Talked about occupride and pinkbloq Joe brought a bunch of pink bandanas that sparked a discussion attire for occupride specificity bandanas Strong sentiment expressing desire to keep occupride on message with queer issues and not generic occupy. Also we don’t want to make a big occuscene and get our spot in the march revoked But [...]

Queer OWS Working Group – 3/24/2012 Joe and Sean arrived to an almost empty 60 Wall St. and waited till 4:30. We came to follow process and honor the previous consensus on meeting time and location, and will be returning to Union Square. We reconvened at 6:30pm by Union Square with 6 attendees. Agenda – [...]

Queer OWS 3/10/2012 7 in attendance Agenda – Mission statement, GA accouncement – Chistopher St / W Village action – Safer Spaces outreach – List of shelters Group Name: + Queer OWS : Consensus Mission statement: – Queer OWS seeks to eradicate oppression, marginalization, and economic injustice based on sexual orientation and gender identity through, [...]

Queering OWS Working Group Meeting – 2/3/2012 9 in attendance This was the first meeting of a new LGBT+ working group, and focused mainly on defining the group and its relationship to the caucus and other groups. Action and consensus items marked with a + Report Backs – Justin gives Queer Caucus report backs – [...]

Please Note: The group attempted to meet on 2/12 but only had 4 attendees. Informal Discussion was had, agreed to meet on 2/19 Sunday Feb 19th LGBTIQA2Z Caucus Meeting 1-2 PM Attendees: Justin Michael Felix Jason Alec Frenchy Billy Discussion about #Queering #OWS WG being formed by Tiff & Jen to deal with two sides [...]

Feb 5 meeting at the LGBT center   9 members with 2 arriving during the meeting   Agenda –press release about why we’re meeting at the Center –discussion about the HRC/Goldman action last night –proposal for an endorsement about the Robin Hood Tax –proposed Christopher St. police station –Bradley Manning –Escuelita –City Council and Rudin [...]

1/29/2012 – Queer/LGBTIQA2Z Caucus Minutes 9 people   Agenda – Tif Reports back from DC trip – Feb 4th HRC action – On-line forum guidelines – Cecee McDonald – OWS. Wall St. and Oakland, Trans and Homophobia in OWS – Gay Squat – Glittertops – Pride   HRC – How are they letting down the [...]

1/22/2012 Queer/LGBTIQA2Z Caucus Minutes   8 attending     Angenda   – HRC Action / Equality Pledge – Glittertops – Community Solidarity GA proposal – Future meeting times and locations – OWS violence, ejections, and ethics     HRC Action + To make document describing message and plan + Creating facebook event for the action [...]

1/15/2012 Queer/LGBTIQA2Z Caucus Minutes 8 people – Glittertops, laptops for homeless – Computer store report back – MLK Day – Union Square Occupy for Jobs – Occupying Document – Transphobia and Housing Glttertops! – Computer Overhaulers – $129 with bad battery, $200 with working battery. – Refurbished Dells – Check for laptops online, ask Facebook [...]

1/8/2012 Queer/LGBTIQA2Z Caucus Meeting Minutes about 14 in attendance This meeting went on for about 4 hours. It was our first Sunday meeting after the holidays, and our largest meeting in over 3 weeks, so there were many pent up issues and energy. It was great to see so many people there, and the new [...]

Tuesdays 1/3/12 Queering minutes   Actions:   1. Christopher St,   It was decided that it (Christopher St.) was the best spot for a queer community outreach action-out of the selection. Nothing planned yet. Pushing back to further date to be decided later. . 2. MLK Day event- 1pm Union Sq. Occupy for jobs Occupy4job.org [...]

12/27/2011 Queer/LGBTIQA2Z @ OWS Caucus Minutes 5 attendees Agenda – Announcements – WOW statement of solidarity with women in Egypt – GSA (Gay Straight Alliance) day statement – Journal submissions – Blog – Jan 15th Action – Storage – Media outreach – Manning trial, use of gender identity disorder as a defense Annoucements – People [...]

12/18/2011 Queer/LGBTIQA2Z @ OWS Caucus Minutes We had a small meeting as 60 Wall St was closed, it was freezing out, and many people were busy with the holidays or worn out from the D17 action. We had a total of 5 participants, although not all at once. The meeting was somewhat informal and more [...]

(Approved by Consensus Vote, Dec. 11, 2012) THE PLEDGE FOR FULL LGBT EQUALITY   IN ORDER TO FULFILL the promises of life and liberty, and to ensure equal protection of the law as guaranteed by the United States Constitution;   TO PROTECT the inalienable human right to be safe from discrimination based on sexual orientation [...]

About 10 attendees Concensus and action items indicated with a +     Agenda: – Direct action update – Proposal – change time on Sundays, conflicts with direct action – Overview of Christopher park meeting Saturday – Equality pledge – Solutions cluster presentation – Spokes council – High school group looking to talk to people [...]

ISSUES: Gentrification Our role as ‘real estate tools’ in this process Jobs crisis Homeless (not just youth) Sex work Trans: Non-discrimination law Healthcare Police brutality Prison treatment AIDS/HIV funding Substance abuse Entrepreneurship Piers As a state park, check into jurisdiction Minority stress, LGBTIQ & POC Brandon to check with emotional wellness counselor at the Center [...]

12/4/11 LGBTIQA Meeting Minutes   14 people in attendance   Agenda: –reaching out to LGBT POC groups –full LGBT equality pledge –recent suspension of habeas corpus; right to detain US citizens indefinitely without trial if they are suspected terrorists  (tabled until next meeting) –Next magazine story –how to relay direct actions more efficiently to the [...]

LGBTIQA Caucus Meeting Minutes (11/29/11)   Introductions   Review Previous Meeting Minutes   World AIDs Day: Rally Sponsored by Housing Works and many other groups -Thursday at (Arrive at 10AM) 11AM   New Group: Homeless Caucus – Razor (Contact Sparkle)   AGENDA:   Community Support   Discuss Monday’s Spokes Council – Movement Growing Pains; disintegrated [...]

Minutes of OWS LGBTIQA Caucus Meeting – November 27 2011 Our meeting went from 2:30 to 4:30 with members remaining in smaller groups till 6:30.  We had about 11 participants in total and covered a lot of ground. Action items and consensus votes are marked with a +   Endorse International Day to End Violience [...]

Minutes of OWS Queer Caucus Meeting – November 20 2011   This was our first meeting after the raid.   Value of continuing the group – OWS is a large movement that has gained a lot of power – QOWS purpose at first was to interact with the park.  Some cohesion was beginning to happen [...]

Queering OWS 11/09   Introductions   Quick Discussion on Involvement and Working Groups   Agenda:   1.         Working Group Report on Statement Read Mission Statement (Group Description from our Website) Three Additions (Solidarity, Economic Justice, Safer-Spaces) – It was explained that the e-mail group working to redraft a mission statement for QOWS would like to [...]

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Queering OWS – Radical Language Road Guide   The information and descriptions included in this educational document are loose guidelines for understanding important language and successfully navigating within queer space. Each piece of information included in this document is circumstantial and should be regarded with some degree of fluidity to ensure inclusivity and true understanding.   [...]

Noah - Noah is a NYC-based attorney who specializes in transgender rights. He is frequently invited to speak on discrimination facing trans people. He is also trans.   Pauline Park - Pauline Park (paulinepark.com) is chair of the New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy (NYAGRA) (nyagra.com), a statewide transgender advocacy organization that she co-founded in 1998, [...]