[GRN] Fwd: ***Registration is now open*** 7th Annual Five College Queer Gender and Sexuality Conference

[Julia (Jules) Petersen]

***Registration is now open***

7th Annual Five College Queer Gender and Sexuality Conference

Friday March 4th & 5th 2016

Hampshire College

To pre-register: http://hamp.it/queerconfreg [1]

For event updates find us on facebook:
www.facebook.com/events/1481422945504788/ [2]

To check out information about previous conferences and other helpful
information: www.hampshire.edu/queerconf

This year's featured artists and speakers include: Sasha Alexander,
Director of Membership for the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, Olympia Perez,
Content Director of Black Trans Media, and J Mase III, a
black/trans/queer poet/educator.

This year, during each of our workshop sessions there will be closed
Queer People of Color (QPOC) sessions for folks to choose what best fits
their needs throughout the weekend! We hope that these sessions will
give folks space to build community amongst black and brown LGBTQ folks,
bring new tools and perspectives to bring back to our homes, and further
empower the magic QPOC have!

The Queer Conference is student-led, and aims to offer an accountable
and supportive environment to further explore a wide range of topics and
their intersections, such as race, genders, sexualities, ability, class,
kink, survival strategies, and many more, in a specifically queer
context.

The Queer Conference strives to provide a safer space for engaging,
learning, and fostering community with a wide range of workshops,
panels, performances, and lectures by student leaders, Five College
faculty and staff, off-campus educators, and nationally-known performers
and speakers.

-- 
Emily Rimmer
Director For Women's and Queer Services
Hampshire College
www.hampshire.edu/cff
www.hampshire.edu/qcac

"It is not our abilities that show what we truly are. It is our
choices." Dumbledore, by JK Rolling



Links:
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[1] http://hamp.it/queerconfreg
[2] http://www.facebook.com/events/1481422945504788/