REVENGE OF THE NERDS* - A Holiday Fundraiser for the Liberation, Freedom and Equity of all Queer People. Don your pocket calculators and delicious awkwardness, as we create a fantasia honoring the Nerds, Geeks, Dorks, Weirdos and Outsiders of the 1980s – Queer Style. This is the adulation and the homage to those eyeglass-wearing, overachieving, peculiar heroes we all were or wish we were. THE NATIONAL LGBTQ TASK FORCE and RETRO FACTORY have teamed up to transform BOXERS HK into a totally radical space celebrating those special misunderstood intellectual outsiders who marched to their own beat, raising funds for an organization that has been at the forefront of Queer Civil Rights since it was founded almost 50 years ago.

Often just as misunderstood, the Nerds and the LGBTQ+ community share a similar spirit- defined by their character and defying the status quo. Imagine if nerds were able to express themselves with the power and delight of the LGBTQ+ Community. Now is the time for NERD PRIDE. Let’s show off the sexiness, off-kilter beauty of those quirky denizens of the 1980s, with the power and spunk of the Queer community at the Helm. That is what RETRO FACTORY’s REVENGE OF THE NERDS is all about.

We are all NERD PRIDE. Come find it at this dance party meets theatrical experience! Dress up in your best retro attire as your favorite 1980s or 1990s nerd character! Dance with friends, admire the pop-up performances, interact with Queer icons from the past, enjoy a cocktail, and hear about the incredible work of the Task Force. DJ Rocket will be spinning on decks, to get you dancing with free abandon, and maybe you'll even solve some equations on the dance floor. For NERD PRIDE, we can dance, but we can also make change.

All proceeds go to benefit the National LGBTQ Task Force in our work to advance full freedom, justice and equality for LGBTQ people.

REVENGE OF THE NERDS

By National LGBTQ Task Force

REVENGE OF THE NERDS

A Queer Fundraiser

Team Members