Beyond the Rainbow, a project of The Curve Foundation, is a groundbreaking conversation series that seeks to create an intersectional, multi generational space touching on gender, queerness, race, ability, and activism of yesterday and today. Beyond the Rainbow seeks to challenge the possibilities and limits of queer representation as a path towards liberation.
An inspiring conversation with pioneering queer women as they discuss how they are reshaping the sports bar landscape with inclusivity, empowerment, and community-building at the forefront. This panel explores the intersection of queer culture and sports, the unique challenges of running an LGBTQ+ inclusive business, and how each bar creates a welcoming space for queer women and allies to come together, celebrate sports, and build lasting connections. Moderated by Shelly Breen with panelists Jenny Nguyen, The Sports Bra (Portland, OR), Jillian Hiscock, A Bar of Their Own (Minneapolis, MN), Danielle & Sara, Rikki’s Women’s Sports Bar (San Francisco, CA), and Jax, Watch Me! (Long Beach, CA).
Three powerhouse filmmakers, Cheryl Dunye, Pratibha Parmar, and Madeleine Lim reflect on the past 25 years of the landscape for queer women of color in filmmaking, mapping what has or has not changed as well as where the needle might have shifted. They also touch upon a vision of the next 25 years, looking beyond representation and inclusion to what just and compelling filmmaking can be in order to create change. This panel is co-presented by The Curve Foundation and QWOCMAP (Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project).
Five queer photographers engaged in dialogue surrounding what constitutes an impactful image, how we create collective memory through visual media, and the evolution of lesbian/queer photography through the decades. We addressed these topics with a gender-expansive, trans-inclusive mindset. Moderated by Sunny Leerasanthanah with panelists Phyllis Christopher, Naima Green, Morgan Gwenwald, Jessica Tanzer, and Salgu Wissmath.
The Curve Foundation’s inaugural Queer Women in Sports Day panel, live from A Bar of Their Own in Minneapolis, featuring leaders in women’s sports. Moderated by Jana Shortal, with panelists Sylvia Braaten, Twin Cities Gemini Rugby, Chelsey Falzone, Minnesota Twins, and Kate Voss, Minnesota Lynx.
For many of us, latinidad is complicated. Our communities are rife with anti-Blackness and indigenous erasure, and currents of machismo that allow sexism and homophobia to force us into exile often a second generation of exile for those of us born to refugees. In the spirit of Latinx Heritage month we envision us exploring what it means to return a casa: how we reconcile with the wounds of machismo, homofobia, and re-create comunidad with our elders and chosen family
July is Disability Pride Month and we are partnering with Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network for a special conversation about the intersections of disability, gender, and queerness. Moderator: Lydia X. Z. Brown, AWN Director of Policy, Advocacy, and External Affairs Panelists: Jamila Hammami, Organizer & Lecturer of Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas (AMED) Studies, San Francisco State University Bridget Liang, PhD student in the Gender, Feminist, and Women’s Studies program at York University
Queer womanhood is evolving, as are ideas of gender and sexuality. Loving women and creating safe queer spaces are hallmarks of lesbian lore, but what does it mean to love women and ourselves, today? Where are we buoyed by our love, and when does our womanhood let us down? For the launch of Beyond The Rainbow, we held a conversation on Lesbian Visibility Day to talk about gender, queer womanhood, and what visibility means to us. Moderator: Executive Director, Jasmine Sudarkasa Panelists: Andy Marra, Executive Director of the
Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund Lutze Segu, the Social Justice Doula Dr. Alexis Romero Walker, Assistant Professor at Manhattanville College
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