Archive for January, 2014

Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Space Cadet From A Black Feminist Future

Alexis Pauline Gumbs’ bio immediately initiates you into her mysteries. So it begins: “Alexis is a self-identified queer black trouble maker, love evangelist and space cadet. So, that means time and space manifest in prolific and polyphonic ways.” And it’s…

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Natalya Brusilovsky, Culinary Choreographer

Natalya Brusilovsky loves to cook to music. And as you’ll see below, she recommends dancing as a way to enliven a cook’s mood–and her dish! (Call it kinetic spice.) And this community-based theatre artist and pop-up restaurateur knows how parlay…

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Dr. Loraine Hutchins, Bi Trailblazer

The fight for bisexual visibility in the U.S. must invariably include Dr. Loraine Hutchins’ name in blazing lights. Trailblazer that she is, she co-edited the groundbreaking anthology, Bi Any Other Name: Bi People Speak Out. More recently she co-edited Sexuality,…

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Don’t Check The Boxes…Chuck The Boxes

Step out of the box. Or, rather, slide out of it…with our profile slider. So what is our profile slider?  It’s one of the signature features of our soon-to-be released app. It’s a circular dial that, with the swirl of your…

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Kaila A. Story, Black Queer Fierce Intellectual

Kaila Adia Story, PhD, is an associate professor of Pan-African Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Louisville. She holds the Audre Lorde Chair in Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality, appropriately enough! Her research examines the intersections…

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Self-Care Everywhere

So you’re heading out for the day. Got wallet? Check. Got keys? Check. What about your self-care kit? Let me explain: a self-care kit is a portable self-nurturing experience for the superhero on-the-go. Even if you’re not superhero-identified, I suspect…

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Introducing Urooj Arshad, International Youth Health and Rights Advocate

Urooj Arshad is the Associate Director of International Youth Health and Rights at Advocates for Youth. In this role she supports youth-driven organizations in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean in empowering young people to be strong advocates for their…

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Join the Circle of Support for LGBTQ Youth

Check out these organizations serving LGBTQ youth. Please donate, get involved, and let us know what groups are missing! We are honored that the One+Love app will soon be among these resources. You’re not alone; One+Love connects you. Connect to…

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