6/1 Queer Agenda: Pride Month edition / Queeries Event 2 planning
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Hello and Happy Pride Month!
Queeries.xyz now has RESOURCES! So far weโve got a very short list of: Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Organizations; Virtual Groups; AIA-affiliated Organizations; University-affiliated Organizations; Reading Material; and Podcast Episodes. This is a place to share whatโs gotten us connected in the profession, but also a running list of queer content that has to do with architecture. If you know about a resource thatโs not listed, comment / email / DM and I will add it :)
AlsoโโQueeries 1 results are up on the website! For those wondering, it took a lil <iframe>
action. The surveyโs up to 83 results. Pleaseย share the Queeries 1 survey with your fellow queer architects and designers. Hereโs the easy link:ย https://bit.ly/queeries-1. The goal is to 100 responses by the end of June!!
Get ready for the JUNE MEETUP! Itโll be sometime between June 14th to June 26th, on Zoom so folks from all over the country can join. Weโll be thinking together about queer icons and intersectionality, and any other queer things in our lives. Please use this when2meet to note when you are available for a 60-minute call!
A warm welcome toย NEW SUBSCRIBERS!! If youโre new here, donโt worry, you canย catch up on past newsletters here. More importantly,ย introduce yourself in the comments on the first post!
Who is your queer design icon and why?
This month on Instagram, @queeries.xyz will be slow-dripping results to this question. Take a peek!
That question is from Queeries 1โif you havenโt yet, take the survey!
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In honor of the up-and-running Resources page on queeries.xyz,
What are must-read queer books, websites, magazines, etc.? What are resources youโd recommend to your fellow queer architects and designers?
Some queer events & news this week (and beyond) ::::
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PrideScapes
June 3rd, 10th, & 17th, free
OLIN Labs
PrideScapes is a research initiative that explores LGBTQ+ landscapes and seeks to clarify the crucial importance of preserving LGBTQ+ spaces, telling untold LGBTQ+ histories, and imagining new futures for culturally significant LGBTQ+ landscapes.
To kick off the initiative, OLIN Labs is hosting a virtual three-part panel series that coincides with Pride month and invites critical conversations between landscape architects, designers, urban planners, artists, and historic preservationists working on LGBTQ+ discourse and projects related to the increased representation and visibility of LGBTQ+ spaces in the built environment.
Discussion topics include Landscapes & Pandemics: The Inequities of AIDS & COVID-19, Preserving & Interpreting LGBTQ+ Landscapes: Making an Invisible History Visible, and LGBTQ+ Memorials: Design and Remembrance in the Landscape.
The PrideScapes Summer Speaker Series is free and open to the public!
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"Queer Sites In Global Contexts" Virtual Reading Group
Free
This Fall, the editors ofย Queer Sites in Global Contexts: Technologies, Spaces, and Othernessย are extending an invitation to join a virtual reading group designed to support students interested in LGBTQ+ research. This is a free series aimed at complementing the discussions of sexuality, gender, race, and class, already taking place in seminar rooms around the world. The reading group is primarily aimed at PhD and Masters students, although advanced undergraduate students are also welcome.
Four live discussion sessions, lasting 75 minutes will be conducted in the Fall of 2021. Each session will be organized around a theme and focus on two chapters from the edited collection. Each chapter's author will join us for the discussion.
Thank you for reading.
Until next time ๐,
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ with the wave of a rainbow flag,
A.L.