Title: Take A Break From It All With Sparkly Watercolor Paints
Presenter: Amy Aiko
Description: Paint on black watercolor paper with brightly pigmented sparkly paint! Instruction and tutorial and/or paint freely. Decompress with me! A queer mixed Japanese American sis femme art therapist. Sample painting instructions include an offering of 80s style themed shapes, name tags, emoji shapes, and simple sparkle washes on paper. Paints are made by a Latina owned small business in LA, Non toxic.
Title: Dyke shit: The Genderqueer Lesbian Renaissance
Presenter: Marceline Jenkins
Description: Discussing the rise in attention to transgender lesbianism, what makes a lesbian, and how we support our lesbians
Title: Writing as a Healing Practice
Presenter: Laine James
Description: Brief history on cultural significance of writing and story-telling + mental health benefits of writing/journaling + guided writing/journaling session and optional share
Title: Drag as Resistance
Presenter: Papa Titty
Description: This workshop will educate attendees about the history of Drag and it's use as a tool of Resistance. It will also include a radical drag show where attendees will get to try drag for the first, or hundredth, time. Note: there will be very limited drag supplies, so bringing your own is encouraged!
Title: Threads of Empowerment: Crafting Our Intersectional Selves
Presenter: Monique Rosas & Ana Hernandez Perez
Description: This workshop seeks to create a space for queer students of color, particularly Latinos and first-generation students, to explore their unique identities and the intersections between queerness, disability, and cultural backgrounds. We will focus on community building, engage in self-reflection, and discuss the importance of advocacy, support, and justice within the disability and queer communities.
Title: Keeping trans youth and young adults safer in the community | what we can do to help.
Presenter: Mercedes Britton
Description: For my presentation I’m looking to give statistical facts on how bad things are and have been for the youth and young adults who are trans in our community and then giving many scenarios and how to help in each of them. Educating the community and having the tools to keep more people safe is something we all need more of.