Queer MTL things to do: March 2026

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⛸️ Skate all winter long at the Place du Village skating rink, featuring special projections by 2SLGBTQ+ artists and gear rentals. 
👑 Find tickets for drag shows at Cabaret Mado and Bar Le Cocktail at their websites. 
👠 Up to date info on Montréal’s ballroom goings-on including functions and lessons are listed at Ballroom4Community and Montréal Kiki Ballroom Alliance (Mtl-KBA). 
🎨 The Montréal Museum of Fine Arts presents Kent Monkman: History is Painted by the Victors until March 8, 2026.

🎥 Harry Lighton’s Pillion with Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling plays at Cinema du Parc, Cinema Moderne and Cinema Public. Check their sites for showtimes.

Week of March 1 to 7, 2026
 

Sunday, March 1, 2026

🎥 Xiaodan He’s Montréal, My Beautiful with Joan Chen and Charlotte Aubin, Cinema Public

🎥 The Rocky Horror Picture Show with Tim Curry and Susan Sarandon, Cinema du Parc

🎥 Mary Bronstein’s If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You, Cinema Moderne
👑 Scrambled Legs Drag Brunch hosted by Uma Gahd, Bernard Cabaret Gourmand

🎭 Queer Karaoke MTL presents Queer Open Mic Night, Bar Milton-Parc
👑 Les succès oubliés with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

Monday, March 2, 2026

🎥 Xiaodan He’s Montréal, My Beautiful with Joan Chen and Charlotte Aubin, Cinema Public

🥳 HUZ Gay Boy Night with DJ Manual Labour, Club DD’s
😂 Quiz Master Brian hosts The Quiz Master Brian Show trivia, Burgundy Lion
🥳 Dyke Night, Cinema L’Amour

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

🎶 Micro Rave presents Elzzie All Night Long, Le Red Room

🎶 Mariah the Scientist, MTELUS

👠 Just Like Back in the Day: A Vogue Fem Emoting Class with Kije Amour 007, Studio Ed

👑 Full Gisèle : Power with Gisèle Lullaby and Aizysse Baga, Foxy Lexxi Brown and Océane Aqua-Black, Cabaret Mado

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

🎥 Xiaodan He’s Montréal, My Beautiful with Joan Chen and Charlotte Aubin, Cinema Public
🥳 Before Dark 30+ Mingle, Club DD’s

🎨 @Hommehomo presents Drink & Draw, Bar Le Cocktail

😂 Quiz Master Brian hosts The Quiz Master Brian Show trivia, The Rec Room Royalmount
👠 Voguing Lessons with Jontae Louboutin, Studio Bizz

👠 Ballroom Sessions, Espace Sans Luxe

Thursday, March 5, 2026

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Womxn Social, Marion Tavern

🥳 2016 Houseparty with Deckstir, Datchatonightqueen and Hoozar, Ping Pong Club

🎥 David Lynch’s The Elephant Man, Cinema Moderne
🥳 A Night with Cherry, Club DD’s

👠 Black Gxrl Sesh for Black folks only, @blackgxrlsesh
👑 Iconiques with Velma Jones, Celes, Sasha Baga and Lady Frencheuse, Cabaret Mado|
👑 Concours MX Cocktail 2026, Bar Le Cocktail

Friday, March 6, 2026

👠 BALLROOM 1.0 IMMERSION CAMP, presentation and discussion on the Canadian ballroom scene with Icon Twysted Siriano, and a screening of We Call it Ballroom with filmmaker Odu Adamu and Icon Hall of Famer Founder Michael Roberson Maison-Margiela, Quartier Jeunesse CJE MCV

🎭 Ozzy Osbourne Burlesque Tribute with Miss Pretty Pretentious, Minx Arcana, Celesta O’Lee, Eldritch Mor and Holly Von Sin, The Wiggle Room

🎶 Malibu with ESP, Isla Den and s1obhan, SAT

🎥 Tod Browning’s Freaks, Cinema du Parc

🥳 The Salivation Army, Club DD’s

👠 Black Gxrl Sesh for Black folks only, @blackgxrlsesh

🥳 Friday I’m In Love with DJ Davidé and JHNNAI, Cabaret Berlin
👑 Mado reçoit with Mado Lamotte and special guests, Cabaret Mado
👑 Kelly Day s’te show là! with Kelly Day, Sally-D, Pixel, Serge la Drag and Nomi Bodi, Bar Le Cocktail

👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

Saturday, March 7, 2026

👠 BALLROOM 1.0 IMMERSION CAMP, Atelier Fashion with Legendary Mother Diséiye Juicy Couture, Atelier Vogue Fem with Icon Twysted Siriano and a Mock Ball, Quartier Jeunesse CJE MCV 

🥳 Queen & Queer hosts Nuit Afro #4 with KidCrayola, Ms. Baby, Badjuda and Kay B, La Sala Rossa

🎤 Bareoke karaoke strip tease, Café Cléopatra

🏳️‍🌈 Women of the Industry 5 spotlighting women DJs, digital artists, performers, scenographers and event producers with C LIA, BisouBizou, SUCHI and Molyness, SAT 

🏳️‍🌈 ARCMTL hosts the Owning Our Histories: Celebrating DIY Archives from Queer & BIPOC MTL series, including the Queer Voices in Print: Panel and Poetry Reading featuring Christopher DiRaddo, Faith Paré and Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch, L’Euguélionne

🏳️‍🌈 ARCMTL hosts the Owning Our Histories: Celebrating DIY Archives from Queer & BIPOC MTL series, including an Open House and Guided Tour of the Québec Gay Archives, Archives gaies du Québec

🥳 Dômesicle x Homegrown Harvest present CCL, Laced and Coussy, SAT 

🥳 Balls Deep Disco: Sportswear Night with Burn Baby and Kridelka, Cabaret Berlin

🥳 Bad Bunny Night: Soirée Latin Queer with DJ Nath, Club DD’s

🥳 Free Techno: Lanorth with Atroxx, Buymeflovvers, Charln, Deneb and Ossifer, Esc

🥳 Glimmering Dolls presents Heated Spring Break: Heated Rivalry Dance Party with DJ Chucky and Gwine Stefani, l’idéal bar & contenus

🎥 Tod Browning’s Freaks, Cinema du Parc
👑 Mado reçoit with Mado Lamotte and special guests, Cabaret Mado

👑 Jimmy Moore personifies Shania, Katy, Rihanna, Adele, Cabaret Mado

👑 Drôles de Drags, Bar Le Cocktail

Week of March 8 to 14, 2026

Sunday, March 8, 2026

👠 BALLROOM 1.0 IMMERSION CAMP, Atelier Body with MTL Mother Marilyne Pink Lady, Quartier Jeunesse CJE MCV 

🤣 Queer Laughs pro-am LGBTQ+ comedy show with Sarah Warren, Raquel Maestre, Maya Kanitkar and Anton May, Coop Bar Milton-Parc

🥳 A Contratiempo hosts Queer Afro-Latin Dance Social: International Women’s Day Special Edition, La Cantina Concha

🎥 Tod Browning’s Freaks, Cinema du Parc
🎥 Agnès Varda’s Varda by Agnès, Cinema du Parc
🎥 Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon with Ethan Hawke, Cinema Moderne
🎥 Mary Bronstein’s If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You, Cinema Moderne
🎭 Ligue d’impro Gailaxie, Cabaret Mado

👑 Scrambled Legs Drag Brunch hosted by Uma Gahd, Bernard Cabaret Gourmand

👑 Le Brunch aux Folles with Misty Waterfalls, Deborah Kadabra and Petula Claqaue, Social Verdun

👑 Dimanche Show with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

Monday, March 9, 2026

🥳 HUZ Gay Boy Night with DJ Manual Labour, Club DD’s
😂 Quiz Master Brian hosts The Quiz Master Brian Show trivia, Burgundy Lion

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

🏳️‍🌈 Sharing Our Work: Queer Food and Publishing Workshop (From Zine to Press) with Alex D. Ketchum, Megan J. Elias, Bonnie J. Morris and more, SKOL Gallery

🎶 lcl grl and demar, P’tit Ours

👠 Just Like Back in the Day: A Vogue Fem Emoting Class with Kije Amour 007, Studio Ed 

😂 Quiz Master Brian hosts Drag Race Trivia, Wheel Club
👑 MX Mado 2026, Cabaret Mado
👑 Full Gisèle : Rockstars with Gisèle Lullaby, Lady Boom Boom, Sasha Baga and Petula Claque, Cabaret Mado

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

🎥 Xiaodan He’s Montréal, My Beautiful with Joan Chen and Charlotte Aubin, Cinema Public

👠 Voguing Lessons with Jontae Louboutin, Studio Bizz

👠 Ballroom Sessions, Espace Sans Luxe
👑 Tribute to Lady Gaga with Asmatix, Lulu Shade, Demone LaStrange, Sandra D’Licious and Esirena, Cabaret Mado

😂 Quiz Master Brian hosts The Quiz Master Brian Show trivia, The Rec Room Royalmount

🏳️‍🌈 ARCMTL hosts the Owning Our Histories: Celebrating DIY Archives from Queer & BIPOC MTL series, including A practical workshop on 3D scanning for memory-keeping, Cyber Love Garden

Thursday, March 12, 2026

🥳 Double D Thursdays: Dance Party + Drag with DJ Little Star, Club DD’s

👑 Sasha Colby with guests, Cabaret Mado

👠 Black Gxrl Sesh for Black folks only, @blackgxrlsesh

👑 Concours MX Cocktail 2026, Bar Le Cocktail

🤣 Thursday Stand-Up? Cool! #3 with Tom Murphy, Eve Parker Finley, John Cotrocois and John Cotrocois, Théâtre Sainte-Catherine

🏳️‍🌈 ARCMTL hosts the Owning Our Histories: Celebrating DIY Archives from Queer & BIPOC MTL series, including QAHN Heritage Talks 2026: Mapping Black Montréal Music History, Virtual presentation 7-8 pm at arcmtl.org

Friday, March 13, 2026

🥳 Fluid Friday with DJ Little Star, Club DD’s

🥳 ALL NIGHT with Conducta, Wrecked (Ron Like Hell b2b Ryan Smith) and Lis Dalton, SAT

🥳 DECADES with Coffin Joe, DJ Faith and guests, Cabaret Berlin

👠 Black Gxrl Sesh for Black folks only, @blackgxrlsesh

🎭 Blade Runner Burlesque Tribute with Frenchy Jones, Jolie Lolita, Minx Arcana, Helena Handbasket and Tristan Ginger, The Wiggle Room

🎥 George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead, Cinema du Parc
🎥 Junna Chif’s Invisibles, Cinema du Parc
🎥 Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard: 75th Anniversary with Gloria Swanson and William Holden, Cinema Moderne

👑 Mado reçoit with Mado Lamotte and special guests, Cabaret Mado

👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail
🏳️‍🌈 BLUF Montréal leather men monthly gathering, Bar Le Stud

Saturday, March 14, 2026

🥳 Entre Nous with DJ Buhbuhlo and friends, Club DD’s

🥳 ESC x Anoma Records hosts Sammy Dee, Esc

🥳 Debasement kinky dance & play party with Vicky Devika and Warm Rubberette, Cabaret Berlin

🥳 Dômesicle x Gaba Collective present Bri b2b Naë, Scottie b2b Marcoccino and Damacadam b2b Char.L.N., SAT

🎶 Christian Löffler and Otherwish, SAT

🎥 Xiaodan He’s Montréal, My Beautiful with Joan Chen and Charlotte Aubin, Cinema Public
🎥 George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead, Cinema du Parc

👑 Slag Race Season 4: Season Finale with Peaches LePoz, Queef Latina, Jaqq Strapp, Shillelagh Jones, Psyberia, Trendy Mum and Spencer Darling, Notre-Dame-des-Quilles

👑 Drag Brunch with Uma Gahd and Selma Gahd, Robin des Bois

👑 Mado reçoit with Mado Lamotte and special guests, Cabaret Mado

👑 Jimmy Moore personifies Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, Cabaret Mado

👑 Drôles de Drags, Bar Le Cocktail

Week of March 15 to 21, 2026

Sunday, March 15, 2026

🎶 Jeff Mills: Live at the Liquid Room 30^th Anniversary Tour, SAT

🎭 Punchines, Pasties and Pronouns with Eve Parker Finley, Emmy Jade, Aloe Azimov, Blxck Cxsper feat. The Trans Masc Choir and Tristan Ginger, The Wiggle Room

🎥 Xiaodan He’s Montréal, My Beautiful with Joan Chen and Charlotte Aubin, Cinema Public
🎥 George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead, Cinema du Parc

🎭 Ligue d’impro Gailaxie, Cabaret Mado

👑 Tribute to Nicole Martin with Michel Dorion and guests, Bar Le Cocktail
🏳️‍🌈 Montréal Gaymers hosts Board Gaymes, Centre Communautaire LGBTQ de Montréal

Monday, March 16, 2026

🎥 Junna Chif’s Invisibles, Cinema du Parc 
🥳 HUZ Gay Boy Night with DJ Manual Labour, Club DD’s
😂 Quiz Master Brian hosts The Quiz Master Brian Show trivia, Burgundy Lion

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

👑 Full Gisèle : Heated Rivalry with Gisèle Lullaby, Johnny Jones, Clay Thorris and Fabien L’Amour, Cabaret Mado
🎶 Hanabie. with Nekrogoblikon and Enterprise Earth, Théâtre Beanfield
🏳️‍🌈 ARCMTL hosts the Owning Our Histories: Celebrating DIY Archives from Queer & BIPOC MTL series, including DIY Historiography: Queer Stories & Memories, QPIRG Concordia

🏳️‍🌈 ARCMTL hosts the Owning Our Histories: Celebrating DIY Archives from Queer & BIPOC MTL series, including Student Activism Archives: The Challenges and Urgency of Preserving Student Organizing, Cyber Love Garden

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

👠 Voguing Lessons with Jontae Louboutin, Studio Bizz

👠 Ballroom Sessions, Espace Sans Luxe

😂 Quiz Master Brian hosts The Quiz Master Brian Show trivia, The Rec Room Royalmount

Thursday, March 19, 2026

🎥 Queer Cinema Club Montréal and image+nation host a screening of Paul Bogart’s Torch Song Trilogy with Harvey Fierstein, Matthew Broderick and Anne Bancroft, Cinema du Parc

🥳 Double D Thursdays: Dance Party + Drag with DJ Little Star, Club DD’s

👠 Black Gxrl Sesh for Black folks only, @blackgxrlsesh

👑 Drag Bingo fundraiser for Armada Montréal RFC with Petula Claque, Cabaret Mado

👑 Daisy Wood presents Le Snatch Game with Lady Guidoune, Jessie Precieuse, Blueberry Moore, Jay Show, Ladrag On-Fly, Lana Dalida, Prince Mikey and Heaven Taille, Cabaret Mado

👑 Concours MX Cocktail 2026, Bar Le Cocktail

Friday, March 20, 2026

🥳 Daddy with DJ Ian Jackman and Plastik Patrik, Cabaret Berlin

🥳 CLUB SAT with Maria Somerville and Colle, SAT

🥳 DJ Fantasy Gorgeous, Club DD’s

🎭 Abba Burlesque with Lady Muffin Stuff, Cat Zaddy, Satin Simone, Rose De Flore and Moonshine Sunshine, The Wiggle Room

👠 Black Gxrl Sesh for Black folks only, @blackgxrlsesh

🎥 David Lynch’s Eraserhead, Cinema du Parc

🎶 Lights, Le Studio TD

👑 Mado reçoit with Mado Lamotte and special guests, Cabaret Mado

👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

Saturday, March 21, 2026

🥳 Dômesicle x Cybercunt present Salome and Pyromane b2b Cori, SAT

🥳 Queer Cruising with DJ Phil M. Carr, Club DD’s

🎤 Bareoke karaoke strip tease, Café Cléopatra

🥳 EIKAZO with Papi Gonzo, Sid Jenkins, Ben Solo b2b Sid Jenkins, Angry Luna and HiFreks, Esc

🎥 David Lynch’s Eraserhead, Cinema du Parc

👑 Discord Addams with Zyra Dymond, Demone LaStrange, Casanova, Lady Boom Boom and Celes, Foufounes Électriques

👑 Mado reçoit with Mado Lamotte and special guests, Cabaret Mado

👑 Jimmy Moore personifies Lady Gaga: The Mayhem Ball Tour, Cabaret Mado

👑 Kleopatra’s Snatch Game with Kleopatra Perfect, Stella Moon, Nyx Tamère, Alastair S!n, Lux n’ Flair, Sev, Prudence, Colleen de Bine and Poppet, Bar Le Cocktail

👑 Drôles de Drags, Bar Le Cocktail
📚 The Violet Hour Book Club discusses Eddy Boudel Tan’s The Tiger and the Cosmonaut, Galerie SKOL

Week of March 22 to 28, 2026

Sunday, March 22, 2026

🎭 Broadway Babies Cabaret with @kayleighmagazine and Augusta Wind, Club DD’s

🎥 David Lynch’s Eraserhead, Cinema du Parc

🎭 Burlesque, the Real Burlesque Show with Bobby Ananass, Miss Francoeur, Baby Hector and more, The Wiggle Room

🎭 Ligue d’impro Gailaxie, Cabaret Mado
🥳 Happy Birthday Dominic with Michel Dorion and Rawbin, Bar Le Cocktail 
🏳️‍🌈 Charging Mode Social: LGBTQ+ Speed Friending, District Video Lounge

Monday, March 23, 2026

🎶 Gary Numan with TREMORS, MTELUS

🥳 HUZ Gay Boy Night with DJ Manual Labour, Club DD’s
😂 Quiz Master Brian hosts The Quiz Master Brian Show trivia, Burgundy Lion

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

🥳 TransmascMTL hosts Transmasc Tuesday, Club DD’s

👠 Just Like Back in the Day: A Vogue Fem Emoting Class with Kije Amour 007, Studio Ed 

👑 MX Mado, Cabaret Mado

👑 Full Gisèle : La prochaine star with Gisèle Lullaby, Casanova, Daisy Dratée, Alastair S!N, Alexandra Moss, Prince Mikey and Miss Behave, Cabaret Mado

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

🥳 BUNX Black Punk/Alt night, Club DD’s

👠 Voguing Lessons with Jontae Louboutin, Studio Bizz

👠 Ballroom Sessions, Espace Sans Luxe

😂 Quiz Master Brian hosts The Quiz Master Brian Show trivia, The Rec Room Royalmount

📚 Montréal poet Misha Solomon launches his debut collection My Great-Grandfather Danced Ballet, Centre cultural Georges-Vanier

Thursday, March 26, 2026

🏳️‍🌈 Speed Dating Lesbo-Queer, M Montréal Hostel

👠 Black Gxrl Sesh for Black folks only, @blackgxrlsesh

👑 Château de Drag, 4020 rue Saint-Ambroise

👑 Drag Kings!, Club DD’s

👑 Concours MX Cocktail 2026, Bar Le Cocktail

Friday, March 27, 2026

🎶 Mirah with girlwithdream, Cabaret Foufs

🎶 Joris Delacroix, SAT

🎭 5^th Element Burlesque Tribute with Yikes Macaroni, Milady Lilas, Eva Von Lips, Keanu Feelit and Mina Minou, The Wiggle Room

🥳 Heated RivalRave dance party, Le Belmont

😆 Throuples Therapy Live with Eve Parker Finley, Raquel Maestre and Kě, Casa del Popolo

😆 Raquel and friends—a stand-up comedy show with Zak Kik, Mbissine, Mason Terry, Becca Love and Neris, Casa del Popolo

👠 Black Gxrl Sesh for Black folks only, @blackgxrlsesh

🥳 Club Banks with DJ Robin Banks, Club DD’s

🎥 Hal Ashby’s Harold and Maude with Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort, Cinema du Parc

👑 Mado reçoit with Mado Lamotte and special guests, Cabaret Mado
👑 Vendredi Fou Without Pants with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

Saturday, March 28, 2026

🥳 Sapphic Saturday with DJ Mrktbeatz, Club DD’s

🎶 CLUB SAT presents Adrian Sherwood and Honeydrip, SAT

🥳 OFF Dômesicle x SAT Fest presents OSTR-Size, Lather Rinse Repeat b2b OJPB, SAT

🎶 July Talk, Théâtre Beanfield

🎥 Hal Ashby’s Harold and Maude with Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort, Cinema du Parc

👑 Mado reçoit with Mado Lamotte and special guests, Cabaret Mado

👑 Drôles de Drags, Bar Le Cocktail 

Week of March 29 to 31, 2026

Sunday, March 29, 2026

🎥 Hal Ashby’s Harold and Maude with Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort, Cinema du Parc

🎭 Ligue d’impro Gailaxie, Cabaret Mado

👑 Dimanche Show with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

🥳 Céline est obviously amazing themed party in honour of Céline Dion with DJ Ian Jackman, Newspeak

🏳️‍🌈 ARCMTL hosts the Owning Our Histories: Celebrating DIY Archives from Queer & BIPOC MTL series, including Queer Quilting Bee with Aaron McIntosh, L’Affûtés

Monday, March 30, 2026

📚 Melissa Auf Der Mar in conversation with Catherine Pogonat: Even the Good Girls Will Cry, SAT

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

🎶 Nothing with Full Body 2, Cryogeyser and VMO a.k.a. Violent Magic Orchestra, Bar Le Ritz PDB

👑 Full Gisèle : Gangsters with Tracy Trash, Marla Deer and Lady Magpie, Cabaret Mado

📚 The Violet Hour Literary Series hosts authors Ellis Scott and Matthew J. Trafford, both reading from their latest books, Pulp Books & Café

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🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Project 10 hosts regularly scheduled drop-in events and workshops for queer youth. Follow them on Instagram for all the latest details.

🎨 Queer Bodies MTL / Tiohtiakë hosts monthly live model drawing sessions. Find schedule, model and location info on their Instagram.

👠 Black Gxrl Sesh ballroom collective for Black Trans Queer People and Black Femmes hosts weekly events and open studios. Check their Instagram for details and times.

💅 Bring It! hosts OTA nights of ballroom and vogue with commentator and DJ. Follow their Instagram for dates and details.

🎤 Queer Karaoke MTL hosts regular karaoke events. Follow their Instagram for dates and location.

🛼 Montréal Roller Derby hosts regular matches and open boot camps throughout the year. Follow their Facebook page for additional info.

⚽ The Juke Lesbo-Queer and Trans inclusive soccer league collective offers weekly pick-up games. Follow their Instagram for game times and info.

⚾ The Balle Molle Queer Softball league holds regular games and events, with info at Instagram.

🤠 Club Bolo—Danse Country Montréal meet on Fridays at the Association sportive et communautaire du Centre-Sud. Check their website for details.

👯 Tango/Salsa Queer holds lessons every Saturday, visit their website for information or contact tango.queer@hotmail.com or call +1 (514) 709-4678 for prices and signup information, Espaces des Arts.

🏐 Les Ratons-Chasseurs (Montréal’s LGBTA dodgeball group) holds regular events. Keep an eye on their Instagram for upcoming opportunities to join in and play.

🕹 Montréal Gaymers hosts regular gatherings including board game nights and gaming gatherings. Check their Facebook for what’s next!

🏃 Join the Out-Run run and workout club for people relating to the queer / sapphic experience. Details on their Instagram!

🐦 Bird lovers should keep their eye on Queer Birders’ regularly scheduled birdwatching events and excursions. Join the Facebook group and get those binoculars at the ready.

🧗 Queer Bloc’s monthly bouldering events bring together MTL’s queer climbing community with live DJs, after-drinks and even a tattoo artist on-site. Follow their Instagram for all of the details.

💪 Sam Gamegie hosts TransMasc Fitness classes the last Saturday every month. See Instagram for details.