QWOC Week 2011

My Labor of Love Turns Five in August: Queer Women of Color Week 2011

By On July 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Hey Everyone,

I’ve been MIA because I’ve been buried neck-deep in QWOC Week 2011 planning. If you live in Boston (or near enough) and support my work then please forward on the information below to the appropriate outlets. It’s been five years since I started organizing around women’s [...]

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NEW PROJECT: Interview Series Featuring LGBT Human Rights Leaders around the World

By On January 19, 2011 · 7 Comments

The founder of QWOC+ Boston (Spectra, www.spectraspeaks.com) is interested in interviewing LGBT POC leaders in the US and Human Rights Activists around the world as part of a new project to share leadership stories and best practices. The project launches in February, and in solidarity with Black History Month, will feature interviews from Black LGBT Leaders across the country and the globe.

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New Narratives, New Voices: Why I Hate the Word Diversity

By On March 26, 2010 · 10 Comments

But in my fight for “diversity”, I’ve often found myself pigeon-holed into choosing on one fight — the “people of color” fight — over others (sexism, immigration etc), and losing critical ground on those other fronts as a result.

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My Life as a Professional Token

By On February 4, 2010 · 1 Comment

I was recently invited to a house party style networking event hosted by Fenway’s Development staff. For those of you who don’t know, I’m the founding director of Queer Women of Color and Friends (QWOC+ Boston), a not-for-profit social networking organization for LGBT women (including trans-people) of color, so [...]

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Day Three of QWOC Week

By On August 7, 2008 · Leave a Comment

I wonder how many times I can use the word “magical” in my blogs this week. I really can’t think of any other way to describe the past few days. In fact, I’m checking an online thesaurus right now…

Main Entry: magical Part of Speech: adjective Synonyms: charming, [...]

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Day Two of QWOC WEEK

By On August 6, 2008 · 1 Comment

I don’t even know where to start. I had every intention of blogging about my experience yesterday at the Monday Health panel, and talking about what it was like to sit there and listen to those beautiful, inspiring, proud, nurturing women speak to me. To ‘me’, as a queer [...]

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Day One of QWOC WEEK

By On August 5, 2008 · 1 Comment

It’s finally happening. I woke up this morning and thought, “It’s QWOC WEEK.” There wasn’t that much excitement in my mind as I thought about it because I hadn’t gotten enough sleep, I’m still eating irregularly, my hair needs to be done, and there [...]

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QWOC WEEK PRESS RELEASE (Aug 4-10)

By On August 1, 2008 · Leave a Comment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

QUEER WOMEN OF COLOR AND FRIENDS (OF ALL COLORS AND ORIENTATIONS) UNITE!
“QWOC+ Boston Fills A Gap In The Local LBGTQ Community—With A Week Long Celebration”

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QWOC Week Schedule of Events

By On July 31, 2008 · Leave a Comment

*WEBSITE AND QWOC WEEK EVENT DETAILS UPDATED*

QWOC Week is a multicultural pride festival for LGBT people of color.

We’re putting on this week for the first time in Boston and will appreciate your attendance and support; it is so important that we ALL – boys, girls, [...]

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QWOC Pride During Pride

By On June 10, 2008 · Leave a Comment

HAPPY PRIDE!

Looking back at the past ‘rainbow year’ (June 2007 – present), I can’t help but feel proud of all our work and contributions to the community; through QWOC+ Boston, MadFemmePride, and my peripheral affiliations with other like-minded groups, change is happening… There are QWOC walking around, being [...]

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