Queer Brown Voices:
Tuesday, May 17, 2016, 11:42 a.m.Mt. Pleasant Library
Queer Brown Voices:
A Panel Discussion on Personal Narratives of Latina/o LGBT Activism
Queer Brown Voices is a collection of narratives of Latina/o LGBT activism from the 1970s - 1990s by those who were there.
Join us for a discussion featuring activists on the front lines then and now:
Letitia Gomez - Co-editor of Queer Brown Voices, Co-founder and Executive Director of LLEGÓ, the first national Latina/o LGBT organization.
José Gutierrez - Co-founder and board member of the Rainbow History Project, Founder of the Latino LGBT History Project and DC Latino Pride.
Salvador Vidal-Ortiz - Co-editor of Queer Brown Voices, Associate Professor of Sociology and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, American University.
Moisés Agosto Rosario - Director of Treatment Education Adherence and Mobilization, National Minority AIDS Council; member of the 80s generation of poets of Puerto Rico.
Moderated by Lisbeth Melendez Rivera, Director of Latina/o and Catholic Initiatives, Human Rights Campaign.
Thursday June 30 at 6:30 p.m. in the large meeting room on the main floor. This event is presented as part of the library's celebration of Pride Month in partnership with the Rainbow History Project.
Join us for a discussion featuring activists on the front lines then and now:
Letitia Gomez - Co-editor of Queer Brown Voices, Co-founder and Executive Director of LLEGÓ, the first national Latina/o LGBT organization.
José Gutierrez - Co-founder and board member of the Rainbow History Project, Founder of the Latino LGBT History Project and DC Latino Pride.
Salvador Vidal-Ortiz - Co-editor of Queer Brown Voices, Associate Professor of Sociology and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, American University.
Moisés Agosto Rosario - Director of Treatment Education Adherence and Mobilization, National Minority AIDS Council; member of the 80s generation of poets of Puerto Rico.
Moderated by Lisbeth Melendez Rivera, Director of Latina/o and Catholic Initiatives, Human Rights Campaign.
Thursday June 30 at 6:30 p.m. in the large meeting room on the main floor. This event is presented as part of the library's celebration of Pride Month in partnership with the Rainbow History Project.
