>>> Over 50 Programs

>>> The Laramie Project (UC Davis Performers)

Friday Live Performance

On October 7, 1998, a young gay man was discovered bound to a fence in the hills outside Laramie Wyoming, savagely beaten and left to die in an act of brutality and hate that shocked the nation. Matthew Shepard's death became a national symbol of intolerance, but for the people of Laramie the event became deeply personal, and it is their voices we hear in this stunningly effective theater piece. The Laramie Project chronicles the life of the town of Laramie in the year after the murder, using eight actors to embody more than sixty different people in their own words - from rural ranchers to university professors. The result is a complex portrayal that dispels the simplistic media stereotypes and explores the depths to which humanity can sink and the heights of compassion of which we are capable. Learn more.

>>> Monroe France

Saturday Keynote Address
Plus, Featured Program on "So You Wanna See Some Change Happen? Well, What Are You Going To Do About It?"

Monroe France is the Coordinator of Social Justice Programs at New York University's Office of Student Activities (OSA). He is the founder, co-owner, and one of the primary facilitators for Envision, a social justice consulting organization. As a professional in higher education Monroe's passion for anti-oppression and social justice work has translated into developing programs and training and educational initiatives that provide both students and professionals the tools needed to begin the work of understanding self and their responsibilities within the world.

>>> Lani Ka'ahumanu

Saturday Keynote Address
Plus, Featured Program on "Learn To Say YES [to sex...] It's As Important As Learning To Say NO"

Lani Ka'ahumanu is a published author, editor, and poet. She and Loraine Hutchins co-edited the ground breaking feminist anthology BI ANY OTHER NAME: Bisexual People Speak Out (Alyson, 1991), which was listed on the Top 100 Queer Books of the 20th Century by Lambda Book Review. Learn more.

>>> Deep DiCkollective

Saturday Live Performance

The anti-gangster aesthetic of quasi-Nationalist "conscious" hip-hoppers and bohemian MC thrift shoppers pave a space for D/DC to articulate its word play. They represent a political lyricism that does not take itself too seriously. They are the brave mavericks of a movement that some affectionately refer to as homo-hop. They are Oxymoronic "out" black queer Emcees the world says do not exist. They are the rumblings of a revolution that have for too long been silenced. Learn more.

>>> Sile P. Singleton's Drag King Collective

Saturday Live Performance
Plus, Featured Screening of Film "Kings On the Road"

Luster (Sile Singleton) hails from Columbus, Ohio, where he has been a major leader in the drag king explosion. A performer for nearly a decade, Luster is also the organizer of the International Drag King Extravaganza. The Drag King Collective will challenge your notions of masculinity, femininity, and sexual attraction. Explore an edgy, underground queer subculture as the Kings bring diverse backgrounds and approaches to drag performance and social satire. Learn more.

>>> Sarwat Rumi

Saturday Live Performance
Plus, Featured Program on "QUEER MIQ: Polypoetry for the People"

Sarwat Rumi is a bilingual Bengali American Muslim who has been writing since she could read. She has a B.A. in South Asian Languages and Civilizations from the University of Chicago. By day, Sarwat teaches creative writing and battles violence as a freelance facilitator of trainings and workshops addressing social justice issues for youth, college students, social service and domestic violence agencies, law firms, and community organizations. By night, she is a vigilante spoken word artist and singer; and really late night she casts her witchy superpowers to bind oppressive forces. Sarwat volunteers for Apna Ghar; is the vocalist for the experimental music duo, Serpent Feline; and is a member of MangoTribe, an APIA all woman theater group which implements art as a form of activism and healing. Sarwat resides in Chicago with her feline familiar, Indigo, and a whole crew of faeries who watch over them both.

>>> Emi Koyama

Sunday Keynote Address
Plus, Featured Program on "Intersex & the LGBT Movement"

Emi Koyama is a multi-issue social justice slut synthesizing feminist, Asian, survivor, dyke, queer, sex worker, intersex, genderqueer, and crip politics, as these factors, while not a complete descriptor of who she is, all impacted her life. Emi is currently the director of Intersex Initiative. Learn more.