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Photo Recap: Spectrum South’s Veer Queer Season 4 Kickoff

A photo of Veer Queer.

Spectrum South and Veer Queer have officially joined forces to bring you more queer southern content each month! To celebrate, we hosted a live event to kick off the podcast’s brand-new season on January 24, 2019, at Sharespace Preston. Hosts Julien Gomez, Mai Ha, and Endesha Haynes sat down with special guest Jessica Zyrie for a conversation on her experience as a trans model, QTPOC activism, and southern roots.…

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Veer Queer: Seasons 1-3

Veer Queer Podcast on Kink.

Veer Queer is a Houston-based podcast that focuses on centering the voices of queer and transgender people of color (QTPOC) across the South. Catch up with the Veer Queer crew on seasons 1-3 of the podcast!…

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Episode 17: Queer Wrestling, What Does It Meme?

A photo of Veer Queer with chef Adán Medrano.

The team is back! In the first episode of season three, Veer Queer catches up on what Mai, Julien, and Endy have done over the break, and what's to come in this new season. The crew also sits down with their pal Belinda, who is one of the few members of Queer Wrestling HTX, about why it's important to have safe and affirming spaces.…

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Bitter, Brown, and Femme: Meet the Founder of Popular Feminist Page Xicanisma

A photo of Cassandra Alicia, founder of Xicanisma

Cassandra Alicia, the 29-year-old founder of the popular Chicana feminist social media page Xicanisma, isn’t afraid of making her 106,000 Instagram followers uncomfortable. In fact, her tagline is “dismantling oppressive isms through tears.” Her Instagram posts highlight an array of social justice issues through photos, art, memes, and screenshots. One post, for example, is in the popular bingo meme format that points out how violent anti-sex work rhetoric can be, especially in light of recent events where a border patrol…

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