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Brooklyn: Share Your Street Harassment Stories!
July 9, 2013 | ELIXHER
Filmmaker Charla Harlow and researcher/author Holly Kearl are teaming up to hold a discussion group on street harassment in the Bed-Stuy neighborhood on Saturday, July 13, hosted by the Brooklyn Movement Center. Area community members are welcome to attend to share their experiences and stories.Read More
READER POLL: Let’s Talk About Sex (Toys)
July 9, 2013 | ELIXHER 2
Whether you’ve dabbled in dildos or they know you by name at Babeland, we’re asking ELIXHER readers to kiss and tell! Our editors have compiled a list of ten popular and titillating sex toys that make it worth replenishing your AA battery supply. Anonymously tell us your favorite. Read More
In the Spirit of Community-Building: Four Projects You Should Fund
July 9, 2013 | ELIXHER
“In the Spirit of Community-Building” features projects that range from the personal to the political. By signal boosting these endeavors, we hope to empower, create, and sustain our own in solidarity and success.Read More
PO(P)LITICS: In Defense of Rachel Jeantel
July 1, 2013 | ELIXHER
ELIXHER columnist AJ Farrar argues that despite the media victories, Zimmerman lawyers have failed to demonstrably impress or intimidate the women that matter most to the case itself-the court’s judge, jury, and most dramatically, its key witness: Rachel Jeantel.Read More
‘F R E E’ to Premiere at Queer Arts Festival
June 10, 2013 | ELIXHER
F R E E will be an evening of discussion and reflection nurtured through a series of collaborative performances by a diverse lineup of queer entertainers, that will both honor the ancestors and shed light on the transformative journeys to come. The festivities are set to commence at 7:30 PM on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at the African American Art & Culture Complex (AAACC) in San Francisco, CA.Read More
A Journey with Ja’briel: Fundraising for Gender-Confirming Surgery
May 31, 2013 | ELIXHER 1
Black trans advocate, activist, author and GLAAD People of Color Media Institute graduate, Ja’briel Walthour has launched a IndieGoGo campaign to gain support in the pursuit of her gender-confirming procedure(s) and the release of her transgender-themed children’s book series and resource guide.Read More
Melissa Harris-Perry Featured in ELIXHER Magazine Summer Issue
May 29, 2013 | ELIXHER
In the inaugural issue of ELIXHER Magazine, MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry tells us about her favorite LGBT media moment in 2012. Subscribe today!Read More
The Combahee Pilgrimage to Commence in South Carolina, in Celebration of Black Liberation
May 27, 2013 | ELIXHER 1
From the radically transgressive queer minds that brought you Mobile Homecoming and The Eternal Summer of the Black Feminist Mind spawns the Combahee Pilgrimage, a 4-day creative, spiritual, and affirming rendezvous for self-identified queer, LGBTQ or queer-affirming Black people in commemoration of Harriet Tubman and 750 enslaved Africans’ successful self-liberation at Combahee River.Read More
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