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BQIC is a grassroots community organization in Central Ohio that works towards the liberation of Black queer, trans, and intersex people from all walks of life through direct action, community organizing, education on our issues, and creating spaces to uplift our voices.

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Tomorrow at 6:00 PM at the Parsons Library Branch, we’ll be back at it again with another BQIC member meeting! This meeting is exclusively for all people identifying as Black and LGBTQIA+. We will have a training for the first hour in harm reduction with a radical Black queer and trans lens. We need to make sure our community has the skills to look out for ourselves and each other in the midst of the opioid crisis, so come learn! We will be distributing free Narcan and fentanyl testing strips, as well as leading a training on how to use these materials! The second hour we will focus on BQIC work; the solidarity work were doing with other groups; and discussing the Halloween partnership with House of Bacchus! See you soon 💜

Our newest initiative is the Black Power Book Club, a place for Black LGBTQIA+ people to raise our consciousness on all things pro-Black, pro-trans, pro-queer, pro-LIBERATION! The first Black Power Book Club meeting will be August 13th, 2019 at 7:00 at Art Outside the Lines (the hour before BQIC Spoken Word). We will be discussing the first three chapters of "Are Prisons Obsolete" by Angela Davis (pages 9-60). Link to PDF, we can also email/DM: https://collectiveliberation.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Are_Prisons_Obsolete_Angela_Davis.pdf Read up and come ready to speak your mind on Tuesday in the Black Power Book Club! Even if you don’t finish, the conversation will still be an insightful one! *This space is exclusively for people who identify as Black and LGBTQIA+*

BQIC's monthly fundraiser is back on Tuesday August 13th! Doors at 8, show starts 8:30! Come out and share your poems, songs, monologues, inner musings, good encounters, bad days etc. on the mic! LGBTQIA+ people of color take priority within the space! Entry is a $5 suggested donation! We will have beverages and snacks for suggested donations as well! Please also consider donating art supplies to Art Outside the Lines which is a great art program run by people with disabilities. We will have the lovely Monee Jae to MC the event, our DJ for the evening is TBA! Hit us up beforehand to put your name down on the list to perform! You can also sign up at the door once you arrive. Don't forget to bring a friend/lover/comrade with you <3

BQIC Monthly Member Meetings are back!! We appreciate the grace you've given us to take some time off after Columbus Community Pride! After this meeting, Member Meetings will be the 3rd Wednesday of every month at the Parsons Library Branch. We will host a training for the first hour titled "Abolition 101: Securing a World without Policing or Prisons." This training will review what prison abolition is, the importance of abolition work for Black LGBTQIA+ people, and how we can do that work together in Columbus. During the second hour, we will discuss upcoming opportunities for new members to get plugged into BQIC's work, from our Free Resource Fridays to our next spoken word to our solidarity work with the #FreeMasonique campaign. See you soon, fam! Don't forget to bring a friend <3 ** This space is exclusively for people who identify as Black and LGBTQIA+ ** To learn more about the collective, check out our website: bqic.net

#repost @columbuscommunitypride ・・・ SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT, READ TILL THE END: In 2012, transmisogynoir rose up violently on one fateful June night. Cece McDonald and her friends were assaulted in the street outside of a bar by group of men. They were followed, harassed, and eventually attacked with a bottle. But she fought back. In defending herself, the man was killed. However, the state continued continued to victimize her. They sentenced her to 41 months in a Men’s prison. Through her compelling strength CeCe fought back at the state as well and was released after a campaign for her freedom became far-reaching and unstoppable, having served 19 months too many. Through her story she has provided access to the rebirth of our agency, in a world that seeks to limit it every day for Black trans women. We speak the names of Dana Martin, Jazzaline Ware, Ashanti Carmon, Claire Legato, Muhlaysia Booker, Michelle Washington, Paris Cameron, Chynal Lindsay, and Chanel Scurlock. Now, hearing CeCe’s story would be infuriating and inspiring just reading it online or something right?! Well guess what! CeCe WILL BE HERE IN PERSON IN COLUMBUS AS OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER at the #CommunityPride Free CeCe Documentary Screening!!! (yes we are hollering) On Tuesday June 11th at 6-9:30 in the CCAD Beeler Gallery Auditorium, we will be screening the documentary. Afterward we will have a keynote address from Cece herself, then she will participate in a panel discussion with other locally-based Black trans women and people to engage in dialogue about their perspectives and experiences. Food will be provided! Movement mamas like CeCe have personally defined us and our commitment to the work and we are so honored to have her in our presence as we celebrate Community Pride. Please come with all your love, questions, and needs. You WON’T wanna miss this event! Xo! #CommunityPride #CommunityPride2019 #BlackTransLivesMatter #BlackTransWomenMatter #SayHerName #ColumbusPride #FreeCeCe #stonewall50

Coming soon to the (real) Pride near you! 😍 @columbuscommunitypride Along with community partners, we are organizing the 2nd annual Community Pride celebration which centers QTIPOC and those at other intersections of oppression, takes no corporate sponsorship, and outrightly fights against state-sanctioned violence. Celebrating our Revolutionary History on the 50 Year Anniversary of The Stonewall Uprising. There’s nothing we want more than to commemorate THE TRUE history of our roots with you, our community. Full schedule of Community Pride: Decades of Resistance 2019 Events: June 4th: Speak Up: Columbus Community Pride Spoken Word — The Vanderelli Room @ 8PM-10PM June 7th: Bash Back! Queer Club Night — The Olde Oak @ 10PM-2AM June 11th: Free CeCe!: Screening + Discussion — CCAD @ 6PM-9PM June 13th: Skate Against State Violence — Skate Zone 71 @ 9PM-12AM June 15th: Columbus Community Pride 2019: Decades of Resistance Festival — Mayme Moore Park @ 12PM-8PM #whycommunitypride #communitypride #columbuspride #transrightsnow #blacklivesmatter #qtpoc #stonewallwasariot #stonewall50

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