Happy New Year! I hope your 2024 is off to a great start.
I want to kick off our first newsletter of 2024 by thanking you for being here. I don’t take for granted the space that we take up in your inbox each week, and I hope that you find our roundup of queer business news informative, inspiring, and useful. We have some really amazing things coming up in 2024 and I’m grateful to be in community with you along the way.
The themes for Queerency this year are Connection, Collaboration, and Community, so please don’t hesitate to reach out to let us know how we can serve you or with ideas on how we can collaborate.
And as always, your support of our work is always appreciated.
Here’s to a wonderful 2024!
Trav 💜
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10 Queer Brands to Get You Through Dry January
Whether you’re participating in Dry January or just Damp January, here are 10 queer-owned and -created brands and resources to help you avoid alcohol.
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5 Black Queer Folks Who Influenced Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Although Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. died more than a year before the Stonewall Uprising and the start of the Gay Liberation Movement, he was friends, colleagues, and acquaintances with numerous LGBTQ+ folks during his lifetime. From advisors to legal theorists to donors, here are five Black queer folks who influenced Dr. King’s work and contributed to the Civil Rights Movement.
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Creating Change 2024
Join the nation’s foremost political, leadership, and skills-building conference for the LGBTQ+ movement at the Hilton Riverside in New Orleans from Wednesday, January 17 to Sunday, January 21, 2024! Enjoy a mix of Institutes, keynote presentations, annual awards, and more than 100 workshops and caucuses.
Black Identity Development Conference
Join LGBTQ+ author and activists George M. Johnson, Hope Giselle, Dr. Torie Weiston-Serdan, and BrandElsa Pereira on Saturday, February 24, 2024 at the inaugural Black Identity Development Conference.
