May 11th
7:19 PM
Via

Reflections on Opening Night Action: A Primer on Microaggressions

bustingbuntyberman:

Over the past few weeks, I have joined with a growing number of Queer South Asian, Asian, Pacific Islander activists, artists, and organizers in protesting the violent transphobia and cultural appropriation and misrepresentation in the new Off-Broadway musical, Bunty Berman Presents. (For a detailed critique of the several problematic components of the musical, see my earlier review)

On Thursday night, I and several other activists gathered outside the Acorn Theatre at Theater Row in Manhattan to hand out informational pamphlets and provide audience members with some context for the musical’s message. We made the choice for our direct action to be a positivity-filled action. We didn’t chant or attack people. We were there to give people information and engage with audience members. While we weren’t expecting an overly receptive crowd, but the amount of hostility and negativity we received in the forms of numerous micro-aggressions really shocked me. Below are a compilation of various microaggressions we experienced:

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****trigger warning: transphobia, queer & trans/gnc murder, racism (towards Indian and south Asian cultures), cultural appropriation, classism, etc.****

November 21st
3:00 PM
[international affairs, #LGBTQ #student affairs, #PoC #TDOR / #transgender day of remembrance panel at Columbia University. 11/20/2012 #nyc #tpoc: lea robinson, me, z, pauline park.] cc: www.thefeeloffree.tumblr.com

[international affairs, #LGBTQ #student affairs, #PoC #TDOR / #transgender day of remembrance panel at Columbia University. 11/20/2012 #nyc #tpoc: lea robinson, me, z, pauline park.] cc: www.thefeeloffree.tumblr.com

July 17th
11:17 PM
hey hey!  me and pauline park featured in the fly and powerful,  THE VISIBILITY PROJECT. 
special thanks to mia nakano!

hey hey!  me and pauline park featured in the fly and powerful,  THE VISIBILITY PROJECT.

special thanks to mia nakano!

June 13th
12:55 PM
Via

[after seeing that craigslist add looking for her “african princess”, i’m going to put out an add that says “looking for my saltine cracker”]fl

i also love (and by love, i mean i feel disgusted by) the white colonial lesbians and gay people who are all flagrant with their “i like and have a preference for exotic asian dykes.” or white queer men who *expect* API people to only bottom and mention that in their ads. racism and fetishizing = wacksauce.

crankyskirt:

navigatethestream:

description: you’re white, crunchy, flakey, and loaded with unnecessary MSG. won’t you come eat tomato soup with me? 

*still would not be on the same level as that objectifying, racist, fetishizing craigstlist add…but hey at least my objectification can rhyme!* 

*dead*

June 12th
9:15 PM
[my latest piece/video “passing anniversary of my ma” is being featured as the death & transformation act of the show. do attend & let me know your thoughts. support QTPOCs and our superfly delicious dopeness. recipesforthepeople | kay on twitter | kay on tumblr. ]

MANGOS WITH CHILIand the National Queer Arts Festival proudly presentRECLAIMING THE RITES: performance honoring the sacred of our queer and trans of color lives**one night only**June 14, 2012African American Arts and Culture Complex762 Fulton St, San Francisco, CA $10-$20 sliding scale * wheelchair and chemically accessible * no one turned away for lack of fundsA transcendent evening of queer and trans of color artists reinventing ritual and rites of passage. Our queer life milestones - Coming out, Leaving Home, Queer Love, Queer Heartache, Surviving Violence, Chronic Illness and Disability, Getting Wisdom, and Death and Transformation- meet our cultural traditions like jazz funerals and quinceañeras in performance that honors and lifts up the sacred of our queer and trans of color lives, hearts, and dreams. Featuring Breathtaking New Work By:BRONTEZ PURNELL DANCE COMPANYDORIAN FAUST “Burlesque’s Basquiat”GRIOT NOIRBEA SULLIVANJUBA KALAMKATRE VASQUEZ/NATROLEAH LAKSHMI PIEPZNA SAMARASINHAand Dancing Assassin MS. CHERRY GALETTE With video by Sarah Sass Biscarra-Dilley, Yvonne Fly Onakeme Etaghene, Mia McKenzie,Jo SiMalaya, k. ulanday barrett, and Manish VaidyaGET YOUR TICKETS HERE: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/246339Access info: The Buriel Clay Theater is wheelchair accessible, including bathrooms. There is ample free parking in a lot adjacent to the building, including six disabled spots. In solidarity with community members who are chemically injured (and so they can attend), please do not wear perfume, essential oil, cologne or other scented products. Helpful, POC focused fragrance free product info can be found here: http://www.brownstargirl.org/1/post/2012/03/fragrance-free-femme-of-colour-realness-draft-15.html. We will have scent-free seating. The Burial Clay Theater is on the 21 and 5 MUNI lines and is .9 miles from Civic Center BART.Mangos With Chili is a nationally touring, Bay Area based arts incubator committed to showcasing high quality performance of life saving importance by queer and trans artists of color to audiences in the Bay Area and beyond. Our goal is to produce high-quality multi-genre performances reflecting the lives and stories of queer and trans people of color (QTPOC) and speaking out in resistance to the daily struggles around silence, isolation, homophobia and violence that QTPOC face. Mangos With Chili’s multi-genre productions present work in the disciplines of dance, theater, vaudeville, spoken word, hip-hop, circus arts, music, film, and more.Founded in 2006 by Cherry Galette and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Mangos With Chili began as an annual touring cabaret of queer and trans people of color performance artists, with the goal of creating a cultural institution that would build the careers and visibility of QTPOC artists. Since inception, Mangos With Chili has developed the work of over 125 queer artists of color, produced four national tours and curated an annual season of Bay Area programming. Mangos With Chili is a fiscally sponsored project of CounterPULSE.www.counterpulse.org

[my latest piece/video “passing anniversary of my ma” is being featured as the death & transformation act of the show. do attend & let me know your thoughts. support QTPOCs and our superfly delicious dopeness. recipesforthepeople | kay on twitter | kay on tumblr. ]

MANGOS WITH CHILI
and the National Queer Arts Festival proudly present

RECLAIMING THE RITES: performance honoring the sacred of our queer and trans of color lives

**one night only**

June 14, 2012
African American Arts and Culture Complex
762 Fulton St, San Francisco, CA 

$10-$20 sliding scale * wheelchair and chemically accessible * no one turned away for lack of funds

A transcendent evening of queer and trans of color artists reinventing ritual and rites of passage. Our queer life milestones - Coming out, Leaving Home, Queer Love, Queer Heartache, Surviving Violence, Chronic Illness and Disability, Getting Wisdom, and Death and Transformation- meet our cultural traditions like jazz funerals and quinceañeras in performance that honors and lifts up the sacred of our queer and trans of color lives, hearts, and dreams. 

Featuring Breathtaking New Work By:

BRONTEZ PURNELL DANCE COMPANY

DORIAN FAUST “Burlesque’s Basquiat”

GRIOT NOIR

BEA SULLIVAN

JUBA KALAMKA

TRE VASQUEZ/NATRO

LEAH LAKSHMI PIEPZNA SAMARASINHA

and Dancing Assassin MS. CHERRY GALETTE 

With video by Sarah Sass Biscarra-Dilley, Yvonne Fly Onakeme Etaghene, Mia McKenzie,Jo SiMalaya, k. ulanday barrett, and Manish Vaidya

GET YOUR TICKETS HERE: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/
event/246339

Access info: The Buriel Clay Theater is wheelchair accessible, including bathrooms. There is ample free parking in a lot adjacent to the building, including six disabled spots. In solidarity with community members who are chemically injured (and so they can attend), please do not wear perfume, essential oil, cologne or other scented products. Helpful, POC focused fragrance free product info can be found here: http://www.brownstargirl.org/1/post/2012/03/fragrance-free-femme-of-colour-realness-draft-15.html. 
We will have scent-free seating. The Burial Clay Theater is on the 21 and 5 MUNI lines and is .9 miles from Civic Center BART.

Mangos With Chili is a nationally touring, Bay Area based arts incubator committed to showcasing high quality performance of life saving importance by queer and trans artists of color to audiences in the Bay Area and beyond. Our goal is to produce high-quality multi-genre performances reflecting the lives and stories of queer and trans people of color (QTPOC) and speaking out in resistance to the daily struggles around silence, isolation, homophobia and violence that QTPOC face. Mangos With Chili’s multi-genre productions present work in the disciplines of dance, theater, vaudeville, spoken word, hip-hop, circus arts, music, film, and more.

Founded in 2006 by Cherry Galette and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Mangos With Chili began as an annual touring cabaret of queer and trans people of color performance artists, with the goal of creating a cultural institution that would build the careers and visibility of QTPOC artists. Since inception, Mangos With Chili has developed the work of over 125 queer artists of color, produced four national tours and curated an annual season of Bay Area programming. 

Mangos With Chili is a fiscally sponsored project of CounterPULSE.www.counterpulse.org