We are currently accepting applications for the following TWO (2) internship positions for Fall 2010! We promise you a rewarding experience filled with learning, mentorship, sisterhood, and food! If you don’t believe us, ask our summer 2010 intern, Erika Turner. Read what she has to say in her last summer blog post. Deadline for first…
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OUTSPOKEN (on Thursday, August 5th @PRECINCT) is one of the most highly anticipated events of QWOC Week, and our summer. Featuring performance and spoken word from queer people of color, this event annually creates a space for raw honesty and truths that will leave you inspired, momentarily speechless, but empowered to be more OUTSPOKEN. Below…
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Are you a graphic designer looking to increase your portfolio? Please consider donating your talent to QWOC+ Boston in support of our 3rd Annual QWOC Week. We have slots for thirteen events during QWOC Week and we need flyers for all of them, yep, ALL of them. No, don’t run away just yet! We’re not…
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Boston Pride is recruiting a Deputy Director P R E S S R E L E A SE [download pdf] Contact: Linda DeMarco, President Boston Pride hr@bostonpride.org BOSTON PRIDE COMMITTEE LAUNCHES SEARCH FOR FIRST DEPUTY DIRECTOR Boston, Mass., September 16, 2009 — After almost 40 years of service to the LGBT Community as an all-volunteer…
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Demand that the Brooklyn District Attorney Drop the Charges Against Tiffany Jimenez Call the Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes (718) 250-2000 Demand he Drop the Charges Against Tiffany Jimenez now! In the early morning of Sunday May 17, 2009 several officers from the 77th Precinct came to the Ife Lounge in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. They…
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Contribute YOUR voices to the understanding and needs of OUR community. Graduate student conducting a study examining the experiences of race and sexual orientation in the lives of Black lesbian and bisexual women, encouraging women that meet the following to participate: Adult (18+) woman Black (US born and/or raised) Identify as lesbian, bisexual woman, or…
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OUTside the Box: a Queer People of Color Visual Artist Showcase/Exhibition/Sale Space In preparation for the second annual QWOC WEEK, presented by Queer Women of Color and Friends (QWOC+ Boston), the organizers of Boston’s multicultural LGBTQ festival (August 3rd-9th 2009) are accepting applications from artists interested in participating in “OUTside the Box: a Queer People…
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QWOC+ Boston would like to invite local LGBT performers and spoken word artists of color to submit their profiles, bios, and experience for performance consideration at OUTSPOKEN, our annual queer people of color spoken word and performance showcase, which takes place this year on Wednesday August 5th during our 2nd Annual QWOC WEEK. Please send along…
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As it turns out, Facebook has disabled QWOC+ Boston’s account and is claiming that we violated some terms of use. This appears to be highly suspect given the number of times we were unable to access the account over the past couple of days, and the number of times an organizer had to request a…
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Hello — I am the Programming Chair for the Butch Voices Conference, to be held in Oakland from August 20 to 23 of this year. Butch Voices is a grassroots organization dedicated to all self-identified butches, studs, aggressives, those of similar identities, and their allies. We can be found online at www.butchvoices.com. It is extremely important…
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