Queer Tattoo History

Sara Swanson / 2025 / Sweden / 30 min / Swedish, no English subtitles
Saturday Oct 4 / 17:30 / Slakthuset – Graffitisthlm – Hallvägen 5

In 2005, Sara Swanson founded StaDemonia Tattoo Stockholm together with her partner and tattoo master Soledad Aznar Rodriguez. It quickly became a hub in Stockholm’s queer tattoo community. Since then, Sara has for several years explored queer tattoo history, and now we present the results! Queer Tattoo History / Stories is a short documentary, a work of memory about LGBTQI+ people’s experiences with tattooing. Sara has collected memories of tattoos through interviews with LGBTQI+ people who got tattooed during the 1970s and 80s.

The film is followed by a conversation with Sara Swanson.