Queering the Clachan is an arts project for LGBTQ+ folk in North East Fife. We’re running workshops in towns and villages across the North East, and making space for Fife queer folk and their friends to have places to meet each other, get creative and share their stories. We want LGBTQ+ lives in North East Fife to be vibrant, connected and celebrated.
Free zine-making workshops are taking place with partners across the region from September 2025 to February 2026. Zines are little publications that anyone can make and sure: they can be as simple as a folded sheet of paper or as elaborate as a glossy magazine, using writing or photography or collage or drawing. We’re using zines to share ideas about queer life in Fife, and building up to a Fife Queer Zine Fest at Forgan in February.
Queering the Clachan is run by Harry Josephine Giles, an artist from Orkney who writes about language, ecology, activism and trans life.. As well as publishing her own books, Josie is one half of the zine publisher Easter Road Press, which has been making and sharing zines at Scottish zine fairs for the last eight years.
Would you like us to organise a workshop with you? Do you have an idea for another activity you’d like to see happen? Do you know of a great LGBTQ+project happening in fife? We’d love to hear from you at queeringtheclachan@forganartscentre.co.uk.
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EVENTS
Queer Zines with Community in Cupar
Saturday 25 October 2025, 6-8pm, Old Parish Centre, Cupar
We’ll be running a drop-in zine session with Cupar’s regular LGBTQ+ Community Hub. This monthly session is a chance to socialise with other LGBTQ+ people from all ages and backgrounds — with plenty of fun and food as well. At the workshop you’ll have a chance to make your own magazine about queer life in Fife, and head away with copies of it to share too. No booking needed: just turn up!
Rainbow Lives Writing and Making Workshop with the Larick Centre
Sunday 16 November 2025, 1-3pm, Larick Centre, Tayport
A writing workshop for LGBTQ+ people and their friends and family at Tayport’s community hub and art centre, led by poet and performer Harry Josephine Giles. Whether you’re an experienced writer or just starting out, and whether you’re just finding your community or have been out and proud for years, this workshop is a chance for anyone to explore their life in words. We’ll spend time with simple writing exercises, and then build up to making a little magazine of the day together. Book via Eventbrite here.
Dreaming with Trees
Sunday 14 December 2025, 1-5pm, Forgan Arts Centre, Newport-on-Tay
A nature writing session with an ancient tree at Balmerino Abbey followed by tea, coffee and cake at Forgan Arts Centre. Transport provided to and from Balmerino Abbey from Forgan Arts Centre. Email us at queeringtheclachan@forganartscentre.co.uk if you need more information.
Fife Queer Zine Fest
Saturday 21 February 2026, Forgan Arts Centre, Newport-on-Tay
A day for zinemakers, zine readers and the zine-curious to get together, sell and swap their zines, and take workshops in the zine life! Save the date, with more details coming soon.
PAST EVENTS
Sat 6 September, 11am-4pm
