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Queer joy framed as resistance, healing at Columbus Metropolitan Club forum
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Panelists at a Columbus Metropolitan Club forum in downtown Columbus described queer joy as a form of political resistance, a path to healing and a community practice, and urged organizers to center trans people, older Black lesbians and other groups with limited access to queer spaces.
At a Columbus Metropolitan Club forum at the National Veterans Memorial and Museum in downtown Columbus, panelists said queer joy is both a personal practice and a political act in the face of growing anti-LGBTQ rhetoric.
"Queer joy, the radical act of celebrating identity, love, and community, is powerful and political," said Sofia Pfiffner, president and chief executive officer of the Columbus Metropolitan Club, as she introduced the Oct. forum supported by the Lynn Greer Legacy and Civic Engagement Fund and local sponsors.
Panelists — Dr. Melanie Korn, president of the Columbus College of Art and Design; Karen Hewitt, founder and principal consultant of Kay Hewitt Consulting and co‑founder of the Ohio Rest Collective; Dr. Karen Williams, founder and CEO of the International Institute of Humor and Healing Arts; and Ron Murray, CEO of Peace of Mind Incorporated and community engagement liaison for Stonewall Columbus — discussed how access to joy is shaped by race, class, gender and ability and why organizers should deliberately include…
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