QWOC Week Schedule of Events

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, younger, older, lesbian, bisexual, gay, trans, straight, and allies – come together as a community to help make this week a success and guarantee it for years to come.

Join the movement. RSVP at any one of our sites, leave some enthusiasm, then spread the word!

Website for Updated Event Details (Pretty Flyers Up!)

PLEASE NOTE: The most current calendar of events will be made available on our website. So, be sure to double-check event details before you head out.


Monday August 4th at 7PM

COMPLEX IDENTITIES: The Challenge of Providing Health Services to LGBTQ People of Color (A Panel Discussion)

Join Queer Women of Color and Friends (QWOC+ Boston) for a panel discussion and OPEN community discussion on the health challenges facing LGBT people of color, featuring special guests:

Jacquie Bishop (American Diabetes Association)
Lula Christopher (Boston Black Women’s Health Initiative)
Reverend Irene Monroe (Harvard Divinity School)
Lisa Moris (The Network/La Red, Boston Area Rape Crisis Center, Dudley Pride Coalition)

@ MIT Bldg 14E-304, 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge MA 02139

Tuesday August 5th at 7PM

“Diversity Speaks On Love, Friendship, and Family: A Discussion on Interracial Relationships within the Queer Community”

Co-sponsored by Center For New Words “Feminism and Dessert” discussion series

@ YWCA 7 Temple Street Cambridge MA 02139

Wednesday August 6th

QWOC+ Boston presents “OUTSPOKEN: A Queer People of Color Spoken-Word Artist Showcase” in collaboration with Truth Serum productions

Join us for an evening of spoken word and performance, featuring performances from:
Good Asian Drivers, Kit Yan and Melissa Li (Boston)
Letta Neely (Boston)
Judah Dorrington (Boston)
Ignacio Rivera (Brooklyn)
Kay Barrett (NYC)
Shante Paradigm (Brooklyn)
Co-sponsored by Queer Asian Pacific Alliance (QAPA)
Doors at 6:30PM. Show starts at 7PM.

Resident DJs spinning old school R&B, soul, and house music from 9PM onwards. Stay on to mingle, socialize, and dance!
@ MIDDLESEX LOUNGE 315 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge MA 02139

Thursday August 7th at 7PM

Back to Basics: Summer Breezin’ at DBAR

Co-sponsored by MadFemmePride
@ DBAR 1236 Dorchester Avenue Boston MA 02136
Join Queer Women of Color and Friends (QWOC+ Boston) and MadFemmePride to commemorate the very first QWOC+ Boston event (and MadFemmePride collaboration) at Dbar in 2006! Yup, it’s going on two years, people!

This event routinely draws out a diverse, friendly, progressive, and fun crowd. Come on down after work in your three-piece suit, straight from a day off at home in your jeans and flipflops, or coordinated in purple with three of your best friends – we really don’t care just as long as you’re there.

Weather-permitting, the patio will be open.

This event goes from 7PM-11PM. But feel free to stay on afterwards for more socializing and dancing.


Friday August 8th at 7PM

Lights, Camera, Activism: Movie Night Feat. “DANGEROUS LIVING: Coming Out in the Developing World” and “The Donor”

Hosted by MIT’s Women and Gender Studies “Chick Makes Flicks” Program

@ MIT Bldg 32-141 STATA CENTER 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge MA 02139

Saturday August 9th

1PM – 5PM:

Stomping the Yard: QWOC Day in the Park

@ Park Opposite Stony Brook Station (Orange Line)

Join Queer Women of Color and Friends and Greater Boston PFLAG (Parents, Friends, and Family of Lesbians and Gays) for a fun day in the park. Bring poetry/prose to share. Show up with a potluck item to place on the community food blanket. Come dressed for an active game of kickball. Or come with your favorite wing-person for some fun speed-friending. This event is all about community-building, family, friends, and celebrating the diversit
y within our community… together.

9PM – 2AM:

FUSION: The Official QWOC Week Saturday Night Pride Party for Men AND Women

Bring An Ally!
Brought to you by Spectra Entertainment
The Revolutions Takes Place @ UMBRIA 295 Franklin Street Boston MA 02110

  • Bring “Your” Allies! And be part of the revolution…

    • Gay manfriends, Straight girlfriends, Clueless Coworkers, Comin ‘Round Cousins, Supportive Siblings, Moms and Dads (Just Tell Em Before You Get There), Old College Roommates, New Open Flatmates, Too-Busy-To-Clubbers, Coffeeshop Friends, White Friends, Brown Friends…

  • Come UN-ARMED for much love, celebration, and pride in unity
  • Dress/Accent in “Purple” for solidarity in support of QWOC Week
  • Grown ‘N’ Sexy Reception 9PM-10PM

Oh, and did we mention… The First 50 people get in FREE!
BOSTON.GOING.COM/QWOCWEEK ADVANCED DISCOUNTED TICKETS AND RSVP

Sunday August 10th at NOON

Queer Women of Color and Friends Beach Getaway

Hosted by the QWOC+ Boston Organizers and Volunteers


The QWOC WEEK crew will be taking over REVERE beach for the festival’s final day. Weather-permitting, we’ll be getting some much-needed relaxation after the week-long festival.

 @Revere Beach (Blue Line Accessible)
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