his brilliant dressmaker, Frances―his best friend and one of only two people who know the truth: sometimes this boy wears dresses. But Frances dreams of greatness, and being someone’s secret weapon means being a secret. Forever. How long can Frances defer her dreams to protect her friend?

Jen Wang weaves an exuberantly romantic tale of identity, young love, art, and family. A fairy tale for any age, The Prince and the Dressmaker will steal your heart.

ABOUT COSMOKNIGHTS

Pan’s life used to be very small. Work in her dad’s body shop, sneak out with her friend Tara to go dancing, and watch the skies for freighter ships. It didn’t even matter that Tara was a princess… until one day it very much did matter, and Pan had to say goodbye forever. Years later, when a charismatic pair of off-world gladiators show up on her doorstep, she finds that life may not be as small as she thought. On the run and off the galactic grid, Pan discovers the astonishing secrets of her neo-medieval world… and the intoxicating possibility of burning it all down.

⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ Trans+ Guernsey Get Together 🏳️‍⚧️⚧️ It’s an informal chat in a safe space on the first Tuesday of each month from 6pm to 7.30pm.

All under the Trans+ umbrella welcome! ☂️ Including Genderqueer (GQ), Gender Non-Conforming (GNC), Non-Binary (NB) & Questioning peeps, and people who do not use labels!

💌 Message/PM for meeting location and details of how to join, or email hello@liberate.gg – if you have any questions at all before joining please do feel free to ask! It’s totally normal to feel nervous, and we can try to help you to feel comfortable. We do have principles of confidentiality and anonymity for anybody who joins these meetings to protect everybody.

👋 New here? 👋
Guernsey has a truly lovely Trans+ community – please remember you are not alone, there are people around who can relate, and we are here to support and include you! We have some private Whatsapp groups that you can join too – please email for the link.

See you there! 💟

⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ Trans+ Guernsey Get Together 🏳️‍⚧️⚧️ It’s an informal chat in a safe space on the first Tuesday of each month from 6pm to 7.30pm.

All under the Trans+ umbrella welcome! ☂️ Including Genderqueer (GQ), Gender Non-Conforming (GNC), Non-Binary (NB) & Questioning peeps, and people who do not use labels!

💌 Message/PM for meeting location and details of how to join, or email hello@liberate.gg – if you have any questions at all before joining please do feel free to ask! It’s totally normal to feel nervous, and we can try to help you to feel comfortable. We do have principles of confidentiality and anonymity for anybody who joins these meetings to protect everybody.

👋 New here? 👋
Guernsey has a truly lovely Trans+ community – please remember you are not alone, there are people around who can relate, and we are here to support and include you! We have some private Whatsapp groups that you can join too – please email for the link.

See you there! 💟

JOIN THE LIT WITH LIBERATE READING GROUP

Lit with Liberate will meet in December to discuss Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin. Multiple copies are available to borrow, please email Beth at bbrown@library.gg to reserve yours.

Come along for pizza, drinks and book chat in the Rowswell Room on the second floor. Zoom attendance possible, please let us know if you want to take part this way and we’ll send you the details. No booking required. If you haven’t read the book but want to come along for a taster of the book group, please do!

EVENT LINK: https://fb.me/e/2WCz2sXPF

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ABOUT THE BOOK

I stand at the window of this great house in the south of France as night falls, the night which is leading me to the most terrible morning of my life.

Considered an ‘audacious’ second novel, Giovanni’s Room is set in the 1950s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence. This now-classic story of a fated love triangle explores, with uncompromising clarity, the conflicts between desire, conventional morality and sexual identity.

One of the most important American writers of the twentieth century, James Baldwin’s novels primarily address issues of race, class and sexual inequality, including Giovanni’s Room which was extremely controversial in its representation of gay relationships.