#QTWOC

[imaginarianisms]

SHE'S SO!!!!

[smerzbeliever]

i'd love to find an essay about the emergence of the trans woman of color as rhetorical trump card in queer social discourse. especially if she's a sex worker. not actual individual people with lives and relationships and personalities but the mystical concept of the QTWOC SW as the apex oppressee who must be centered, whose misery can be invoked whenever needed to bridge a rhetorical gap

[qtpocastrology]

AFAB people need to STOP using the #qtwoc and #twoc tags. Unless you are an amab trans person of color, you should not be using these tags. Trans women (as in AMAB trans people!!) Deserve their own tag to be able to find each other and content related to them.

Afab trans and gnc people already take up so much/majority of the space in trans/queer community and it is NOT fair to transwomen to be once again pushed out of their own spaces.

[womanistgrrrl]

This book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. © © 2020 by Adilah Didi Adi | Published in the United States by Wominist GRRRL Press at the Detroit Public Library on 5201 Woodward Ave. 

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This book is dedicated to every undocumented, detained, homeless, deported, and displaced Black being. We are the ones we've been waiting for.

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“In a retelling of her life, a ninety-two-year-old Efik-Ibibio woman of Nigeria recalls her love for another woman:

'I had a woman friend to whom I revealed my secrets. She was very fond of keeping secrets to herself. We acted as husband and wife. We always moved hand in glove and my husband and hers knew about our relationship. The villagers nicknamed us twin sisters. When I was out of gear with my husband, she would be the one to restore peace. I often sent my children to go and work for her in return for her kindness to me. My husband being more fortunate to get more pieces of land than her husband, allowed some to her, even though she was not my co-wife.'

On the West Coast of Africa, the Fon of Dahomey still have twelve different kinds of marriage. One of them is known as 'giving the goat to the buck,’ where a woman of independent means marries another woman who then may or may not bear children, all of whom will belong to the blood line of the first woman. Some marriages of this kind are arranged to provide heirs for women of means who wish to remain ‘free,’ and some are lesbian relationships. Marriages like these occur throughout Africa, in several different places among different peoples.”

 - Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Gamba Adisa Lorde

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Chapter 1

“Immortal energy sustains earth's biological system,” Professor Latoya informs a sea of biochemistry students who are having side conversations and staring at their overpriced cellphones. I too am distracted. I'm grieving the impending, dangerous alteration of my reality. While the professor makes dramatic gestures to elaborate their words, I worry if my world will resemble the cracks on my laptop's screen or shattered glass.

“This immortal energy originates from the sun,” Professor Latoya continues, oblivious to my internal turmoil. And apparently oblivious to the external turmoil because their brown eyes and full lips widen in shock when a majority of the students in the classroom rise and chant “Fees and bills will fall!” The students of color take over the stage to the horror of the professor, whose cocoa cheeks are now crimson red.  

Despite my huge concerns for the chanting classmates, I hurriedly pick up my biology textbook and race out of the classroom. I breeze through the under-resourced hallways covered with “YOU TOO CAN COMPLETE COLLEGE IN FOUR YEARS” propaganda and whiz around the student protesters surrounding the neglected school courtyard.

Although I think my journey of escapism will end when I'm in bed, as soon as I lay my head on the satin pillow, my thoughts return to the Fees And Bills Will Fall (FBWF) protests.

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I remember that the FBWF protests at the university I attend- University of San Isabella- are inspired by the FBWF protests at the Universities of Abia, Nairobi, and Namibia. I remember learning about the FBWF protests early this year when I was thinking about transferring to any African university to avoid the disgrace of becoming a college dropout and jeopardizing my legal status. After learning about the FBWF protests, I realized the rising cost of living combined with low wages were a global crisis and the bourgeoisie were definitely pushing us into a future of absolute wage and debt slavery. I then decided to stay in the United States because I figured  it would be one of the last places to experience the full impact of this crisis.  I was  wrong.

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[undisclosed-nate]

Are you trans and/or queer?

Are you mid 20s - early 30s?

Are you from or will be in NYC June 27th - July 1st?

Are you friendly?

Are you into going out?

How about accompanying a Black queer trans man from Texas, who left the bible belt for the first time just last summer, to Papi Juice?

I'm Nathan, from Houston, recently 27. I'm slow to warm but I think I'm funny and fun and kinda cool. I'm currently a man without a hobby but I'm pretty into fashion and style and can turn a look or two.

Ideally, we'd be chatting leading up to that weekend.

So?

[herphillymoves]

In honor of Muslim Women’s Day, we wanted to share an awesome interview about the self-actualization of intersectional feminist activist, Blair Imani.

Presented by and all credits to the digital platform, Them.

[concerningegg]

my trans sisters/aunties gave me so much love at a queer asian conference I went to recently so, I decided to draw them 💜🌸✨ 🍒✨( via enby egg art & commissions)

[mexbian]

pc: keke_and_ky on insta

[churchoftheheart]

Back at it again #qtpoc #queerlove #afrolatinxlove #qwoc #qtwoc #nb #love #bae (at Chicago, Illinois)

[phrshthreadsapparel]

We are all equal. 

[unwoman-art]

HELP ME WITH MY FEMINIST ART PROJECT, ENTER TO WIN AN ART PRINT!

I am a bi, chicana student who is taking a screen printing class. I'm working on a series of three posters that relate to womanhood and how women are viewed as failures when we don't conform to femininity/gender norms.

I am looking for help in any of these ways: take a very short survey, submit a picture of yourself (couple pics welcomed as well), and/or share my project. Everyone who submits will be entered into a raffle to win one of the final posters (there will be 5 lucky winners!)

Here's a link that includes more in depth info on the project, the survey, & my contact info: https://goo.gl/forms/P4diKBc2XIADTxNL2

I also made a tumblr (literally 5 mins. ago so there's no content yet) for anyone who wants an easy way to keep up with the project: https://unwoman-art.tumblr.com/

Thank you in advance! You can ask me any questions on here or contact me through the e-mail/social media that I have listed.

[yourstruly-luxthelesbian]

Poly lesbian relationships though. @king-charm-blog

[melanatedmoney]

Hey #QueerWOC! Take a minute and follow @lesbian.follow.train.woc to connect to other #qwoc on IG. So excited to see our community visibility and supporting each other. #qpocselfies #qwocselfie #qtwoc #girlslikeus #girlswholikegirls

[elixhermagazine]

Rules Don't Apply Presents ELIXHER Summer Sip: The Grand Finale

Take a break from the summer heat and have sip with ELIXHER x Rules Don’t Apply on Sun., July 9 at Brooklyn’s Ode to Babel.

Mix and mingle with beautiful QTWOC. Celebrate six years of content and the close of this magical chapter.

Music by DJ Adair & DJ Flowergaze. No cover.

#SummerSip2K17

Rules Don’t Apply is a brand + experiential production house built by and to serve multicultural millennials.

[herphillymoves]

Yoooo! Did we really have 3 whole festivals in one day??? ...Through rain AND winds???

Philly, you showed us amazing love at the HoodStock edition of JUICE. A collaboration between Urban Creators, Carefree Black Girl, and her philly moves, HoodStock/JUICE brought together several hundred people for a day of music, street art, performance, food, and community.

Featuring: Performances by Ill Fated Natives, Joie Kathos, Your Favorite Jawns, DJ G33K, Theakasha, and so many more local acts

Pop-up shops by LEZ | CRO | NYMZ, Rejected Society, CFBG/s Glam Bar

Full recap soon come

[powerandmagic]

It’s here! POWER & MAGIC: The Queer Witch Comics Anthology (Softcover Edition) is here! 

Store link coming soon!