OUTmedia

OUTmedia is a leading queer cultural activist organization and social enterprise. Our mission is to increase the positive visibility of LGBTQQIA people and promote inclusive multiculturalism through the arts.To support that mission, OUTmedia has become a leading global source for LGBTQQIA and queer-affirmative national acts and celebrity talent.

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Did you celebrate Marsha P Johnson's birthday on 8/24?

Yes or no, there’s some more opportunities coming up in September to feel your MARSHA LOVE!!!

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Have been following the growth of this absolutely riveting and important pop rock poetry musical over the last 5 years! Every step of the way it breaks long-standing shibboleths keeping silent the voices of trans and queer Asians. The music is spell-binding, and every word so nuanced, capturing complex stories of cultural defiance, and finding community. They need our help NOW! It feels great to give.https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/881924267/interstate-the-musical-at-nymf-2018?ref=user_menu

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Mya Taylor is featured in timely feminist revenge fantasy series, "Dietland" starring Juliana Margulies, that launched June 4. #SooooProudofMYA!!! http://www.icontact-archive.com/uhvrbVNJv4qIdD9i7U8Z3d4Z--GCappX?w=3

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So excited to share news of this amazing musical that will change the landscape of American theater...forever. Imagine a pop-rock musical featuring Queer Asian characters, and represented by Queer Asian creators and actors! If you're in NYC , see you tonight! http://www.icontact-archive.com/uhvrbVNJv4qIdD9i7U8Z3X1KY3t

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If Michelle Wolf's talking truth to power did it for you...

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Oh my Mya Taylor! So proud of you for advancing trans lives in such a powerful way, and so honored that OUTmedia brings your voice everywhere!!! Read 13 Women Leading The Fight For Transgender Rights Around The World: https://www.marieclaire.co.za/unca…/transgender-trailblazers

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Sapna Kumar

Sapna was featured at the Olivia Travel’s 40th Anniversary celebration in the Dominican Republic, with headliner Wanda Sykes. Sapna has been active in Chicago’s vibrant comedy and theater scene for a decade. She loves this city! Other credits include LOGO TV’s One Night Stand-Up 9 and as a regional finalist for NBC’s Last Comic Standing 4. Sapna also loves acting and has been in the independent feature films Promise Land (which was in the 2014 Sundance Film Festival) and Jamie and Jessie Are Not Together (which was in OUTFest), both shot in Chi-town. She also had the privilege of understudying Tony Kushner’s Homebody/Kabul at the Steppenwolf Theater. An Indian American girl with a Midwest heart (and unfortunately, appetite too), Sapna is delighted to have been embraced by the wonderful LGBTQ community in Chicago and by the local comedy club circuit.

Now pursuing her LaLa-land dreams living in Los Angeles, Sapna is delving into the landscape of film and television. This past year, she did a handful of short films, including the soon-to-be-released tale of fledgling feminist academic press, Sapphic Press, which Sapna wrote and produced. In 2013, she was voted one of the 50 Hottest Women in Comedy in 2013 by AfterEllen.com, and was on the Advocate.com’s list of top 15 Queer comics.

MORE including videos on Sapna.

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So proud of those irreverent, ass-kicking Kinseys, and brilliant Benjamin Schatz fierce riotous politically left mischief and michegass. Honored that OUTmedia has helped since March '01 to bring their message far and wide, and to change red states into rosy shades of purple. That touring moved queer culture from the margins to the campus core! To get onboard, go to www.OUTmedia.org/contact

Don’t miss this remarkable profile on Rachel/Ben of The Kinsey Sicks, broadcast to 63 million listeners worldwide on the BBC radio news magazine Outlook. While Ben's delighted to be profiled, Rachel has her own unique perspective: “What good is it to be in a magazine if Stormy Daniels can't spank you with it?” she asked. LISTEN http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p062g4b5

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Oh my. Oh Mya Taylor!!! Oh long-awaited QPOC community cultural artistry feat!!! After premiering at Outfest Fusion in Los Angeles earlier this month, Reina Gossett and Sasha Wortzel's "Happy Birthday Marsha!" will make its European premiere at the British Film Institute London LGBTQ+ Film Festival on March 22, 23, and 24, 2018. Much MORE!

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TWOC Mya Taylor is featured in timely feminist revenge fantasy series, "Dietland" starring Juliana Margulies, launching June 4. The 10-episode series from Marti Noxon (UnReal), Skydance TV and AMC Studio follows Plum Kettle (Nash), ghostwriter for the editor of one of New York’s hottest fashion magazines, as she struggles with self-image and sets out on a wildly complicated road to self-acceptance. At the same time, everyone is buzzing over news reports about men accused of sexual abuse and assault who are disappearing and meeting violent deaths. Based on Sarai Walker’s 2015 bestseller, the series will touch on such hot-button facing women as patriarchy, misogyny, rape culture and unrealistic beauty standards. To bring Mya Taylor to your campus or org to speak about her role playing a revolutionary TWOC radical feminist living in a collective in Park Slope, go to www.OUTmedia.org/contact.

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Happy #IWD2018!!! Women's Cultural Resistance Resources!

Support the voices of powerful women empowering women and girls in all the ways they manifest, and in all the struggles against layered oppressions that they face.  

Create inventive programming to rise up women wherever you are! MORE

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Emanuel Xavier brings speech about gun control, will open with searing "Thoughts and Prayers" to the UN Conference on Cultural Diplomacy this week

Who's going up to the UN to discuss gun control? This bitch! #YasQueen

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Black History Month is a time to celebrate and acknowledge the triumphs and struggles of the collective past, remembering those individuals and moments that helped to build a resilient cultural testimony to freedom and justice while continuing to work toward achieving racial equality today. 

OUTmedia has been proud to support Black people during this all important month and strives to give voice to Black culture, not just in February, but throughout the year.  OUTmedia continuously works to break though marginalization of cultures through its diverse talent "one act at a time," promoting diversity awareness and honoring our multiple rich histories and identities. 

OUTmedia Celebrates Black History Month, Support Black People Throughout the Year!

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Don't forget to check out this rather revealing and raw interview (in the Visual Art section) with Ximena Alejandra Izquierdo Ugaz for Nat. Brut with insights on why Emanuel Xavier started writing twenty years ago, his reflective thoughts about the House of Xavier, how his artistic life changed after surviving a hate crime and his thoughts about the literary scene. OUTmedia is so proud to represent this gay Ecuadorian/Puerto Rican literary icon. Click HERE.

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"Happy Birthday Marsha"-Who gets to tell stories of the people at the margins?

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Your campus NEEDS Queer heartache for Trans Awareness Month!