Possible multi-hosted Theme Week--Celebrating Pride?

[alee_grrl]

June 27th marks the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, which sparked the already burgeoning Gay Pride movement into a full fledged national phenomenon. Since I am not physically capable of attending a Pride event this year, I have been celebrating by watching documentaries and movies on the QUILTBAG community. It occurred to me that next week (we currently do not have a scheduled host) might be a great time for a multi-hosted themed week, in particular one celebrating poetry from the QUILTBAG (which though odd sounding to me at first is much easier to remember than the all inclusive variants of LGBT) community. Would folks be interested in such a week?

If you are interested and would like to host a day please respond to this post and tell me which day (Monday through Saturday) would work best for you.

Monday: raze
Tuesday: ysabetwordsmith
Wednesday: raze
Thursday: zirconium
Friday: wordweaverlynn
Saturday: alee_grrl (totally willing to reschedule if Saturday works better for someone else)

Comments

[alee_grrl]

I am happy taking any day that others cannot or do not want. :)

[raze]

Love this idea, and totally willing to host a day or at least share some poems from QUILTBAG poets in the comments. Let me know when and I'm on it.

[alee_grrl]

Yay! Would you be willing to kick off the week and take Monday! I think you would do a great job introducing the topic. I just started the next round of my Lyme treatment, so I'm struggling a bit at the moment. I'm not sure I'm up to doing the intro post. I would love it if you could do it. So glad there is some interest in this theme!

[raze]

I'd be honored - I'll work on conjuring something tonight so I can kick us off bright and early tomorrow :)

[alee_grrl]

Whee! Thank you! I really appreciate it.

Unrelated: I love your icon! Too funny.

[wordweaverlynn]

I'll take Friday.

[alee_grrl]

Yay! Thank you!

Yes, please!

[ysabetwordsmith]

I will take Tuesday. I am all over the Pride and I have lots of QUILTBAG characters in my poetry.

Re: Yes, please!

[alee_grrl]

Yay! Can't wait to read what you post.

[ashestosnow]

I'm definitely interested in seeing what others come up with and participating in the comments, though I'm not confident that I can host. My feelings about my own place(s) on the spectrum/spectra are fairly convoluted, and I don't feel that I'd make a good public speaker on the subject right now; too much baggage.

In addition, I'm unfortunately quite ignorant of what poetry has been published by the QUILTBAG community-- which may be a reason for me not to host, but it's absolutely a good reason to read. :)

[alee_grrl]

I understand completely. The Queer spectra is a convoluted place and determining ones place or relationship within the larger community can be a bit difficult. Feel free to participate in the comments, and don't worry to much about the baggage, cause I bet there's a few folks around here with similar sets.

[ashestosnow]

Thank you. :)

[zirconium]

I could host on Thursday.

[alee_grrl]

Wonderful. So glad folks are interested. There are going to be some awesome posts this week. :D

[raze]

FTR, if we don't find someone for Wednesday? I'd be happy to host a second day. I possibly came across a lot of QUITLBAG poetry from the Activist Poetry week and wouldn't mind digging it back up if we lack content that day.

[alee_grrl]

Good to know. If no one else wants it, then Wednesday will also be be yours. Thanks!