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03.09.2012 >> What's good?


 . I'm still working through kinks on this redesign, and I'm about to see about getting an intern. Want to lend me your feedback?

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Aspirations of a QUEER Barbershop

Khane Kutzwell’s living room is a large, orange-walled space with hardwood floors, an air hockey game, and a quietly burbling television set. It is also [his] barbershop...[Read on]




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"Experiments in a Jazz Aesthetic"

In Austin, Texas, in 2002, a group of artists, activists, and academics led by performance studies scholar Omi Osun Joni L. Jones formed the Austin Project (tAP), which meets annually in order to provide a space for women of color and their allies to build relationships based on trust, creativity, and commitment to social justice by working together to write and perform work in the jazz aesthetic.
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Sakia Gunn: When Intolerance Breeds Murder By bLaKtivist [Krys Freeman]
(Special to AOL Black Voices)

"Too few of us know Sakia's name, but we all know girls like her -- young women like me who are often mistaken for teenage boys because we have the courage to dress the way we feel inside. We are your daughters, sisters and nieces. We are also young black lesbians who, in having the courage to live authentically, make our communities uncomfortable.

Sadly, the lives of many black youth have been taken because of intolerance and that very courage. Their names are also unknown..."
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Drifting Toward Love by Kai Wright

Drifting Toward Love tells the stories of Manny, Julius, Carlos, and their friends, young gay men of color desperately searching for life's basic necessities: homes that provide more than shelter and security against more than violence or disease. As these teenagers navigate the rocky waters of adolescence, they wade through pains and passions that are typical of any young person coming of age. But they do so with few resources -- material or emotional -- in a world where the cards are stacked against their success.
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Code For Oakland 2.0 - Planning Meeting (Oakland, CA) at Oakland City Hall

May 14, 2012 from 6pm to 7pm
Code for Oakland is a civic hackathon: "coding for the common good." - Martin G. ReynoldsWe're planning the next code for oakland and would welcome a few more…See More
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in(HER)view: a conversation with Black women (part 1)

in(HER)view: a conversation with black women. Part 1 of 8 asks "Why Do You Love Being a Black Woman?" The eight-part series asks five black women the same eight questions about their lived experiences-from what they love about being a black woman…
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Long Beach Pride ft. Queen Latifah (Long Beach, CA) at Shoreline Drive

May 19, 2012 at 10am to May 20, 2012 at 11pm
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The Peculiar Kind: Episode NO. 2 (The Abstract)

Episode two of The Peculiar Kind explores the term "Gender Roles". Masculinity, Femininity, Heteronorms, Labels & more. **This episode almost didn't make it ...
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REMEMBER SAKIA GUNN -- (May 26, 1987 – May 11, 2003)

"my Momma | [warns me about 'advertising my soul for these devils'] | but what she doesnt undersand | is that | you can't | [HIDE the body you're walkin in] | unless u're a ghost | & if that's the case...

[IT SHLDNT MATTER WHO YOU'RE SLEEPING WITH]" -[MsTr] WiL.

The Butchery

 

“The atmosphere in the barbershops for queer people — men and women, especially trans — is very weird,” said Kutzwell. “It’s not comfortable."


Check out this video "Studs in The Barber Shop" - All too familiar, no?

 
 
 

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Have you seen Pariah yet?

Started by Androgyny in Entertainment Feb 4. 0 Replies

Greetings everyone!I just wanted to stop by and remind people to check out Pariah. If anyone wants, we could also discuss it here in the forum.If you haven't heard about Pariah, check out the site …Continue

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Started by bLaKtivist in Definitions. Last reply by Androgyny Sep 11, 2011. 2 Replies

So, I've been putting off flipping the switch on Ning's upgraded site design feature.  It reworks the entire look and feel of the network to date.  It also wipes the slate clean on the pre-existing layout. I'm in a "rebuild from the ground up sort…Continue

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