*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, younger, older, lesbian,…
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QWOC Pride During Pride
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 screened…
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Hablando de Las Latinas (Continued): Dislocating Cultures
So many of my white American friends have never understood that when my parents come to visit that they of COURSE stay with me in my one bedroom apartment, and that my mother’s underwear will always be found hanging to dry in the bathroom. I know it’s funny, but that’s…
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Bay Windows Article: We Made The Front Page?
Queer women of color create a sceneby Ethan Jacobsassociate editorThursday Apr 17, 2008 See the article here About two years ago Adora Asala set out to tackle a longstanding problem in Boston’s LGBT scene: the distinct lack of people of color at the city’s LGBT clubs, bars and events. At…
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Bay Windows Interview
Today I took a scheduled call with a reporter from Bay Windows, a local LGBT newspaper. I must admit I was a bit nervous; I’ve never had to deal with ‘real’ press before. But, I think it went well. I got my point across… or, did I? When he asked…