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[[File:Genderqueerchicago.jpg|alt=A group portrait of 16 people in 3 rows. Many are smiling or making silly poses for the camera. |thumb|Genderqueer Chicago members circa 2018.]] | [[File:Genderqueerchicago.jpg|alt=A group portrait of 16 people in 3 rows. Many are smiling or making silly poses for the camera. |thumb|Genderqueer Chicago members circa 2018.]] | ||
Genderqueer Chicago is an in-person community group that hosted discussions and clothing swaps. Meetings were "open to anyone... wanting to talk and think about gender" (except reporters and researchers).<ref name=":0">"Blog". Genderqueer Chicago. Captured by Wayback Machine January 8, 2018.https://web.archive.org/web/20180108203705/http://www.genderqueerchicago.org/blog/</ref> | Genderqueer Chicago is an in-person community group that hosted discussions and clothing swaps. | ||
Meetings were "open to anyone... wanting to talk and think about gender" (except reporters and researchers).<ref name=":0">"Blog". Genderqueer Chicago. Captured by Wayback Machine January 8, 2018.https://web.archive.org/web/20180108203705/http://www.genderqueerchicago.org/blog/</ref> A former member described the group's attendees circa 2009 as "pink-haired, pierced and denim-clad mischief-makers" who were often loud by the standards of the library where they convened.<ref name=":1">White, Ro. "Take Me Back to Standees". ''Autostraddle''. August 9, 2022. https://www.autostraddle.com/take-me-back-to-standees/ </ref> Another member described GQC members as "mostly queer, genderqueer, and/or trans-identified".<ref>Ryan. "Thank You, Genderqueer Chicago." Beyond Bryn Mawr. April 13, 2011. <nowiki>https://beyondbrynmawr.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/thank-you-genderqueer-chicago/</nowiki></ref> | |||
The group's website described their goals as giving people a place to discuss new perspectives on gender, creating visibility for gender variant people, and making Chicagoans in general aware of the concerns of gender variant people.<ref>"About". Genderqueer Chicago.https://web.archive.org/web/20180313111222/http://www.genderqueerchicago.org/</ref> | The group's website described their goals as giving people a place to discuss new perspectives on gender, creating visibility for gender variant people, and making Chicagoans in general aware of the concerns of gender variant people.<ref>"About". Genderqueer Chicago.https://web.archive.org/web/20180313111222/http://www.genderqueerchicago.org/</ref> | ||
Every other month, the group had special meetings where they assembled blanket forts in the meeting room and discussed topics chosen by members that day (rather than a single topic chosen ahead of time).<ref name=":0" /> | Every other month, the group had special meetings where they assembled blanket forts in the meeting room and discussed topics chosen by members that day (rather than a single topic chosen ahead of time).<ref name=":0" /> | ||
Some attendees chose to keep socializing after the end of most meetings, relocating to a nearby 24-hour diner.<ref name=":1" /> | |||
Ryan of the Beyond Bryn Mawr blog called the group "one of the reasons [Ryan] moved to Chicago" and | |||
== Works Cited == | == Works Cited == | ||
Revision as of 22:23, 11 March 2025
Genderqueer Chicago is an in-person community group that hosted discussions and clothing swaps.
Meetings were "open to anyone... wanting to talk and think about gender" (except reporters and researchers).[1] A former member described the group's attendees circa 2009 as "pink-haired, pierced and denim-clad mischief-makers" who were often loud by the standards of the library where they convened.[2] Another member described GQC members as "mostly queer, genderqueer, and/or trans-identified".[3]
The group's website described their goals as giving people a place to discuss new perspectives on gender, creating visibility for gender variant people, and making Chicagoans in general aware of the concerns of gender variant people.[4]
Every other month, the group had special meetings where they assembled blanket forts in the meeting room and discussed topics chosen by members that day (rather than a single topic chosen ahead of time).[1]
Some attendees chose to keep socializing after the end of most meetings, relocating to a nearby 24-hour diner.[2]
Ryan of the Beyond Bryn Mawr blog called the group "one of the reasons [Ryan] moved to Chicago" and
Works Cited
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 "Blog". Genderqueer Chicago. Captured by Wayback Machine January 8, 2018.https://web.archive.org/web/20180108203705/http://www.genderqueerchicago.org/blog/
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 White, Ro. "Take Me Back to Standees". Autostraddle. August 9, 2022. https://www.autostraddle.com/take-me-back-to-standees/
- ↑ Ryan. "Thank You, Genderqueer Chicago." Beyond Bryn Mawr. April 13, 2011. https://beyondbrynmawr.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/thank-you-genderqueer-chicago/
- ↑ "About". Genderqueer Chicago.https://web.archive.org/web/20180313111222/http://www.genderqueerchicago.org/