Tribe.net. Local Connections christina http://dykes.tribe.net/thread/6e066e50-a9af-4fb1-9a44-cb6d458783a5#1d8fca93-8623-4e91-a16f-521a78faad3c 2006-04-11T17:44:23Z 2006-04-11T17:44:23Z

The San Francisco LGBT Community Center’s Latino Forum presents a panel discussion featuring queer Latina writers and journalists on Wednesday April 12, 2006, 6pm – 8pm at The Center. Panelists will share pieces of their work and their personal stories. They will also take questions from community members during a brief Q&A session. Featured Panelists include: • Daisy Hernandez, whose writing focuses on issues affecting young women of color including gender, race, and sexuality, is a senior editor at Color Lines. • Carla Trujillo, editor of Chicana Lesbians: The Girls Our Mothers Warned Us About. The anthology won a LAMBDA book Award and Out/Write Vanguard award for Best Pioneering Contribution to the field of Gay/Lesbian Lifestyle Literature. • Meliza Bañales is the author of Girl with the Glass Throat, and she is also the first Latina on the west coast to win a poetry slam championship --- the 2002 Oakland Grand Slam. • Luna Maia is the author of a series of ‘zines entitled Marimacho, and she has been featured at Queer Open Mic, K’vetch, and SF in Exile’s: Ink.

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