events
20 APRIL 2025 • Berlin
Intergenerational: a writing workshop with Alexander Cheves & Marco Astolfi
Stretch Festival 2025 | 13:00-14:30 | Tanzfabrik Berlin e.V., Möckernstraße 68D, 10965, Berlin, Germany
Growing up queer in a heteronormative world comes with the feeling that we have to start everything from scratch, while getting old often means slipping into invisibility. That’s why it's important to build bridges between generations: to understand that we are not isolated individuals but part of a tribe with its own history and legacy. We invite you to explore these themes in writing.
SOLD OUT: Waiting list at events@wearevillage.org
*For GBTQ men
27 FEB 2025 • Online
Lecture on queer rhetoric, with Dr. Harriet Jernigan
Standford University | 2 pm
14 NOV 2024 • Berlin
Open Writing Circle with Alexander Cheves
We Are Village | 19:30 — 21:30 | Kurfürstenstraße 31/32, 10785, Berlin, Germany
Our monthly Open Writing Circle invites people with all levels of writing experience to explore their creativity and imagination. In each session, one of Berlin's many exceptional writers, poets, artists, or curators will create a vibrant and collective learning experience.
21 SEP 2024 • Berlin
Words of Excess — Queer Voices in Literature
Instinct #16 | 16:30 - 18:30 | Kurfürstenstraße 31/32, 10785, Berlin, Germany
Join us for an intimate reading evening at Instinct Berlin, featuring a selection of talented writers who will explore themes of identity, desire, and excess. In alignment with our exhibition “La Part Maudite”, these voices will investigate the complexities of queer experiences and the rituals that shape our lives.
Each writer will share their unique perspective, inviting you to engage with the rich tapestry of queer literature. Come and immerse yourself in stories that challenge norms and celebrate the beauty of self-expression.
Our Guests: Marco Astolfi, Alexander Cheves, Tomás Choen, Mátyás Dunajcsik, Marwan Kaabour Rutledge, Alan Lessik, Oscar Perdomo, and Nikolaj Tange Lange
Eintritt frei / free entrance
15 SEP 2023 • Berlin
Desire in Words
Instinct #14 | 19:00 – 22:00 | Kurfürstenstraße 31/32, 10785, Berlin, Germany
Desire is lust, desire is need, desire is dangerous, desire is loving. As part of Instinct #14, we are delighted to invite the Berlin Queer Writers Circle and authors from the Village Book Club to share their words of desire in fiction, erotica, essays and reflections. After the reading, the group will discuss how they approach writing about desire.
Eintritt frei / free entrance
24 MAR 2023 • Zürich
Explicit Uncensored: Alexander Cheves
10 pm | Ausstellungsstrasse 21, Zürich, Switzerland
EXPLICIT is a sex-positive queer dance party and a counter-protest to queer censorship and sexual shame. Join us before the party starts to hear an intimate reading from sex writer Alexander Cheves, reading from his new book, My Love Is a Beast: Confessions. A Q&A and discussion will follow the reading, and books will be for sale.
Tickets at the door.
11 JAN 2023 • Atlanta
An Evening of Queer Readings
Unbound Edition Press and Good Boy Productions | 7 pm | Dad's Garage, 569 Ezzard Street, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Join us at Dad's Garage in Atlanta for an evening of readings by four queer male authors: Alexander Cheves, Martin Padgett, Stephan Ferris (aka Blue Bailey), and Matt Bearden. A discussion and Q&A will follow the readings, and books will be for sale. Hosted by Unbound Edition Press and Good Boy Productions.
Free event.
3 DEC 2022 • Provincetown
Book Reading & Signing
AIDS Support Group of Cape Code | 3 pm | Drop-In Center, 301 Commercial St., Provincetown, Massachusetts, USA
Join us at the AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod on Commercial Street in historic Provincetown. To commemorate World AIDS Day, we invite you to an intimate reading by sex writer and author Alexander Cheves, who is reading from his new book, My Love Is a Beast: Confessions.
Free event.
13 - 16 OCT 2022 • Palm Springs
Book Reading, Signing and Q&A
Reegür | Various times. Please check the weekend schedule at the event. | 18+ | Palm Springs, California, USA
This is a men-only, clothing-optional fetish event for weekend ticket holders only. Purchase tickets and see venue and event information at reegur.com/events.
17 SEP 2022 • Dublin
Speaker
The International Dublin Writers' Festival | 3 pm | Findlater Place, Dublin 1, Dublin, Ireland
This event is open to writers and authors across Ireland and the world. Spaces are limited, and all events are for weekend ticket-holders only—tickets at internationaldublinwritersfestival.com.
5 AUG 2022 • Montreal
Book Reading and Signing
Violet Hour | 2 pm | Le Village, Ste-Catherine Street East, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Join Violet Hour, Montreal's queer book club, in welcoming author Alexander Cheves for an outdoor book signing event at Community Day in the Village.
Free event.
1 AUG 2022 • Montreal
Reading and Reception
Priape | 8 pm | 1311 rue Ste-Catherine East, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Join us at Priape in Montreal's Gay Village for a reading and reception with gay sex writer and author Alexander Cheves, reading from his new book My Love Is a Beast: Confessions. The reading will be followed by a Q&A and discussion and books will be for sale.
Free event.
31 JUL 2022 • Montreal
Nude Reading
Le Grand Effeuillage Littéraire | 7 pm | La Comédie de Montréal, 1113, boulevard de Maisonneuve Est, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Hosted by Denis-Martin Chabot, this event is part of the Anglo-Saxon movements of naked literary performance and according to the principles of nudism, the authors undress completely to read poems or texts. Without artifice, clothes, or jewellery, the artists have only their words to cover themselves. Celebrating body diversity and gender identities and sexual orientations, this evening aims to introduce queer literature in all its simplicity and complexity. 18+
Please note: This event includes full nudity.
Tickets at the door.
29 JUL — 2 AUG 2022 • Montreal
Panelist
The 24th International AIDS Conference | Various times | Palais des congrès de Montréal, 1001 Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Tickets and information at aids2022.org.
28 JUL 2022 • Montreal
Panelist
The For Fuck's Sake Summit, produced by M*Pact Global | All-day event, various times | Palais des congrès de Montréal, 1001 Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
M*Pact will convene gay, bisexual, and queer men from around the globe on Thursday, July 28, 2022, in Montreal, immediately before the International AIDS Conference. The thematic focus of this groundbreaking summit will be gay sex and sexuality.
For over 40 decades the HIV response has overlooked, devalued, or pathologized gay sex. But gay sex has value and meaning and is an important part of our lives and our experiences. This summit will be compelling and provocative and explore various issues, such as the audacity of having a free sexuality with HIV, the joys and challenges gay sex workers face in an increasingly censored internet, the evolution of hookup culture, access to HIV care across the world, and much more.
The For Fuck’s Sake Summit 2022 will provide a space where gay, bisexual, and queer men can foster a stronger sense of community and increase the visibility of the various political and cultural issues connected to sex, while also reducing anti-sex and anti-gay stigma.
Tickets and information at mpactglobal.org/ffss22.
JUN 18 2022 • Fire Island Pines
Book Reading and Signing
General Store | 6 pm | Fire Island Pines, 49 Harbor Walk, Sayville, NY 11782, USA
5 MAY 2022 • New York
A MOUTH FULL: Queer Storytelling Hour
The Eagle NYC | Doors 7 pm, show 8 pm | 554 West 28th St, New York, New York, USA
$10 suggested.
30 APR 2022 • Online
Speaker
The Leatherfolk Book Club | 8 pm CT
This virtual book club "for kinky folks who like books" has welcomed queer luminaries like Garth Greenwell, Gayle S. Rubin, and Samuel R. Delaney to speak about their work.
Join at leatherfolkbookclub.com.
29 APR 2022 • Augusta
Book Reading, Signing and Q&A
Fist Fest 2022 | 3 pm | Metropolis Entertainment Complex, 1250 Gordon Hwy, Augusta, Georgia 30901, USA
Please note: This is an adults-only, clothing-optional event available to weekend ticket holders only. 18+
Tickets and info at fistfest.org.
17 MAR 2022 • Austin
Panelist, "Tech and the New Fluidity of Male Sexuality"
Powered by Sniffies | 11:30 am CT | SXSW | Austin, Texas, USA
Sniffies, the map-based meet-up site for guys, revealed it is bringing queer sex to SXSW. The interactive cruising app announced its participation in a panel discussion entitled “Tech and the New Fluidity of Male Sexuality” taking place Thursday, March 17, at 11:30 a.m. (CT) as part of SFSW’s Culture Track. Sniffies’ CMO and creative director, Eli Martin, will moderate the panel, which will feature Jacob Tobia (they/them), Zachary Zane (he/him), and Alexander Cheves (he/him).
“We’re hoping to challenge an outdated and outmoded version of masculinity that so many people uphold as the standard for men,” Martin tells Out Traveler via email. “The time is ripe to open a conversation about reinventing a masculinity that is non-toxic; a new masculinity that holds space for people of all sexual and gender identities.”
The panel will feature actor, writer, producer, and author Jacob Tobia (Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story); Zachary Zane, the Brooklyn-based activist, sex expert, and author of the “Sexplain It” Men’s Health sex advice column; and author, fetishist, and 2021 Out100 honoree Alexander Cheves.
One goal of the panel, Martin says, is to push folks to “think critically about their role” in creating a world where systems of oppression that limited gender expression have been dismantled. “If we’ve done our job, the audience will leave our session thinking about sexual expression and gender identity in an entirely new way,” Martin says.
For information on the panel discussion, visit their website (www.sxsw.com).
5 DEC 2021 • Chicago
Alexander Cheves, My Love Is a Beast: Confessions | Reading & Book Signing
The Leather Archives & Museum | 7 pm CT | 6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, Illinois, USA | 18+
Tickets at the door.
12 NOV 2021 • Online
Quarto Magazine at Columbia University Hosts Three Queer Authors
Quarto Magazine | 7-8:30 pm ET
Join us online as Quarto Magazine hosts a virtual reading and discussion with queer authors Sophia Anfinn Tonnessen, Carlo Matos, and Alexander Cheves as they launch bold new work from Unbound Edition Press.
Tickets and info at unboundedition.com.
5 NOV 2021 • New York
Alexander Cheves, My Love Is a Beast: Confessions | Reading & Book Signing
Nasty Pig | 7 pm ET | Nasty Pig HQ, 548 W 28th St 548 West 28th Street New York, NY 10001, USA
Free event, ticketed to comply with local occupancy limits and COVID-19 restrictions.
Tickets at Eventbrite.
3 NOV 2021 • Online
Literati Bookstore Hosts Unbound Edition Press Authors | Readings and Q&A
Literati Bookstore | 7 pm CT
Join us online as Ann Arbor's beloved Literati Bookstore hosts a virtual reading and discussion with queer authors Alexander Cheves, Sophia Anfinn Tonnessen, and Carlo Matos as they launch bold new work from Unbound Edition Press.
Tickets at Eventbrite.
1 NOV 2021 • New York
Miss Manhattan Non-Fiction Reading Series
7:30 pm | Niagara Bar, 112 Avenue A & 7th St., New York, New York, USA
Free event.
21 OCT 2021 • Chicago
Exhibit B Hosts Three Queer Authors | Book Reading & Signing
Exhibit B | 7 pm CT | The Martin, 2500 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622, USA
Free event, ticketed to comply with local occupancy limits and COVID-19 restrictions.
Tickets at Eventbrite.
20 OCT 2021 • Minneapolis
Great River Review Hosts Three Queer Authors | Book Reading & Signing
Great River Review | 7 pm CT | Walter Library, 117 Pleasant Street Southeast, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Great River Review hosts a reading and discussion with queer authors Alexander Cheves, Sophia Anfinn Tonnessen, and Carlo Matos as they launch bold new work from Unbound Edition Press. This event will take place on the University of Minnesota's Walter Library Upson Room.
Free event, ticketed to comply with local occupancy limits and COVID-19 restrictions.
Tickets at Eventbrite.
16 OCT 2021 • Savannah
Alexander Cheves, My Love Is a Beast: Confessions | Reading & Book Signing
Club One on Jefferson | 5 pm ET | 1 Jefferson Street, Savannah, GA 31401 USA | 18+
Join us at Club One on Jefferson to welcome SCAD alum and (formerly Savannah-based) sex writer Alexander Cheves for a reading from his new book. Cheves will read on the cabaret stage where the late Lady Chablis performed her notorious weekend show. A Q&A will follow the reading, and books will be for sale.
Free event.
12 OCT 2021 • Atlanta
Alexander Cheves, My Love Is a Beast: Confessions | Official Publication Day | Reading & Book Signing
Theatrical Outfit | 7 pm ET | 84 Luckie Street Northwest, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
Free event, ticketed to comply with local occupancy limits and COVID-19 restrictions.
Tickets at Eventbrite.
8 OCT 2021 • Augusta
Book Reading, Signing and Q&A
Fist Fest 2021 | 5 pm ET | Metropolis Entertainment Complex, 1250 Gordon Hwy, Augusta, Georgia 30901, USA
Please note: This is an adults-only, clothing-optional event available to weekend ticket holders only. 18+
Tickets and event info at fistfest.org.
29 SEP 2021 • Portland
Alexander Cheves, My Love Is a Beast: Confessions | Reading & Book Signing
Eagle Portland | 7 pm CT | 835 North Lombard Street, Portland, OR 97217, USA
Free event.
28 SEP 2021 • Portland
Alexander Cheves, My Love Is a Beast: Confessions | Reading & Book Signing
Q Center | 7 pm CT | 4115 North Mississippi Avenue, Portland, OR 97217, USA
Free event, ticketed to comply with local occupancy limits and COVID-19 restrictions.
Tickets at Eventbrite.
26 SEP 2021 • San Francisco
Book Signing at Unbound Edition Press (booth)
Folsom Street Fair 2021 | All day | San Francisco, California, USA | 18+
Event info at folsomstreet.org.
23 SEP 2021 • San Francisco
Alexander Cheves, My Love Is a Beast: Confessions | Reading & Book Signing
Folsom Street Events | 7 pm PT | Center for Sex & Culture Library, 145 9th Street, #Suite 105, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA
Free event.
22 SEP 2021 • Los Angeles
Book Reading and Q&A with Daniel Reynolds, Editor of Out Magazine | National Book Tour Launch Event
Eagle LA | 7 pm PT | 4219 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90029, USA | Free event
9 NOV 2020 • Online
Panelist, "Let's Talk About: Sex"
Hosted by PERIOD. The Menstrual Movement | 5 pm ET
A holistic sex ed panel presented by PERIOD. and Rape Counselors of East Alabama (RCEA).
Info at rapecounselorsofeastalabama.com.
26 FEB 2020 • San Francisco
Beastly: An Intimate Conversation With Alexander Cheves
Leatherman's Discussion Group (LDG) | 7:30-9:30 pm PT | Catalyst, 1060 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA | 18+
Free event.
18 MAR 2018 • New York
Panelist, "HIV/AIDS Healthcare Challenges"
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | 2 pm ET | 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, New York, 10029, USA
Special event: admission is for medical students only.
9 - 12 NOV 2017 • Los Angeles
Contest Judge, LA Pup
Bullett Bar | All-weekend event | 10522 Burbank Boulevard, North Hollywood, CA 91601, USA | 18+
FRI, 3 MAY 2014 • Savannah
Reader and Award Recipient, Artemis Magazine Awards
2 pm
120 Montgomery St., Savannah, Georgia, United States