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Manda ([personal profile] alee_grrl) wrote in [community profile] poetree2012-06-23 05:47 pm

Possible multi-hosted Theme Week--Celebrating Pride?

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: [personal profile] raze
Tuesday: [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith
Wednesday: [personal profile] raze
Thursday: [personal profile] zirconium
Friday: [personal profile] wordweaverlynn
Saturday: [personal profile] alee_grrl (totally willing to reschedule if Saturday works better for someone else)
raze: A man and a rooster. (Default)

[personal profile] raze 2012-06-24 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
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.
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[personal profile] raze 2012-06-24 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
I'd be honored - I'll work on conjuring something tonight so I can kick us off bright and early tomorrow :)
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[personal profile] wordweaverlynn 2012-06-24 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
I'll take Friday.
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Yes, please!

[personal profile] ysabetwordsmith 2012-06-24 07:51 am (UTC)(link)
I will take Tuesday. I am all over the Pride and I have lots of QUILTBAG characters in my poetry.
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[personal profile] ashestosnow 2012-06-24 08:40 am (UTC)(link)
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. :)
Edited (Accidentally pressed enter halfway through writing this comment...) 2012-06-24 08:41 (UTC)
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[personal profile] ashestosnow 2012-06-24 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you. :)
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[personal profile] zirconium 2012-06-24 02:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I could host on Thursday.
Edited 2012-06-24 14:39 (UTC)
raze: A man and a rooster. (Default)

[personal profile] raze 2012-06-25 10:49 am (UTC)(link)
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.