Help Celebrate Pride Month With The Outer Alliance! June 28, 2010
Posted by Natania in : Outer Alliance Pride Day, The Outer Alliance, announcements, events, news , 1 comment so farPride Month may be drawing to a close, but that doesn’t mean it’s too late to make a statement! The Outer Alliance is hoping you will join us in celebrating Pride Month via your personal or organization’s blog. We’ve come up with a few suggestions for ways you can show your pride.
Press Pride – Do you have a favorite press that consistently wows you with queer content? Highlight the presses that have made a difference in your life, and link to some of the books that have been particularly inspiring. Don’t forget to let your readers know how to support the press and purchase those publications. You can do a review, an interview, or just a note of thanks.
Personal Pride – Have you experienced something amazing during the process of writing or reading? Did a particular character teach you a lesson? Have you come to any personal realizations through characterization or in the process of writing a novel? Tell us about your experiences with queer fiction; provide an excerpt or a personal story.
Pride in the Process – Write a few lines of queer flash fiction. Post it on your blog as a living acknowledgment of your pride in the genre.
Whatever you choose to do, when you post, let us know by tracking back here or linking on our Google Group. At the end of the week we’ll link back to all the posts!
Keep in mind the Mission Statement of the Outer Alliance, too:
As a member of the Outer Alliance, I advocate for queer speculative fiction and those who create, publish and support it, whatever their sexual orientation and gender identity. I make sure this is reflected in my actions and my work.
Happy Pride Month, everyone!
Outer Alliance Spotlight #33: Cesar Torres May 7, 2010
Posted by juliarios in : interviews , add a commentWelcome to Outer Alliance Spotlight #33. Each Friday, the Spotlight features an ally who writes, reviews, publishes, or is in some other way involved with LGBTQI speculative fiction. Our guest this week is Cesar Torres, one of the Outer Alliance’s founding members, and author of The 12 Burning Wheels.
Cesar was born and raised in Mexico City, but has lived in Chicago for the past 23 years. An advocate of both art and science, Cesar has been involved with performance arts groups like Barrel of Monkeys and The Neofuturists, and is currently working towards an MS in Human-Computer Interaction at DePaul University. His diverse interests inform his writing, which he describes as weird and wondrous.
Cesar maintains a Twitter feed in addition to his blog. He will be reading from The 12 Burning Wheels on the first of June at Hopleaf as part of their Gothic Funk reading series.
Outer Alliance Pride Day Success – A Huge Thanks to All! September 2, 2009
Posted by Natania in : Outer Alliance Pride Day, The Outer Alliance, events , 2commentsOver 80 posts.
Over 200 members.
Over 3,000 pageviews.
What can I say? Gosh, I’m a bit speechless. I still haven’t completely caught up on the posts, but at last check we were at 81. Traffic to the site has exploded; we saw our numbers soar! Twitter was abuzz.
I don’t think I anticipated such an impressive response with our first event, figuring… well, it was a first event. But I like to be surprised!
All the success is due to the remarkable people that make up the Outer Alliance. Reading the posts from yesterday, I definitely got a little teary-eyed. Straight advocates posting thoughtful reflections, queer writers talking about the state of publication and their struggles, and, of course, some truly remarkable writing. Thanks to everyone who posted, to those who read, to those who spread the word, to those who happy danced along with me.
If you didn’t have a chance to post, it’s not too late. Just link to the post from yesterday here. There are over eighty voices that can speak for you. Or with you. I suppose “with you” is really more of the idea.
At any rate, there are more things to come! Look for more announcements in the weeks to follow. We’ve done a mighty thing, friends. Instead of sowing discord, we’ve raised our hands in celebration of what we are, who we support, and what we believe.
Bravo!
Joining the Outer Alliance August 19, 2009
Posted by Natania in : The Outer Alliance, membership , 3commentsThere is an easier way to join the Outer Alliance. Simply go to The Outer Alliance GoogleGroup page and fill out the short form.
If you’ve already emailed/commented, don’t worry about using the link. We’ll be adding you directly.
Thanks for the overwhelming support! More updates soon.