Lez Write x Pride & Pen Workshops: Poetry with Leo Drayton

Date: 18th November 2025 | Time: 18:30

That’s right! Lez Write and Pride & Pen have joined forces to bring us some fantastic writing workshops. This week, we’re joined by Leo Drayton for a workshop on poetry writing.

Leo Drayton is a transgender storyteller from Cardiff. Leo collaborated on ‘Y Pump’ series as co-author on Robyn's novel with Iestyn Tyne and has most recently collaborated with Elgan Rhys on the play 'Your Dying Name' for the 'National Theatre Connections' festival and developed short scripts for It's My Shout. One of his poems was featured in the first Welsh LGBTQ+ anthology, Curiadau, and he reached the semi-finals of the Roundhouse poetry Slam in 2022. Leo is keen to write about his experiences as a trans man and share stories of the often under-represented queer community.

This event is supported by Literature Wales' Inspiring Communities Fund.

Further Information

Alcohol will be served at this event. This is a seated event.

Accessibility Information

This event is situated inside The Queer Emporium. There are two entrances to the shop: the front entrance includes a step, whilst our side entrance is level with the ground. There is also a disabled toilet on site.

The Queer Emporium is situated at the lower half of St. Mary's Street. There is a taxi rank diagonally across from the space and Uber cars are able to collect people from the Marriott Hotel, which is approximately 0.4 miles away. Here, many buses also stop to collect passengers and allow them to alight. Parking is available in St. David's Hall 2 and the John Lewis Car Park, both of which are approximately 0.2 miles from The Queer Emporium.

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