Speak. Online Screening

Mycelium is partnering with the Vancouver Queer Film Festival for 4 free screenings! RSVP below for a free online ticket for Speak. Check out the trailer here! These free tickets are open to queer and trans youth aged 16-29. 

Five top-ranked high school students from across the U.S. step onto the national stage to compete in the world’s most intense public speaking competition. Against a backdrop of rising anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and political division, they channel personal conviction into powerful performances that confront injustice head-on.

Speak. offers an intimate, stirring portrait of youth who refuse to stay silent, crafting stories that challenge those in power, demand change, and prove that our voices are a force to be reckoned with.

The Vancouver Queer Film Festival

The 37th annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival (@queerfilmfest) invites you to celebrate stories from
queer past, present, and future! Experience 100 films from 25 countries, created by 2SLGBTQIA+
storytellers and inspiring Vancouver audiences.

️🎞️ September 11-21, 2025 in-person
▶️ September 22-28 online BC-wide

Mycelium 

Mycelium is a space for queer & trans youth 16-29 across what is colonially known as BC. We gather to center healing, pleasure, and justice in our lives as we envision and create a world liberated from HIV & Hep C stigma. 

We are committed to reducing stigma related to HIV & Hep C and to building communities where we feel safe talking about the highs and lows of sex, drugs, relationships and all the things that bring us pleasure. 

Land Acknowledgement 

Mycelium events take place on traditional, unceded territories of various First Nations in what is colonially referred to as ‘British Columbia.’ Our team is committed to doing our work in ways that bring us closer to Indigenous Sovereignty.  

Mycelium offers online and in-person programs organized by coordinators based on the traditional, unceded territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil Waututh), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), S’ólh Téméxw (Stó:lō), Qayqayt, Stz’uminus, Lheidli T'enneh, Dakehl Keyoh. We invite you to find out more by visiting https://www.whose.land/en/.