PeaceOUT World Homo Hop Festival
peaceout world homo hop festival annual festival hip hop music culture created lesbian gay bisexual transgender lgbt people main festival took place oakland california although sibling festival also held new york city atlanta london festival first held august known cypher part east bay oakland lgbt pride following suggestion east bay oakland pride organizer pete king though king fan hip hop music culture familiar numerous queer hip hop artist performing san francisco bay area felt growing scene important component lgbt art community june king approached juba kalamka group deep dickollective idea including naming event peaceout inquired possibility organizing event though first reticent result viewed racial class antagonism toward hip hop mainstream pride event kalamka eventually relented led organization cypher one deep dickollective bandmate timm west londonbased dj christopher mister maker harvey founded gayhiphopcom website success event led plan create larger scale event east bay pride sponsored event dissolution peaceout time main financial sponsorship organization coordinated kalamkas microlabel sugartruck recording matt wobensmith zine record label outpunk later queercorps imprint among performer appeared festival deep dickollective katastrophe torus fixx goddes deadlee jenro jaycub perez cazwell soce elemental wizard numerous performance festival featured documentary film pick mic premiered toronto international film festival september despite initial plan continue peaceout biannual event following festival kalamka decided close event permanently july official website currently maintained permanent historical archive festival