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Protest in a Pandemic COVID-19 Hasn't Stopped Protests Against Problems Created out of Changes Caused by the Virus, As Well As Issues That Predate It Vol. 3, Iss. 2 Aug/Sept 2020 MAGAZINE CenterlineConnecticut's LGBTQ+ Magazine A Publication of the New Haven Pride Center Protest in a Pandemic COVID-19 hasn't stopped protests against problems created out of changes caused by the virus, as well as issues that predate it ALSO INSIDE: • How does intersectionality affect safety? • The Age of the Kings: Drag Kings make a mark on local stages • LGBTQ+ Programming: A Shift in Venue... and Values? • Resource Listings for the Bi+ Community CENTERLINE FEBRUARY/MARCH 2020 1 PAGE PAGE 30 22 photo by Megan McGory-Gleason Contributed photo In This Issue Bi+ Resource List The Age of the Kings The Bi+ community can be more isolated A diverse array of Drag King performers have due to the challenges in finding resources; been participating in the drag community our resource guide should help provide a in Connecticut. Get to know five of those starting point towards what's out there. 4 talented entertainers. 22 Protest and the Pandemic Shift in Venue... & Values? For those working on the front lines to COVID-19 has forced a variety of in-person create change, the COVID-19 pandemic has group meetings and entertainment to shift added a new wrinkle, but hasn't stopped online. That's had both positive and negative their work from moving forward. 12 impacts on the LGBTQ+ population. 32 PLUS: Viewpoints, Photo Spreads, Local Info, Poetry and MORE! MAGAZINE Editor in Chief and Designer Joshua O'Connell Editor Patrick J Dunn Contributors: John D. Allen, Centerline Mel Cordner, Linda-Cristal Young, Centerline Magazine is published six times a year by the New Haven Pride Lucy Gellman, Adrian Huq, Maia Center. Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the publisher Leonardo, Megan McGory-Gleason, or of Centerline but of the writers. We welcome a variety of viewpoints Ala Ochumare, Miranda Rector, and encourage submissions. Complete or partial reproduction of any Alan Veloz, Karleigh Webb advertisement, news article, feature or photography without written Cover photo: Karleigh Webb consent from the publisher is strictly prohibited. Send advertising inquiries to [email protected] ©2020 New Haven Pride Center. Printed by TCI Press 2 CENTERLINE FEBRUARY/MARCH 2020 photo: Megan McGory-Gleason photo: FRONT AND CENTERLINE Joshua O'Connell A Different World Hello again - it's been awhile. When I and other last sat down to write this column it was community January, and what has now been a world- members to changing pandemic was still new, seemingly cover a variety impacting a different part of the world. of viewpoints from various corners of our By the time we looked to assemble what LGBTQ+ community. would've been our March issue, we realized We've always had a mission of telling our that many of the venues where a magazine community's stories, many times through like Centerline would be distributed were their own words, and so we're excited to closing down. We made the tough decision expand our mission in this way. to pause the magazine. This issue, I've compiled resources that The New Haven Pride Center, under are designed to assist the Bi+ community. whose purview the magazine is published, Over the last year I've led the Pride center's shifted directions nearly instantly to provide Bi+ Social and Discussion Group, one of virtual services in a socially distant world, three groups in Connecticut available to the while surveying our community and finding Bi+ community, and have gotten to know food insecurity to be a critical concern. a number of amazing individuals in recent That led to the launch of our Food years who are dedicated to expanding Pantry program, which has fed hundreds resources, many online but some in person of families. That program, which is slated to as well. continue to the end of August, has been the As we've done for women and the trans cornerstone of our response in this newly community in previous issues, we hope uncertain world. this list of resources will help those who are The return of Centerline is not a return to looking for some support, information, or normal, per se, but for us a way to continue recommended reading. And if you know to document what's happening in our of a resource that we left out of our list, community. don't hesitate to email me at centerline@ Mel Cordner returns this issue, looking at newhavenpridecenter.org - the resources changes in our community when it comes are being shared among the various group to entertainment, resources and more, and leaders. how virtual conversations and events have Within these pages you'll find queer impacted the accessibility of resources. poetry written as part of a recent program, a There are some who benefit, and some look at protesting during the pandemic, how who don't, by the changes from in-person intersectionality impacts safety, a look into gatherings to virtual ones. the Drag King community and the unique You'll notice that we have more perspective they bring, and pictures from Viewpoint pieces in the magazine this issue. events that took place before the pandemic: We're not a news publication, but news The Yale Cabaret Theatre Dragaret, and the inevitably impacts what we do, and we're Dorothy Awards. launching a broader viewpoint program that We're excited to be back, and hope you're extends not only here in print, but to a set staying safe. We'll see you in September with of blogs that will be maintained on the New our annual Pride issue, but in the meantime Haven Pride Center's website. we hope this issue helps provide you with The Pride Center's program officers will some of the best of what's happening in our be collecting content from themselves community. CENTERLINE FEBRUARY/MARCH 2020 3 RESOURCES Events and Information for the Bi+ Community by Joshua O'Connell GROUPS Bisexual+ Discussion Group (4th Wed, 7p) The Bisexual+ community Bisexuals and Allies (1st Based in Middletown, is, based on many surveys of Thurs, 7:30p) the Bisexual+, Biromantic+ the population, the largest Bisexuals & Allies of Queer, & Questioning, portion of the LGBTQ+ Fairfield County (BAFC) is a Discussion and Support community. That doesn't nonjudgmental support and Group is held every Fourth mean the resources have social group for all bisexual/ Wednesday of the month. kept pace. non-monosexual folks in the For the foreseeable While resources certainly Fairfield County area and future we are meeting via exist that are agnostic to any their allies, hosted via the zoom. Bring your topic of one part of our community, Triangle Community Center. discussion or just listen. a lot of resources have Members include people People of all ages, developed over time for the who identify as bisexual, religious backgrounds, gay and lesbian communities, pansexual, queer, fluid, no ethnicities/races, genders and more recently for the label, asexual, or otherwise, & gender presentations Bi+ and Trans communities, as well as straight, gay, and (including cis, genderfluid, many of which started as lesbian allies (friends and intersex, nonbinary, trans, grassroots initiatives. family). The group welcomes etc.) are all most sincerely Many of the resources people of all genders, welcomed to attend. have shifted online as a including cisgender, Info: www.meetup.com/ result of the COVID-19 transgender, gender non- Bisexual-Discussion-Group pandemic; as such, it's worth conforming, androgynous, checking in as things may genderqueer, and other Bisexual+ Social Group change over time. gender identities. (4th Sat, 1:30p) This is, like any, an BAFC seeks to build a Hosted at the New incomplete list, but hopefully stronger bi+ community Haven Pride Center, the gives some helpful starting and to increase the visibility Bisexual+ Social Group points for those seeking and support of all who offers a social atmosphere resources, whether groups fall under the bisexual to facilitate conversation, or online. umbrella term. Closeted getting to know you, and If you're aware of another or out, monogamous more. The group straddles resource not covered here, or polyamorous, all are the line between a social we'd love to hear about welcome to join as long as group and a discussion it! Email centerline@ long as other members of group. newhavenpridecenter.org the group are treated with The group is meeting and we'll incorporate it in respect and compassion. via Zoom, but will return to a future list of resources Info: www.ctpridecenter. the New Haven Pride Center published online or in org when it is safe to do so. the print version of the Info: www. magazine. newhavenpridecenter.org 4 CENTERLINE FEBRUARY/MARCH 2020 8th Annual Bisexual Book Awards Winners Each year the Bi Writers ROMANCE: TIE MYSTERY Association announces the • All the Better Part of Me • Blood & Bitcoin by L.A. winners and finalists of the by Molly Ringle, Central Witt, Independently Bisexual Books Awards. Avenue Published Launched in 2013, the goal was to recognize books • Out of the Shade by S.A. • Burying the Dead by with bisexual/pansexual/ McAuley / Independently Georgette Gouveia, JMS fluid characters and content. Published Books The association has been • Red, White & Royal Blue POETRY working since 2006 to by Casey McQuiston, • A Sand Book by Ariana ensure a place for bisexual St. Martin’s Griffin / Reines, Tin House Books books. Macmillan • turn around BRXGHT Winners are bolded. • Return by Rowan Shaw, XYXS by Rosebud Ben- NON-FICTION Independently Published Oni, Get Fresh Books • From Psychoanalytic EROTIC FICTION • Why I Never Finished Bisexuality to Bisexual • Lot’s Wife: An Erotic My Dissertation by Laura Psychoanalysis: Desiring Retelling by Rosalind Foley, Headmistress Press in the Real by Esther Chase, Under Hill Press Rapoport, Routledge PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR • Three For All by Elia • Routledge • Under the Bisexual Winters, Cecaelia Press Umbrella: Diversity of • Simon & Schuster • We Three: One and One Identity and Experience BI WRITER OF THE YEAR edited by Corey E.
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