ABOUT US

MISSION

FANTOM aims to ensure the safety, sustainability, and solidarity of a thriving alternative nightlife culture.

WHAT WE DO

We create frameworks for collective action, policy analysis and advocacy, as well as the creation of tools for knowledge and resource sharing.

We foster inititatives that seek to meaningfully improve the material conditions of alternative cultural work in Tiohtià:ke / Montreal.

HOW WE WORK

FANTOM relies on community input via surveys, meet-ups, and working groups in order to guide projects and set priorities.

HISTORY

FANTOM was founded in 2022 in response to a groundswell of frustration among workers, performers, organizers, and other members of Montreal’s queer/trans/BIPOC/ally nightlife communities experiencing violence, harassment, exploitation, and misrepresentation.

Taken together, these experiences were clear threats to the continued viability of underground and alternative nightlife in Montreal.

Incorporating FANTOM as a not-for-profit organization in Quebec was the first step towards being able to better understand and respond to these threats through collective action.