June Event Descriptions and Details

• June 2: Safe Zone Training 1-4 p.m. Zoom ID: 899-2317-4553 Passcode: 914560

• June 11-13: Lavendar Rights Pride Convention- Events include Youth Speaks Spoken word performances, conversations around coping and healing without physical community in the pandemic., information around how to build a solid financial foundation for mid and lower-income individuals., conversation on the history and intertwined relationship of the ballroom scene and chosen family., Resume workshop and self-publishing workshop. Register and get more info here: https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/WxV-6rwvC8fMYvDOMAcd-A

• Jun 12: Queer Prom - Split between online and a (limited seating) live performance at Ballard’s Give Inn, Queer Prom features a dance party, an online auction, and drag and burlesque by performers such as Ms. Briq House and IZOHNNY. It’ll raise funds for What the Funk?! An All BIPOC Burlesque Festival in August. The Give Inn, $10 (virtual), $40 (live). Check out this website for more info.: https://puckduction.ticketleap.com/queer-prom-seattle-2021/details

• Opens June 26: Rise Up: Stonewall and the LGBTQ Rights Movement - Most major Pride events commemorate the Stonewall uprising in New York in 1969. This museum exhibition looks back on that moment and where LGBTQ+ rights have gone since. Museum of Pop Culture, $29–$30. Check out this website for more info.: https://www.mopop.org/exhibitions-plus-events/upcoming-exhibitions/rise-up-stonewall-and-the-lgbtq-rights-movement/

• June 26: TAKING B(L)ACK PRIDE: At Jimi Hendrix Park in Seattle, WA. Check out this website for more info.: https://stayhappening.com/e/taking-black-pride-E2ISTNQDRWU

• Jun 26: Seattle Dyke March- (Should we write it like D*ke?) - The annual walk to honor “queer women and dyke-identified people” is a virtual performance showcase this year. Organizers are also considering an in-person event later in the summer. Free. Check out this website for more info.: https://seattledykemarch.com/

• June 26-27: Seattle Pride is happening virtually! For more info, visit their website: https://www.seattlepride.org/virtual-pride-2021

Exhibits and events extending beyond June:

• IN AND OUT: Being LGBTQ on Vashon Island- Virtual event date and time TBA. More info. at https://vashonheritagemuseum.org/exhibition/lgbtq-vashon/

• Seen and Unseen: Queering JA History before 1945- This exhibit would be a great event to attend. More info. at https://www.seenandunseen.net/

• Tacoma Points of Pride: July 10^th - “This year again we will see the resilience of our community as over 100 businesses and organizations join Rainbow Center is honor Pride! Our Points of Pride are businesses and organizations centering and celebrating the LGBTQ community on July 10. Each Point of Pride can offer a special promotion or activity in recognition of Tacoma Pride. We encourage you to head out in your rainbow finery (practicing social distancing and wearing a mask, of course!) to visit each one. Fill Tacoma with Pride by celebrating with us!” Another cool thing is that the organizers have said that they are working to include as many BIPOC owned businesses as possible. http://tacomapride.org/pop-2/

For more info. regarding GRC's Queer Caucus, contact:

-Benjamin Lealofi, blealofi@greenriver.edu

-Devon Klein, dklein@greenriver.edu

-Genevieve Corrin, gcorrin@greenriver.edu

-Sophia Giakoumatos, sgiakoumatos@greenriver.edu

Please be aware this page is ever-evolving and will be edited as time progresses.