# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Chosen Ties: Queer Stories of Family, Found and Forged
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 23 Apr, 2026 at 09:30 pm – Thu, 23 Apr, 2026 at 11:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: What binds us isn’t always blood. In this intimate evening of original storytelling, LGBTQ+ voices explore the evolving shape of family – chosen, inherited, lost, or reclaimed. From quiet estrangements to fierce solidarities, these stories ask: What makes a family, and who gets to decide?

Participants: Johanne Pelletier, Hollay Ghadery, John Cotrocois, Jamie Brickhouse, Nisha Coleman, Leila Marshy

Hosts: Misty Waterfalls, Christopher DiRaddo

Language(s): English

Date and time: Thursday, April 23, 2026, 9:30 PM

Location: HOTEL10 – Espace Godin

Duration: 90 minutes

Price: Free

With the support of the Secrétariat aux relations avec les Québécois d’expression anglaise, Mark Gallop, Metropolis Bleu
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/montreal/chosen-ties-queer-stories-of-family-found-and-forged/200029844164450
- **Event Categories**: lgbt-pride, storytelling
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 76

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Montreal
- **state**: QC
- **country**: Canada
- **location**: HOTEL 10
- **lat**: 45.51203
- **long**: -73.56914
- **full address**: HOTEL 10, 10 Rue Sherbrooke O, Montréal, QC H2X 4C9, Canada, Montreal

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: Chosen Ties: Queer Stories of Family, Found and Forged
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/e168eaab7f92c4cdd9c90523f0994c27c40e6ae2918ba0d9c7490a01d043a572-rimg-w1200-h675-dcf5f0ed-gmir?v=1774997563

## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Chosen Ties: Queer Stories of Family, Found and Forged being held?
  - **A:** Chosen Ties: Queer Stories of Family, Found and Forged takes place on Thu, 23 Apr, 2026 at 09:30 pm to Thu, 23 Apr, 2026 at 11:00 pm at HOTEL 10, 10 Rue Sherbrooke O, Montréal, QC H2X 4C9, Canada, Montreal.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Chosen Ties: Queer Stories of Family, Found and Forged?
  - **A:** Chosen Ties: Queer Stories of Family, Found and Forged is organized by Violet Hour.

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