Meeting on Saturday- North Main

So we're going to be meeting this saturday, noon, at the Whole Foods on North Main.

Email whatqueer@gmail.com if you have any questions.

XO
~s.

Location for Meetup TBA

We're probably changing the location of our meetup on Saturday. Stay posted for more details.


XO
~S.

Meet Up at White Electric

So, we are meeting Saturday October 18th (this saturday) NOON at White Electric to discuss the protest, as well as radical queer oragnizing in Providence.

If you can't make it but are still interested, contact me @ Saffo@riseup.net.

STILL NEED HELP FLIERING

hit me up! HRC protest is in two weeks!

xoxo
~s

Need Help Fliering

Hey, I'm going to need help fliering to organize the Providence contingent for the HRC protest. Even if you can't make it, if you are willing to help out, please contact me: Saffo@riseup.net.

Also, I hoping to have some people meet up to talk about the contingent either wednesday or thursday. If you are interested, again, please contact me.

For more about the protest, read the previous post.

Xoxo
~S.

P.S. Also check out http://dc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/144357/index.php for cool shit from the DC protest. http://www.flickr.com/photos/isisdc/sets/72157607741466482
http://dc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/144360/index.php

Calling All Radical Queers!!!

Saturday, October 25th, the HRC (Human Rights Campaign) the largest, mainstream gay rights lobbying organization in the country, will be having their annual gala dinner in Boston. Join radical queer activists in protesting the HRC's transphobic, right-wing policies. (For more info, check out http://queertoday.ning.com/events/event/show?id=2057108:Event:6242)

The HRC has, time and again, ignored and tokenized transpeople and supported right-wing politicians. It is time to show the HRC and the public that they do NOT represent us!

I am trying to organize a providence contingent for the protest, as part of the What Queer?! collective. If you are interested, please email whatqueer@gmail.com. Straight and cisgender (non-trans) allies are welcome.

Please forward widely,
Much Love,
~fokion

On Hold

So, What Queer has been put on hold for a while. I'm personally exhausted and burnt out and there has been a leadership vacuum. I really want to make this thing happen, but it's been mostly me doing all the organizing, and I can't do all this alone.

So, if people are still interested, please email whatqueer@gmail.com. In the mean time, it might be worth our effort to try and mobilize providence radical queers for the Boston HRC Gala Protest. I think this would be a wonderful opportunity to build a larger radical queer community in Providence around a larger mobilization.

Anyway, anyone still interested in What Queer, let's stay in touch and maybe in a week or two we can try and organize another meeting.

Much Love,
Fokion

MEETING THIS MONDAY

We are meeting this Monday, Sept 8 @ 6pm, at Bartertown (139 Wood St.) If you've got any questions, contact fokion@riseup.net

Proposed Next Meeting? Workshop Series

Next meeting, possibly Sunday, Sept 6 at Noon. We are planning a daylong workshop series and benefit show all day Sat, Nov 29th, at AS220. More to come on both.

What Queer?!

What Queer is a non-profit, consensus-based collective that provides alternative learning through books, workshops, and other activities, as well as a queer alternative to the bar scene. We strive to create a community based on inclusively, dialog, and solidarity between struggles by challenging heterosexism, transphobia, racism, classism, sexism, and other forms of oppression.


For more info, contact whatqueer@gmail.com