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Together we supported Telling Queer History with…
15 new sustaining donors, bringing monthly donations to $434.
Total cash donations for the Fast Friends campaign, $8948.
Amount of goods & services donated for Fast Friends, $15,812.
Volunteer hours donated, 1053 hours.
Thank you so very much for all the ways you show up for Telling Queer History!
Our gatherings are grassroots run and have been held together by love, enthusiasm and generosity for 6 years. We are excited to build on that with these resources, to pay the people that contribute, and to bring our stories to a wider audience.
You can still contribute and invite your friends to join you as donors here. We hope to see you at our next gathering Oct 6th and next year for Fast Friends 2020.
Photos by Caroline Yang. Graphic by Josey Herrera.
Telling Queer History founder Rebecca Lawrence shares her story of creating TQH and invites you to Fast Friends on June 9th.
https://fastfriendstqh.bpt.me/
Video by Michael Schwengel.
Olivia Levins Holden shares their story with TQH on 2, 10, 2019.
Join us on June 9th, 2019 to celebrate 6 years of Telling Queer History. Tickets on sale now https://fastfriendstqh.bpt.me/
For the Love of Art - Feb 10, 2019 2-4:30pm gathering with Telling Queer History
Give to Telling Queer History www.givemn.org/story/Telling-Queer-History
Give to the Max day is Nov 15, 2018. Schedule your donation in advance or become a sustaining monthly donor. Our history continues to be created and your support means it will be shared with our communities.
Gathering Sunday October 21st, 2018 2-4:30pm. QUEER SPACES
We got a grant!
Join Telling Queer History before the show for an interactive historical background to Fellow Travelers. Stay after for storytelling with the artistic team, including composer Gregory Spears. Telling Queer History is an event series that connects LGBTQ people across generations and identities through storytelling
J-Pride Twin Cities at Telling Queer History on Sunday April 8th, 2018.
Telling Queer History's 4 year anniversary gathering at the Hennepin Central Library on June 11th, 2017 from 2-4:30pm:
Revolt, Resist, Remember.
Interactive timeline of LGBTQ+ history and your history starts the event. 20 minute clip of the film Out North, a documentary on LGBTQ+ history in Minnesota created by TPT will be screened, followed by two speakers and discussion.
Speakers will share stories of how we have survived and thrived so we can continue to do so as a united community.
Free, sober, all ages space. Free childcare available. ASL interpreters available upon request.
RSVP and invite your friends to with our facebook event.
TELLING QUEER HISTORY is a series of gatherings based on sharing stories in an open, informal, and participatory format. It’s about connecting queer communities, queer history and generations so that we can learn from our shared past, present, and future.*
*Allies are welcome to join, listen and volunteer. Hearing our stories is a great way to be an ally, allowing and assisting us in having the space to tell our stories is a way to be an advocate. Thanks!
Please contact us at Hello@tellingqueerhistory.com with questions and requests.
Image from the Tretter Collection of the second Pride March along Nicollet Mall in 1973.
April 10th, 2016 2-4:30pm
Location TBD
Mental Health co-hosted by Reclaim
Featuring Coya Whitehat Artichoker, Reva and Nick Metcalf
Moderated by Patricia VanErt
Minneapolis Central Library
Love: It's Complicated
February 14th, 2016 2-4:30pm
Mid-Continent Oceanographic Institute
2388 University Ave W. Saint Paul, MN, 55114
December 13th 2-4:30pm
AIDS and HIV
Location TBD
October 11th 2-4:30pm
Marriage with Michael McConnell
Anderson Library at the U of M
222 21st Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55455
House Party Fundraiser
Saturday August 29th 6-11pm
Chez Longfellow
4432 Longfellow Ave S, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55407
August 9th from 2-4:30
Home
Hennepin History Museum
2303 3rd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55404
June 14th, 2015 2-4:30pm
Vulva Riot
Central Library
300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55401