February 10th, 2012

New Queer Performance Series “The News” Kicks off on Tuesday

The series is at SOMArts in San Francisco. Read more about performers La Chica Boom, Rotimi Agbabiaka, Peter Max Lawrence, and more in SFWeekly, HERE

January 29th, 2012

Shawnta Smith and Jasmine Cruz, “We’re From Brooklyn, NY & The Bronx, NY”

Ex-lovers talk about living together and the meaning of their house and relationship. (Closed captioning available here)

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December 30th, 2011

Photo Submission: Untitled. A photo project exploring subtleties in gender by byronmitchellw.

Reblogged from the beige
January 13th, 2011

The ultimate renaissance woman right here. Florencia Garcia Carcagno aka Lady Tragik: Hip Hop performer, Photographer and Film director. This San Francisco/ L.A based artist keeps busy! Her groundbreaking music videos feature an array of unique stylistic techniques and otherworldly dance performers. The talent doesn’t stop there, check out Love Me If You Dare, a short documentary documentary about gender roles and how they play into lesbian relationships. Her work can also be seen in the indie hit film La Mission. When she’s not in the lab, you can catch Tragik performing live along the West Coast or doing freelance photography. Other artists that she has collaborated with include E-40, Too $hort, Zulu Nasty…and well you betta check the links below and get yourself exposed, stat:

~http://www.LadyTragik.com/

~Short Film: Love Me If You Dare: http://www.youtube.com/user/ladytragik#p/u/0/_P2uM-qK7Aw

~Music Video: Forever Young: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkO82Ct_Vso

~Photography: http://www.ladytragik.com/ph.html 

**Love the documentary & photo work. Dope stuff…

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Reblogged from Brown Girls And Bois
January 10th, 2011
The Brown Boi Project
Launched in 2009, The Brown Boi Project (BBP) is a leadership development and organizing project working to build the leadership, economic self sufficiency, and health of young masculine of center womyn, trans men, and straight men of color—pipelining them into the social justice movement.
During our 5-day training retreats you have the opportunity to work across issues and communities, talk about race, class, culture, gender and sexuality, and explore whether the social justice sector might be the right place for you to help your community. These retreats bring participants from across the country to experience an intensive introduction to community organizing while doing important personal leadership development.
website: http://brownboiproject.org/
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brown-Boi-Project/155379481167860
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The Brown Boi Project

Launched in 2009, The Brown Boi Project (BBP) is a leadership development and organizing project working to build the leadership, economic self sufficiency, and health of young masculine of center womyn, trans men, and straight men of color—pipelining them into the social justice movement.

During our 5-day training retreats you have the opportunity to work across issues and communities, talk about race, class, culture, gender and sexuality, and explore whether the social justice sector might be the right place for you to help your community. These retreats bring participants from across the country to experience an intensive introduction to community organizing while doing important personal leadership development.

website: http://brownboiproject.org/

facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brown-Boi-Project/155379481167860

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Reblogged from CUE POC
January 9th, 2011

NU LIFE Mixtape Download

N U  L I F E IS: AGGRESSIVE, OVER-EDUCATED, BANJEE CVNT, URBAN UNDERGROUND POP MUSIC. N U  L I F E IS QUEER GLOBAL BASS.



MIXED BY:
D’HANA (http://chubrubproductions.com/) +
RIZZLA (http://wastedyouthsound.blogspot.com/)

NU LIFE:
1st and 3rd Tuesdays @Zuzu (Cambridge, MA)

DIRECT DOWNLOAD:
http://soundcloud.com/rizzladj/nu-life-mix-jan-11

TRACK LISTING:
Nina Simone Intro
Mad Sax (Doc Adam Moombahton Edit) - Guido
Gitty Up - Sissy Nobby
Place Dusty - Sunshine
Ello Dicen Que Se Bucan - Joswa in Da House
Hot Like We - Cecile
Bad Gal Edit - Robyn
La Musique Gay Kid - Yelle (Myd Remix) vs Tracy Morgan
Darq vs Buck that Bxtch - Dubble Dutch vs Ms Porsh
Hottest in Love - Kingdom feat Keisha Cole (Total Freedom Edit)
Drop the Lace - Quintino vs Brick and Lace
Walk for Me - Ms Porsh + Jayhood
Let it all out 2011 - DJ MIkeQ feat Jay Karan vs Nguzunguzu
Badmind Ha - Rizzla
Elevator Remix - DJ Dior
Raw - Bomber Gurl
DJ Pode Quebrar vs Din Da Da - Munchi vs George Kranz
Pop that Thing Refix - Fanny Pack
Girl Bend that Back - DJ Solo (Snippet)
Fishscale - Murlo
Nulife - Clent (snippet)
Fireworks (Razorshop Dub) - Destra
Deuces - Ciara (Dubbel Dutch Remix)
Wut (Rizzla Ravemarch Edit) - Girl Unit

VOGUE | RAGGA | DEMBOW | SOCA | INDIE | RAVE

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