From a QWOC in Japan: “I have learned that I cannot do it on my own and that as much as I perhaps took credit for what I knew and what I learned, I realize that I always had a constant source of support to fall back on. Now that these friends – my family – are many miles away, I am left to navigate this world, for the first time, as a true outsider.”
OPTIONZ Pride Party for Trans & Queer People of Color THU June 9th
Posted By Yarimee Gutierrez on June 8th, 2011
**NEW LOCATION** Due to racist policy at previous venue, OPTIONZ has been MOVED to : Market Lounge 130 Water St (120 Water St entrance) Downtown Boston, 02109 PLEASE HELP SPREAD THE WORD! OPTIONZ: 5th Annual Multicultural Pride Party from Queer Women of Color and Friends OPTIONZ is an annual diversity-conscious, trans-inclusive, bi-friendly, open-to-all Pride party [...]
A Night of Elegance at RENAISSANCE: Women of Color in Jazz, Soul, and R&B
Posted By QWOC+ Boston on May 25th, 2011
Join Spectra Events and the QWOC+ Boston community for a night of elegant jazz, poetry, and brown artsy goodness. Featuring talented local women of color artists, including Tavonna Miller, Mofroism & the Feel, Sapphira Cristal, Mercedes Diaz, and Laquandra Seymore! Tickets are $20 at the door. Open to everyone over 18.
Queer Asian Pacific-Islander Alliance Hosts a Fundraiser BBQ!
Posted By QWOC+ Boston on May 8th, 2011
QAPA hosts a BBQ to raise money for their Boston Pride registration. Join them on May 14th for ribs, steak, wings, hot dogs, and vegetarian yumminess!
We Will Not Be Unwritten: Preserving Queer Women of Color History
Posted By Spectra on May 8th, 2011
As LGBT people (esp. members of marginalized groups: women, people of color, transgender, disabled etc), we all need to do a better job of telling our own stories, and in effect, writing ourselves (back) into history. Read this opinion piece from founder, Spectra, on preserving QWOC+ Boston’s history.
Queer People of Color Duo Serve It Up for Cinco De Mayo: Spoken Word Meets FUNK
Posted By QWOC+ Boston on May 3rd, 2011
On Thursday May 5th, Spectra Events Basement Series, a monthly live music showcase of artists who push against boundaries (followed by a strictly non-mainstream international dance party), will feature London Bridgez, a nationally-touring local artist, who fuses music with poetry, and is embarking on a summer tour across the country.
Revelation: A Moment in the Life of a Black Lesbian Adoptee
Posted By QWOC+ Boston on April 18th, 2011
Acclaimed author and activist, Robin G. White, shares a personal moment of “Revelation” from her journey as an adoptee to find her birth family, and re-affirmation of her lesbian identity. Simply put, it is beautiful. We are who we are. “It is in our genes.”
Put Some Spring in It: A Guide to Online Dating from Sissy Van Dyke
Posted By QWOC+ Boston on April 11th, 2011
Sissy Van Dyke shares a few tips for all you serial monogamists in search for the next u-haul. One of them is slow down, but the rest of it sheds some light into the dark alley of online dating. Roll up your sleeves and take notes!
The Limits of Liminality: Navigating Hipster “Blackness” in Queer Boston
Posted By QWOC+ Boston on April 4th, 2011
This insightful piece about navigating “blackness” in Boston’s queer community is a must-read from D’hana (the co-producer of the infamous NU-LIFE dance night at ZuZu Tuesdays). Intentional communities are important, but D’hana reminds us that we still have a long way to go before racially integrated communities happen naturally.
Annual Spring Social for Women and Trans People of Color and Allies
Posted By QWOC+ Boston on March 30th, 2011
Join Queer Women of Color and Friends (QWOC+ Boston) for our annual spring social at OM Lounge! Open to Queer Women and Trans People of color and all our friends, supporters, and allies.
