What’s Rockin’ and Reelin’ this May/June 2025!

The smell of rainbows in the air can only mean one thing; Kingston Pride is just around the corner! Here are just a few events that ReelOut is co-presenting or sponsoring in the coming weeks!

Friday,May 23, 2025
7:00pm Theatre Le Sesame  (1290 Weathill Street)

Stage Performance

Nickel City Fifs  

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Un voyage initiatique queer célébrant la communauté francophone et LGBTQ+ de Sudbury. (avec sous-titre en anglais)
A queer and initiatory  journey celebrating the francophone and LGBTQ+ community of Sudbury. (with english subtitles).  Featuring a drag performance by Kingston’s own Sherry Anne Hex!

This performance is intended for a mature audience aged 16 and over. It contains coarse language, sexual references, and addresses sensitive topics that may not be suitable for some individuals.

On an ordinary evening at Zigs, Sudbury’s gay bar, a young queer thirsting for freedom and community embarks on a journey of initiation unlike any other. Under the auspices of Sainte Poésie, the crater’s protective spirit, the bar’s colourful fauna introduces him to their magical world, inviting him into eclectic, eccentric and absurd universes. Can they convince him to join in, or will they lose him to the siren song of the big city? Nickel City Fifs pays tribute to the struggles of the past and present in an atmosphere that’s campy, fantastical, irreverent, vulgar, caustic, demanding and a tad disturbing in places. A love letter to the region’s queer and francophone communities, this Sudbury epic gives voice to a voice rarely heard in French Ontario, let alone here in the North.

Presented by Centre Culturel Frontenac 

Saturday, May 31, 2025
7:00pm Broom Factory (305 Rideau Street)

Concert & Film Screening
CJ Wiley’s Big Gay Night : KPP Concerts
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SPRING REVERB 2025 presents CJ WILEY’S BIG GAY NIGHT, on Saturday, May 31, 2025, at the Broom Factory. Featuring appearances by Mint Simon, Spurs’ Queer Line Dancing, film screenings, and more! CJ WILEY (lead singer of Shania Twink) is bringing their BIG GAY NIGHT to the Broom Factory as part of Spring Reverb 2025 on May 31, with support from Mint Simon and Spurs’ queer line dancing!

Wednesday, June 4, 2025
6:30pm The Screening Room (120 Princess Street)

Film Screening & Panel Discussion
PRIDE vs. PREJUDICE : The Delwin Vriend Story
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Please join the Community Foundation for Kingston and the Area  for a screening of “Pride vs. Prejudice: The Delwin Vriend Story” (2024) a documentary that delves into the riveting narrative of the Vriend v. Alberta case, where Delwin Vriend, an unlikely hero, who courageously battles against discrimination from a government determined to deny his human rights. Uncover the twists and turns that unfold as Vriend’s pursuit of justice challenges societal biases, culminating in a ground-breaking Canadian Supreme Court ruling in 1998 that confronts prejudice and sets a transformative precedent for LGBTQ+ rights that is cited around the world.

The screening will be followed by a moderated panel featuring one of the cast members, Doug Reid, who was an intervenor during the Supreme Court hearing, as well as local queer activists.

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Community Partners: Trellis HIV & Community Care & the Reelout Arts Project Inc.

Thursday, June 19, 2025
Sunset, Springer Market Square (behind City Hall)

Free Outdoor Film Screening 
MOVIES IN THE SQUARE: PRIDE EDITION: HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY  (2025 Sundance Film Festival World Premiere)

89min/English/Colour/USA/2025
From director Sam Feder and the team that brought you DISCLOSURE comes this critically timed snapshot of the state of transgender rights and justice in America, especially for trans youth. ACLU attorney Chase Strangio takes on not only the Supreme Court but also the court of public opinion, as news coverage shapes the national conversation on this flashpoint topic for our times.

Community Partners: Downtown Kingston BIA, ReelOut and Kingston Pride