qtPhDs newsletter: June 2022
Hello all,
Happy Pride Month!!! We are so excited for the beautiful month of June and for the chance to celebrate Pride together!
Coffee and After-work Meetups:
This month’s qtPhD coffee hour will be on Tuesday, June 14th, at 2pm, at Area 4. Sign up here!
And we will be hosting June’s after-work meetup on Thursday, June 30th at 5 pm, location TBD!
Pride Events
There are so many events going on this month! We will highlight some here, for more check out the LBGTQ+ services website: http://lbgtq.mit.edu/programs
Boston Dyke March Parade
Description: We're taking students/staff/faculty/alum to watch the Boston Dyke March. We'll meet in the Rainbow Lounge to hang out, make buttons, put out pride gear together (we have water bottles, snacks, drawstring backpacks, temp rainbow tattoos, mini pride flags, rainbow leis, etc.), then head over to the redline and down to Boston Commons.
Feel free to wear what makes you proud, bring blankets/chairs to sit in. Bring your friends.
Location: Rainbow Lounge 50-250
Date: Friday, June 10th
Time:
5:00pm - food and pride kits in the Rainbow Lounge
6:00pm - group walk to redline to Boston Common
6:30pm - Boston Dyke March pre-programming
7:00pm - March kicks off
Still Here, Still Queer: MIT Pride Tea Dance
Description: Celebrate Pride at MIT with the LBGTQ+ Employee Resource Group!
Join MIT (and Lincoln Labs) staff, faculty, and community members for a dance party for the MIT Queer Community. There will be music, food, dancing, raffles, give-aways, and more!
Location: E38 7th floor
Register: tinyurl.com/stillherestillqueer
Date: Wednesday, June 22nd
Time: 3:00 - 6:00pm
Trans Resistance 2022
Location: Franklin Park Playstead
Date: Saturday, June 25th
There will not be a formal group organized by LBGTQ+ services for this event. However, we are happy to try to coordinate if there is a group of us planning to go, and we can also reimburse group Ubers/Lyfts for this event! Reach out to us at qtphds-admin@mit.edu, or write in the Slack channel if you plan to go! More details here.
We hope you have a joyous and powerful Pride Month, friends! We will see you out there!
As always, we are happy to hear from you at qtphds-admin@mit.edu (or at our personal emails!).
Warmly,
Senén and Rachel
*Each month we will be featuring a different pride flag in our logo! Our flag of the month is the Progress Flag, designed by Daniel Quasar in 2018. This flag builds on the iconic rainbow flag by adding explicit representation of Black, Brown, and Trans members of the LGBTQIA+ community.