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VIDEO: Upcoming “Untitled” Queer Brown Erotic Poetry Chapbook from Spectra Speaks.

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Notes Queer Women of Color Media Wire: Call for Submissions From Muslim-Identified LGBTQ People of Color

When we ponder the concepts of religion and queerness, what images and issues come to mind?

In discussions involving religion and LGBT issues for QPOC, the focus in mainstream media has almost always been on Christian families, churches, and communities, and the degree to which they are…

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Text Why Do You Write?

I write to know myself, to remind myself that I am beautiful, that I am strong, and that my voice matters.

Why do you write?

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Notes Get Rid of the Stones

The path to our liberation is buried beneath the heap of stones we keep to throw at our oppressors. But anger will not set us free.

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"You can “bring in” more [insert marginalized group here] but that’s just the beginning. How will u transform your organization so that they actually want to stay?"

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