Go Girl! A Biracial Lesbian Contestant in Miss South Carolina Pageant
Biracial lesbian aspires to become Miss South Carolina running on a platform of equal rights.
No Longer Invisi(BI)le: 10 Bisexual Women of Color to Celebrate #QWOCTalk
QWOC Media Wire profiles bisexual women of color who are standing up for bisexual rights and visibility everyday.
LGBT Elders, Disability, and Community Care: Support Queer Brown Activist, Aurora Levins Morales
Guest post from Sabina Ibarrola, Edited by Spectra. I don’t remember why exactly I first sought out Aurora Levins Morales’ …
LGBT Rights and the Black Panthers: The Queer Revolution Begins with Self Love
Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self –preservation and that is an act of political warfare. ~Audre Lorde
Written on the Body: Celebrating Samar Habib’s Contributions to Queer Muslim Women Visibility in the Middle East
Dr. Samar Habib is making welcomed contributions to the visibility of queer women in the Arab, Muslim, and western world. Get to know her.
History is in Their Voices: Untitled “Black Lesbian Elder Project” Documentary Film by Tionna McClodden and Lisa Moore
“The real solid history of our community and how we came to be is in the elder’s voices.” Tiona McClodden
15 Ways Straight People Can Support International Day Against Homophpobia
International Day Against Homophobia is coming soon! Check out some things you can do to participate and become a better ally.
We Will Not Be Unwritten: Preserving Queer Women of Color History
As LGBT people (esp. members of marginalized groups: women, people of color, transgender, disabled etc), we all need to do a better job of telling our own stories, and in effect, writing ourselves (back) into history. Read this opinion piece from founder, Spectra, on preserving QWOC+ Boston’s history.
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