Wicked Queer

Introducing Wicked Queer 42.

This year’s theme is Queer Audacity, a reminder that we need to celebrate, uplift, and to own our collective and personal power as Queer people. We picked a symbol this year to represent this energy, The Lavender Rhinoceros.

Running from Gaypril 3-16, 2026.

We're proud to present, with our friends at the Boston Underground Film Festival: The Serpent's Skin!

Thursday, March 19th
6PM - The Brattle
For more info and tickets, head over to BUFF's site: bostonunderground.org/schedule/202...

ERUPCJA - dir. Pete Ohs has been Selected for Wicked Queer: Boston's LGBTQ+ Film Festival.
WQ42 is April 3rd-16th, 2026

REMINDER! Our final deadline for WQ:42 is coming up! If you've been on the fence about submitting, now is the time. You can find our submission page on FilmFreeway, on our site, or through the 'SUBMIT HERE' link in our bio.

Support QFI and Wicked Queer!
We are all the seeds of change. Help us keep Queer storytelling traditions blooming today and for the future. As an all-volunteer organization, every dollar we raise goes to LGBTQIA2S+ cinema and filmmakers. Please consider donating or volunteering.

Happy Holidays from the team at Wicked Queer. We hope each and every one of you has a peaceful and relaxing holiday season this year. Queer love all around ❤️

Our final Fall Festival Feature is JIMPA - Sunday at 2PM at The MFA

For more info and tickets, visit the MFA's website here:
www.mfa.org/event/film/j...

Opening our Fall Focus weekend at the MFA is CACTUS PEARS - Friday at 7PM

For more information and tickets, check out the Fall Focus link HERE: www.mfa.org/event/film/c...

THIS WEEKEND! Wicked Queer Fall Focus at The Museum of Fine Arts: Boston!

Join the MFA and Wicked Queer for a collection of films highlighting the best of 2025 in queer cinema.

For more info and tickets, visit the MFA's page HERE: www.mfa.org/series/wicke...

The AUDIENCE WINNER for WQ DOCS 2025 is
A DEEPER LOVE: THE STORY OF MISS PEPPERMINT!

With a previously unheard of 100% audience score, this real, emotional and raw film won over the Boston's queer little hearts. We were happy to be graced by Peppermint's presence opening night.

📷 Noreen Jordan

Our wonderful Honorable Mention at this year's WQ:Docs is QUEER AS PUNK! This energetic showcase of chosen family really won over our audience.

#queeraspunk #queerdoc #queerfilm #wqdocs #filmfestival #muslimfilm #musicfilm

Every year at WQ:Docs we have a Best In Show award for one of our short films.. This year, it was a tie!

Congrats to both FRIENDS OF DOROTHY and TWO TRAVELING AUNTIES on Best In Show!

To close off this year's wonderful WQ:DOCS, is MOVE YA BODY: THE BIRTH OF HOUSE

This film starts us out at underground dance clubs on the South Side of Chicago, where a group of friends turn a new sound into a global movement.

For more info and tickets, visit our website (link in bio)

To close off this year's wonderful WQ:DOCS, is MOVE YA BODY: THE BIRTH OF HOUSE

This film starts us out at underground dance clubs on the South Side of Chicago, where a group of friends turn a new sound into a global movement.

For more info and tickets, visit our website queer.film/wickedqueer

TODAY at WQ:DOCS

We have our annual doc shorts program, Community, Connection, and Visibility: Real Lives Shorts Program as well as SALLY!

For more info about both of these programs, visit our website: queer.film/wickedqueer

WQ:DOCS opening night spotlight is A DEEPER LOVE: THE STORY OF MISS PEPPERMINT. Join us with director Oriel Pe'er and the moment herself, Miss Peppermint, for a Q&A after the screening! This screening is paired with DON'T CRY FOR E ALL YOU DRAG QUEENS,

Today - Fri Nov 14th, 7PM @ The Brattle

The last film in our WQ:DOCS roster this year is MOVE YA BODY: THE BIRTH OF HOUSE. Proudly co-presented with our friends at the Roxbury Int'l Film Festival, this film follows the underground dance clubs on the South Side of Chicago, where a group of friends turn a new sound into a global movement.

Introducing: SALLY!

Sally! follows Sally Gearhart’s journey from young professor to beloved community elder, blending archival footage and interviews to capture her complexity. This heartfelt documentary reclaims Gearhart’s legacy as both an icon and a deeply human force for change.

Introducing the Shorts Program for WQ:DOCS 2025:
Community, Connection, and Visibility: Real Lives

Here's a full list of the five shorts in the program below:

We'll Go Down in History
While We Still Have Time
Friends of Dorothy: The Yellow Brick Code
Dancing in Tomorrowland
Two Traveling Aunties

This is a beautiful and intense film delving into Ink, metal, ritual, and spirit. A Body To Live In dives into Fakir Musafar’s Modern Privitivism; a revolutionary vision of the body as art and the self as expression. We know you're curious.

For more info and tickets check out queer.film/wickedqueer

We are so excited to announce that Trans activist, performer, and absolute legend Miss Peppermint will be in attendance for our opening night film: A DEEPER LOVE: THE STORY OF MISS PEPPERMINT

We will also be hosting a Q&A with her after the screening. Come say hi, and get your questions ready.

We are absolutely ecstatic for our opening night film.. Watch the trailer for A DEEPER LOVE: THE STORY OF MISS PEPPERMINT Here! Keep your eyes peeled for an exciting announcement about our screening this Friday 👀

WQ: Docs and Queer Muslims of Boston are proud to present: "Queer as Punk" This film dives into the criminality of being LGBTQ in Muslim-majority Malaysia.

And "Heels to Heal;" A musical documentary celebrating Malaysian queer resilience.

For more info and tickets, visit queer.film/wickedqueer

Proudly presenting with The Jewish Climate Action Newtwork and CineFest Latino Boston - "Brigitte's Planet B" This film is a feature documentary about transgender ecologist Brigitte Baptiste and her fight for the Planet’s future.

For more info and tickets, go to queer.film/wickedqueer

To start out WQ:Docs this year, our opening night film is "A Deeper Love: The Story Of Miss Peppermint,"

Accompanying A Deeper Love is "Don't Cry For Me All You Drag Queens,"

For more info and tickets, visit our website queer.film/wickedqueer

This Thursday, November 6th - In collaboration with the Cambridge Health Alliance and MGH Sexual Health Clinic, Join us for a FREE screening of Fallen Fruit! This will be a night to get to know your local community, with free STI testing on site as well!

For more info, visit: bit.ly/47EVO0i

WE ARE ALL SEEDS OF CHANGE.

Celebrating the progression and evergreen resilience of the Queer community and culture, WQ:Docs presents 7 programs documenting the cultural movements that have shaped global culture and highlighting the changemakers that have pushed the needle forward.

Nov 14th-17th.

Boston Premiere Gay & Lesbian Film Festival | May 4 - 24, 1984 The first year of the festival that would become Wicked Queer, hosted at The Nickelodeon on Commonwealth Ave.

It's our first post on BlueSky, so let's go back to the beginning!

In 1984, Programmer George Mansour hosted three weeks of LGBTQ+ films at the Nickelodeon on Comm Ave, and the festival was born.

Check out the full program, including Waters, Visconti, Fassbinder, Carmen Miranda and Bugs Bunny.