Queering the Cycle: Conversations on Menstruation Beyond the Binary

Saturday 6 June 2026
13:30 15:30

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Panel discussion exploring what menstruation look like across queer identities, including trans, non-binary, and queer experiences.

Venue: Portobello Library

Organiser: Lizzy Kurtzer

Tickets: Free Tickets Via Outsaavy

Age: All Ages

Event Description

Menstruation is often framed through a narrow, gendered lens - but the lived experience is far more diverse. This panel creates space to explore what menstruation looks like across queer identities, including trans, non-binary, and queer experiences.

Together, we’ll open an honest conversation about the realities of menstruation for people with queer identities - the joys, the complexities, the moments of disconnection, and the unexpected places of empowerment. We’ll also explore how relationships, identity, healthcare, and community shape our experiences of our cycles.

This discussion aims to bring visibility to experiences that are rarely spoken about, while asking: what would more inclusive, supportive, and affirming conversations around menstruation actually look like?

This will be a gentle, reflective, and open conversation, with space for nuance, curiosity, and shared learning.

About The Panel

Host - Lizzy Kurtzer - Life Coach and Menstrual Cycle Coaching for Women, Queer Folk & Organisations. To see more of Lizzy’s work please go to: https://www.innerconnectioncoach.co.uk/

Contributor - Lisa Fannen - offers bodywork for women, gender non-binary and trans people; and author of Threads which explores what gets called ‘female’ anatomy & sexuality, the politics and experiences of the menstrual cycle, and what gets called ‘PMS’. To see more of Lisa’s work please go to: https://threadsbook.org/

Contributor - Heather Marshall - writer, artist, facilitator and access consultant who creates work with and for people who may not traditionally engage in the arts due to social, physical and/or financial barriers.
Heather’s adaption of Medusa, staged at Summerhall in March 2026, challenged the myth that Medusa was a monster, exploring the impact of hormones on a menstruating persons mind and body.

To see more of Heather’s work please go to www.creative-electric.org or www.instagram.com/creative_electric