LGBT Youth Writer's Worskhop
June 19-20, 9am-5pm
UTEP Union Plaza
500 W. University Ave.,
Contact: Department Chair Johnny Payne, Ph.D. @ (915) 747-5713
Spoken Word Featuring Dino Foxx & DJ Fresco
Open-mic poetry night so you can speak, listen and express your LGBT soul
June 20, 6pm-8pm
The Percolator
217 N. Stanton
El Paso Contact: Owner Bobby Smith @ (915) 351-4377
"Puentes LGBT Resources in collaboration with UTEP Creative Writing Department and The Percolator invite you to our LGBT Youth Writer's Workshop and Spoken Word event on Thursday and Friday June 19-20 as part of our programming for Frontera Pride Festival 2008.
The writer's workshop is free and designed for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth between the ages of 12-24 who wish to develop their creative writing skills in an environment free from anti-LGBT bias. Our presenters will be giving 8 exciting writing workshops for the attending youth."
Writer and historian Hector Carbajal will be presenting a workshop titled “The Metaphors of Empowerment: Writing as Resistance against Homo/Transphobia”. Queer youth will be encouraged to use writing as a form of resistance and empowerment against the injuries of homophobia along the border area.
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