Afroqueer visits with Evidens’

In dialogue with the exhibition dedicated to the work of African-American queer artist Mickalene Thomas, Kagny and Dgémael, members of the Evidens’ association, will share their perspective on the history of the Afroqueer** community and its current development. These tours celebrate the intersection of Afro-descendant and queer* identities.

The members of the Evidens' association, in dialogue with the Abattoirs team, are committed to the visibility and promotion of Afroqueer identities in the public sphere and the fight against discrimination, which is still present in 2025.

Free admission, first Sunday of the month

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Evidens’ is a Toulouse-based association created in 2024 by and for Afroqueer people. Its goal is to work for the visibility and rights of these individuals, to enable the sharing and celebration of their different cultures and communities, and to celebrate the intersection of identities through events that reflect who they are.

Queer: a word derived from English meaning ‘strange,’ ‘odd,’ ‘maladjusted,’ and initially used as an insult towards LGBT+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) people. It was reappropriated and given new meaning by the LGBTQIA+ community in the context of the fight against the AIDS epidemic in the late 1980s. It is now used to positively assert divergence from binary heterosexual and cisgender norms. The term queer embodies a political demand for collective struggle against normative regulations and relationships of domination linked to gender, sexuality and the sexualised body.

Afroqueer: this term refers to people who are both of African descent and queer.