Month: April 2024

April 26th: Lesbian Visibility Day

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April 26, 2024

1:18 pm

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International Lesbian Day was started in 2008 by an American activist named Amy Ellis.

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Spring Break

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April 24, 2024

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I hope that everybody has a wonderful Spring Break!

Classes resume on May 1st.

An image with a baby blue background with white/green text that says, "Enjoy The Spring Break!" Below this statement is a PNG image showing a cartoon group of people jumping in the air. In the top right corner is a purple logo with the words "Gender and Sexuality Studies City Tech.

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City Tech’s LGBTQIA+ Wikipedia Edit-a-thon Event

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April 12, 2024

11:03 am

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The LGBTQIA+ Wikipedia Edit-a-thon was a success!

Yesterday, April 11th, I attended the event to help out placing up directional signs, helping with the sign-in sheets, and greeting attendees at the door.

One of the few directional signs that I made                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

                           

The Wiki Edit-a-thon room 

 

The sign in desk where I worked mostly throughout the

event. We had free book pamphlets for attendees to take

and had an array of books from City Tech’s LGBTQIA+

section in the library.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

The turnout for the event was surreal. Many dedicated Wikipedia editors outside of City Tech joined the commencement of editing missing LGBTQIA+ content on Wiki. Everyone helped each other out, and it felt like we were family.

                                                                                                           

We had a guest speaker named Anthony Amiewalan, who shared his coming out story and presented his written and drawn pieces of work. I found his work very inspirational as his creations dived deep into personal feelings.

         Here are two pieces of work that Anthony Amiewalan shared with us at the event

I wanted to participate in the Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, so I created an entire Wikipedia Page from scratch for an artist named Alteronce Gumby. Down below, you can find the link to the Wikipedia Page that I worked on at the event.

Alteronce Gumby – Wikipedia

I really enjoyed this event and I am so grateful that I was able to attend and help out.