Portland, Oregon Oregon Queer Youth Summit Portland State University May 12, 2012 A Queer Undocumented Reflection Queer, undocumented, women, disabled, youth, community-we must always work to not forget that our collective and individual duty is to love and protect each other. I was invited to speak at the OQYS 2012 on my activism [...]
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Queer Undocumented Bodies – A reflection from the Oregon Queer Youth Summit
Posted: May 25, 2012 in UncategorizedTags: Youth, Sexuality, Queer, Oregon, Undocument, unafraid, summit, OQYS, immigration
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Why Gender Neutral Bathrooms Should Matter To You.
Posted: July 13, 2011 in UncategorizedTags: Ally McBeal, bathrooms, Ernesto, Ernesto Dominguez, Gender, Gender Neutral, iPhone, LGBT, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, New York, Pee, Queer, Restroom, Safe2pee, Sex, Transgender, University of Chicago
“…when they willfully ignore the concerns of LGBT people, they not only limit opportunities for these individuals, but also stifle our community as a whole. In the end, it is the community that loses, as dynamic, intelligent, and highly skilled people move on to places that value and respect them.” –National Gay and Lesbian [...]
National A&PI HIV/AIDS Awareness Day May 19th 2011
Posted: May 19, 2011 in UncategorizedTags: 2011, A&PI, AIDS, API Pride, Asian, Awareness Day, Banyan Tree Project, Bisexual, Cascade AIDS Project, Gay, HIV, Lesbian, May 19, Pacific Islander, Queer, STD, Stigma, Transgender, Women
Asian Pacific Islander Pride and Cascade AIDS Project will be commemorating National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on Thursday May 19th. We invite everyone in our communities to join us! We will be discussing HIV/AIDS related issues during our Monthly Happy Hour (Element Restaurant & Lounge, 1135 SW Morrison Street, Portland, 5-9pm). This [...]
Privilege? What’s that supposed to mean?
Posted: December 3, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: Activists, Age, Citizen, Egalitarian, Gender, Homeless, Oppression, Peggy McIntosh, People of Color, Privilege, Queer, Race, Sex, STI, United States, White person
As a young white person involved in the activist community I have talked a lot about the word “privilege” and what it means. To me privilege is a word I use to describe unearned benefits given to me by societies and institutions and individuals that I interact with-in the United States. For instance, I am [...]
Femme Identity
Posted: October 6, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: Comic, darwin, Faerie, Femme, Gender, Gender non-conforming, Patriarchy, Portland, Queer, Straight, Woman
As a femme identified person and someone perceived as female I have encountered a great struggle to find voice and place for myself in my queer community here in Portland. I have had friends who were more androgynous or masculine identified express to me that they dislike being around femme identified people because of negative [...]
