3/22/15 review of a mimosa party for Time Out Youth in Charlotte NC

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of a mimosa party that was held as a fundraiser for the LGBTQ group Time Out Youth in Charlotte, North Carolina.

This mimosa party is apparently an annual thing and, I think, is concurrent with the Elizabeth 8K road race. As my Twitter thread discusses, I found out about this race just randomly, as I was reading the QNotes newspaper at the Smelly Cat Cafe in the NoDa neighborhood of Charlotte. I'd actually learned a lot about Charlotte politics, as well as Charlotte LGBTQ politics, and the Charlotte LGBTQ community in general, while I was at the mimosa party.

Here is the link to the Time Out Youth website.

Here is the link to QNotes.

Here is the link to the Smelly Cat Cafe.

11/21/15 review of Transgender Day of Remembrance vigil

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of Colorado's 2015 Transgender Day of Remembrance vigil.

The vigil was held at the Jefferson Unitarian Church in Golden, Colorado, and memorialized the over 300 transgender people who had been killed globally in 2015. Via letter, the day was proclaimed as Transgender Day of Remembrance in Colorado by Governor John Hickenlooper. My thread discusses some of the emotions I and others felt during the memorial. It also discusses some of the groups that help raise awareness of LGBTQ issues in Colorado.

Here is the link to One Colorado, the leading advocacy organization for LGBTQ Coloradans and their families.

Here is the link to the Gender Identity Center of Colorado, which provides quality social and clinical support to trans people in Colorado.

7/25/15 review of Greg Louganis documentary Back on Board

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the documentary Back on Board: Greg Louganis, which was directed by Cheryl Furjanic.

Furjanic's documentary examines the life of Greg Louganis, one of the greatest divers in the world and an activist for LGBTQ issues and HIV/AIDS issues. My Twitter thread discusses some issues like the personal and the political, as well as the connection between politics and peak performance. I discuss some other pop culture connections which seem a little tenuous to me on recent reading.

Here is the trailer for Back on Board: Greg Louganis.

I saw Back on Board: Greg Louganis at the Denver Film Society in Denver, Colorado.

The film was part of the Denver Film Society's CinemaQ LGBTQ film festival.

12/27/14 review of the film The Imitation Game

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the film The Imitation Game.

In my Twitter review, I discuss Benedict Cumberbatch's fashion; the work done at Bletchley Park; comparing Turing's WWII work with other people's work; LGBTQ people's contributions to STEM; the story's structure; and the actors' performances.

Here is the trailer for The Imitation Game.