It’s annual conference focused on issues related to gender and sexuality organized specifically for middle and high school age youth and the adults who work with them.  Youth, community and school educators, and allies gather on a Friday afternoon from 4:30- 8:30 at Vanguard high school to give and attend workshops, visit tables from community organizations, and network with one another.  Pizza is served as an afternoon snack and the day closes with an open mic.

Whose Eyes Are You Looking Through?

Join bklyn boihood in a facilitated discussion that will break down the negative and/or problematic stereotypical portrayals of Black masculinity in contemporary media. We’ll consider how these images/portrayals inform our understanding of what it means to identify as trans and female-bodied masculine-of-center people and most importantly, how to consistently push back against those stereotypes and create strong, healthy self-identity.

 Interested?  Come find out more!

You can REGISTER HERE for this event.

How can I get involved with NYQueer or volunteer to help at this event?

When you register you can indicate on the form that you would like to volunteer on the day of the event.  If you would like to get more involved with the group, write to us at nyqueer@nycore.org and let us know!

Please help us spread the word by passing this information along to anyone who works with young people!

New York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCoRE) is a group of public school educators committed to fighting for social justice in our school system and society at large, by organizing and mobilizing teachers, developing curriculum, and working with community, parent, and student organizations. We are educators who believe that education is an integral part of social change and that we must work both inside and outside the classroom because the struggle for justice does not end when the school bell rings.

In celebration of Women’s History Month, please join the Hispanic Black Gay Coalition (HBGC) and fellow lesbians/queer identified women for Boston’s Inaugural Lesbians of Color Symposium.  We invite you to participate in a series of workshops designed to solidify our culture and strengthen our presence within the LGBTQ community. Allies are welcome! "Guest speakers, including the event’s keynote speaker, Mandy Carter. A renowned social justice advocate, Carter was nominated for a Nobel peace prize in 2005 for her work in advancing racial justice, LGBTQ equality, and women’s rights. Other special guest will include Alyssa Asomani, Editor In Chief of Stud Magazine and Ryann Holmes and Genesis Tramaine, Founders of bklyn boihood." --Rainbow Times

Workshop Topics Include:

• Health and Wellness
• Gender Expression/Identity
• Spirituality
• Self Advocacy/Social Activism
• Relationships …and more  

Review the listing of full workshop descriptions by clicking here.

Location: Harvard Law School  1545 Mass Ave  Cambridge, MA 

Registration Fee: $25.00  REGISTER ONLINE BY CLICKING HERE

http://www.hmi.org/

Join us at the Hetrick Martin Institute on Wednesday, February 22nd @ 5:00pm for an amazing Black History Month event! Ryann Holmes and Sebastian Flowers of bklyn boihood be joining a diverse group of  panelist in discussing "passing" in the black community.

NYU Pride Month is proud to host the Queer My Blog panel event, featuring panelist who represent the most popular independent queer blogs on the internet. Moderated by student blogger Sophia House, Queer My Blog is an interactive panel that takes a look at the role online blogs have in shaping 21st century queer identities and how digital space can serve as a site of cultural production. Panelists will take us through a tour of their online community, engage in a dialogue on the intricacies of the online world and what it takes to run a successful queer website with a pertinent presence in the online and offline LGBTQ communities. Our guests for the evening include Riese Bernard of Autostraddle.com, Morgan W. and Ryann Holmes from BklynBoihood.com, and Danielle Owens-Reid and Kristin Russo of EveryoneIsGay.com.


The event will take place at 7pm at the Kimmel Student Center, room 906. This event is FREE, OPEN to the public, and wheelchair ACCESSIBLE!

We're looking for blog-nerds and digital enthusiasts as well as anyone who just enjoys intelligent, funny, and engaging panelists. The audience will be able to ask questions all night long, so don't be shy!

QUEEROCRACY held a public symposium co-sponsored by the New School’s Global Studies Program and the Lang Student Union on Saturday, April 16th and Sunday, April 17th 2011. The purpose of the event was to create a space for public discussion of gender/queer body and identity politics and to provide strategies for grass roots organization around these issues. 

bbh founders Genesis Tramaine and Ryann Holmes spoke at the symposium and shared their experience in founding the bklyn boihood collective. 

Check out pics here!

Schedule of QUEEROCRACY events:

Thursday, April 14, 2011: 6-9 PM
QUEEROCRACY Art
The New School
2 West 13th St.
New York, NY

Saturday, April 16, 2011:
QUEEROCRACY Symposium
The New School
Tishman Auditorium
66 West 12th Street, between 5th and 6th ave
New York, NY

3:00 PM - Opening comments
3:30 PM - AIDS Panel: ACT UP, Health GAP, Student Global AIDS Campaign, Housing Works
4:35 PM - Schmeckle
4:55 PM - Intermission w/ food
5:20 PM - bklyn boihood
5:40 PM - Queer sex education workshop
7:40 PM - Shady Hawkins
8:00 PM - Closing remarks

*8:30 PM - Hidden: A Gender a play by Kate Bornstein at WOW cafe at 59 E 4th St # 4W, New York with commentary by Kate Bornstein herself! FREE ADMISSION

Sunday April 17th, 2011:
QUEEROCRACY Symposium (Day 2)
The New School
Tishman Auditorium
66 West 12th Street, between 5th and 6th ave
New York, NY

11:00 AM - Cooper Sabatino & co social work and gender expression panel
11:40 AM - Andre Singleton "That Bitch Got Body"
12:40 PM - Kenyon Farrow (Former E.D of Audre Lorde Project)
1:00 PM - Queer Migrations: Jackie Vimo
1:20 PM - Intermission w/ food
1:55 PM - Allison Weiss
2:15 PM - Queer Panel
3:20 PM - Vernous
3:50 PM - Art Panel: Carlos Motta, Christian Holstad, Nick Mwaluko, Slava Mogutin
5:20 PM - Closing remarks

http://queerocracy.org/

"Sideshow: The Queer Literary Carnival teamed up with Queer Memoir to do a Butch Voices NYC Conference related show at Bluestockings last weekend, and it was a huge success. There were at least a hundred people packed into the bookstore, and the pieces were fantastic."

(read the complete blurb here)

Queer Memoirs mission is to "give voice to our collective queer experiences, preserving and documenting our complex queer history." Co-producer Kelli Dunham asked bklyn boihood to share the story of our origination, inspiration behind the collective, and our journey in creating the first bklyn boihood calendar.  

pictured above: Ryann