Queers And Comrades Reading Club

We’re selecting a few crowd-sourced texts to read aloud & make meaning of together. We read for collective understanding rather than speed. So dust off that queer / trans / gender / race / class / disability theory you haven’t been able to get through & let’s tackle it together! Co-hosted by Crystal Mason and Jason Wyman with Tree of Change.

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Queerly Complex (@queerlycomplex) and Queer Art Club (@queer_art_club) are pairing up to gather trans-queer-nonbinary Bay Area comrades in a weekly offering spanning generations, identities, expressions, and communities. Every Thursday starting 15 January 2026, 465 Collective’s Gallery and Lounge will be a site of art making, conversating, and organizing rooted in trans-queer-nonbinary mutual care. Queer Art Club takes over the Gallery from 5:30 to 7:30 and will facilitate a different art project each week while also providing additional art supplies so everyone can make what strikes their fancy. Queerly Complex is partnering with Realest Exposure (@realestexposure) / Tray Smith (@trayareal1), Filthy Studios (@filithystudios_)/ Fivestar (@iamfivestar), and Crystal Mason / Tree of Change to offer weekly themed clubs (see below for more details) in the Lounge from 7 to 9pm rooted in their Tree of Change Praxis of cultivating Power-With. Outside will be a Mutual Aid table distributing food, water, clothes, and other basic necessities to anyone who needs them.

Conveniently located near 16th Street BART in San Francisco, aka Yelamu, 465 Collective is a gallery, rehearsal studio, community gathering spot, and a space rooted in a legacy of presenting Trans, Queer, Nonbinary, Black, Brown, Immigrant, Sex Worker, Poor, and Disabled artists, media makers, and performers. It currently consists of BlackMaria MicroCinema, Queerly Complex, Madison Young, Devon Divine, Lydia Daniller, Lady Monster, and Beth Stephens.