October 2012
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The END of the road.
Dear GAQ readers / followers, I have decided after much thought and deliberation that theGAQ tumblog will come to an end. In May of 2009 I couldn’t find a blog that catered to Queer people of color OR the amazing breadth and depth of artwork our community has to offer. So I started this project passionately with the intention to have a catalog of queer art & culture as I embarked on a...
September 2012
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read a book, son! →
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August 2012
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Phillesbian.com: Bumming Cigarettes: Q&A with... →
By Christina Ferraz
Q: There are people in the film that are from Philadelphia. Are you a native of Philly as well?
A.: “I’m not a native; I’ve been here six years. I moved here in 2006 from Atlanta and I grew up in Greenville, South Carolina. I’m a Southerner, born and raised.”
Q: Do you consider this home?
A: “Yes, I do. This is my adult, my decided home. This is a real decision to be in a...
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July 2012
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WatchFilm Trailer for “The Fire This Time”
Synopsis: On a hot summer evening in the gay-friendly West Village neighborhood of New York City, seven young women from New Jersey were verbally threatened and physically attacked by a twenty-nine-year-old man. In a not uncommon travesty of justice, the New Jersey Seven, as they came to be called, were sent to prison for defending themselves...
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Frank Ocean: the most talked-about man in music →
Frank Ocean on being courageous:
“A lot of people have said that since that news came out. I suppose a percentage of that act was because of altruism; because I was thinking of how I wished at 13 or 14 there was somebody I looked up to who would have said something like that, who would have been transparent in that way. But there’s another side of it that’s just about my own...
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WatchProfessor Lisa Farrington of John Jay College looks at the work of African American women artists since the 19th century, with an emphasis on the Harlem Renaissance era. Written, produced and edited by Lauren Mucciolo. Copyright CUNY TV 2010 for Study with the Best.
Although not necessarily queer, I think it’s important to highlight how art has the power to shift the popular narrative from...
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Watch“A Missionary Position” by Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine.
“A Missionary Position” is a multimedia solo stage piece written and performed by Ugandan American artist Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine. A Missionary Position is a piece in response to the rampant homophobia now gripping Uganda - but from the LGBTQI community’s perspective. Mwine plays the role of a Ugandan priest, a sex...
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June 2012
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“We must shift from a politic of desirability and beauty to a politic of ugly and...”
– Mia Mingus Femmes of Color Symposium: Keynote Speech
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