Meet Alexis Pauline Gumbs — North Carolina Public Radio WUNC

The words of black feminist writers touched Alexis Pauline Gumbs at an early age. She connected deeply with the theories of Audre Lorde, a Carribbean-American author and activist, and embodied Lorde’s revolutionary spirit in college and into graduate school at Duke University where she concentrated on English, Women’s Studies and African-American Studies. Gumbs now operates the School of Our Lorde, a series of educational sessions for the Durham community on politics, social change and feminist theory. Gumbs can also be heard as the host of a podcast and public access TV program called “Eternal Summer of the Black Feminist Mind” and she is currently traveling the country in an R.V. that she calls her “revolutionary vehicle” collecting personal stories from black homosexual communities. Gumbs joins host Frank Stasio to talk about how black spirituality, sexuality, motherhood and sisterhood play a role in the survival of our society.

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a Queer Collective in Durham, NC

A queer collective is forming and we want you!  We are ready for community building and direct action in Durham and across the Triangle!  We would <3 for you to join us at our first meeting on Tuesday, May 19, 2009!

We aim to strengthen the ties between existing networks in the Triangle’s LGBTQI community as well as fostering all-ages open spaces.  We aim to engage in reclaiming our community spaces, and to queer them with delight! 


A handful have gathered to discuss forming the organization, and some of y’all have met us through our ad hoc action to greet busloads of evangelicals on March 3, 2009, as they defended marriage at the State Capitol. 

Now we’re in for the long haul, and we aim to build our community through such events as:

  • Monthly Queer Movie Nights (outdoors is a must this time of year!)! *
  • Queer Alt-Pride in Conjunction with NC Pride 2009!
  • A Burlesque Troupe!
  • Queer Camp (camping, hiking, skillshares, alternative futures)!
  • Youth outreach!
  • Hot, sweet direct action!
  • Collaborating with collectives across the state!
  • And any project YOU can dream up!

We want you to bring your ideas for the organization to the table as we revive the group on Tuesday, May 19, 2009, from 7:00-9:00 p.m.!  We will meet at the public square on Corcoran Street between West Main and Parrish Streets (directly across the street from the SunTrust Building).


We will spend our time devising the name for our organization that night and then discuss and solidify our work plans for the upcoming months and weeks!

Join us - we’re here to recruit you!

<3!

We are a queer collective working to create a space for queer organizing that is not racist, classist, gender-preferential, ableist, body fascist, etc. We’ve formed in 2009 with interest in direct action, protest, radically challenging traditional gay/queer politics, and presenting a bold visual front to anti-LGBTQI movements.

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 IF IT RAINS: let’s meet at Forest Hills Park on University Drive (http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&q=forest+hills+park+durham&fb=1&split=1&gl=us&cid=4142749933774368519&li=lmd&ll=35.981739,-78.911898&spn=0.009567,0.015707&z=16&iwloc=A) - given that the weather forecast says no chance of rain on Tuesday, let’s say that’s unlikely to happen!
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Bloggers Are Changing the Way the Gay Rights Movement Communicates

pam spaulding of pam's house blendThis is a great article on Pam Spaulding of Pam’s House Blend (winner of the Lezzy Award in the Feminism / Political Category). She is also a North Carolinian, based in Durham NC. The article talks about how her blog started out of frustration when 11 states passed laws banning same-sex marriage. That was back in 2004 and now 5 years later, her blog is one of the most influential and most read LGBTQ blogs on the internet.

Pam’s story only confirms that our voices CAN be heard and that we must not remain silent.

Read the full article on the Washington Post

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