Feature Interviews and Press Mentions
- 20 African Women with Powerful and Inspiring Voices (Listed by Applause Africa)
- 17 Black Bloggers to Know (Listed by For Harriet)
- Highlighted Sexuality Professional of the Day (Profile Interview for Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health)
- The Femisphere: African Feminist Bloggers (Profile Interview for Ms. Magazine)
- Spectra’s Keynote Address for The Rivers School Day of Silence (for School Newspaper, Podium)
- 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence (by Women, Action, and the Media)
- Spectra Organizes Women of Color in New England (Profile Interview for Edge Network)
- This is What a Lesbian Looks Like (Print Feature in Curve Magazine)
- Who’s Who: Queer Women of Color and Friends Founder (Profile Interview for Diffuse5)
Distinguished Training Programs and Institutes
- 2011 EMERGE Women’s Political Training Program
- Spring 2011 LGBT People of Color Media Training Institute (Training from GLAAD)
- The Op-Ed Project (March 2010)
Published Works Elsewhere
- Founder and Executive Editor at QWOC Media Wire
- Staff Writer at Gender Across Borders
- Contributor at Role Reboot
- Guest Blogger at BITCH Magazine
- Preventing LGBT Youth of Color Suicides: A Case for Diversity (Feature for Color Magazine)
- Not (Just) Another Queer Movie: The Racialicious Review of Pariah (Feature for Racialicious)
- I Am Alike: How Films Like Pariah Can Save the World (Feature for Autostraddle)
- Love and Afrofeminism Series (guest blogging for BITCH Magazine)
- Queer African Reader Anthology (Accepted)
- Ain’t I A Woman (Accepted)
Awards and Accolades
- 2010 Lavender Rhino Award (Awarded by the History Project)
- 2010 Trailblazer Award (Awarded by Fenway Women’s Health)
- 1st Prize Boit Manuscript in Fiction (Awarded by MIT)
- 2nd Prize Robert A. Boit Short Story (Awarded by MIT)