Madison County LGBTQIA

Narrating Post-Hurricane Puerto Rico Through Comics and Art
2023-09-26 09:55 - 11:10 (America/New_York) | Colgate ALANA Cultural Center, 13 Oak Dr, Hamilton, NY
As part of a two-day visit, Puerto Rican artist and educator Rosaura Rodríguez will discuss her creative practice, focusing on her illustrations and graphic narratives. Rodríguez has published numerous comics and comic anthologies, including Temporada, Díasvol. 1 and Rapiña/Corroña. She also co-directs Días Cómic – a small, independent comics press – with Omar Banuchi. Rodríguez’s natural pigments project, Trabajo de Campo (Fieldwork), featured as a solo exhibition at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico in 2019.
Questions? Contact Professor Humphrey (phumphrey@colgate.edu)
Sponsored by Africana & Latin American Studies and the Colgate Arts Council

Sustainability and Community in Puerto Rico
2023-09-25 17:00 - 19:00 | Colgate Community Garden, 1737 Route 12B, Hamilton, NY
Gina Malley Campos of Camp Tabonuco (Puerto Rico) will discuss agriculture, sustainability, and community building. Join us for dinner and conversation at the Colgate Community Garden.
Questions? Contact Professor Barreto (dbarreto@colgate.edu).
Sponsored by Africana & Latin American Studies and LGBTQ Studies

Teresa Alice Olin Memorial Self-Guided Meditation Walk
2023-09-23 13:00 - 15:00 | Skanda Farm, 4000 Mosley Road, Cazenovia, NY, 13035
These are guided meditation walks in honor of Teresa Alice Olin as a part of Suicide Prevention Awareness month. There will be one on September 23rd from 1-3PM and one on September 30th from 1-3pm at Skanda

Safe Space CNY LGBTQ+ Support Group
2023-08-24 17:30 - 18:30
This is a weekly, virtual support group hosted by Safe Space CNY, facilitated by community member volunteers.
“This LGBTQ+ Support Group will occur every Thursday from 5:30-6:30 virtually, via Zoom, and will aim to offer a safe, affirming space for LGBTQ+ folks to find community, receive support and be Heard.
We aim to cultivate a caring, open, and validating environment where each member can be authentic and vulnerable, and where expression of identity is not a barrier to receiving and participating in community care.”

If you are interested in joining, please contact tracymergler@safespacecny.com

Tales of Terra: A Lee Brown Coye Retrospective
2023-09-21 17:00 - 2024-03-02 17:00 | Picker Art Gallery, Dana Arts Center, 13 Oak Dr, Hamilton, NY
Opening reception: Thursday, September 21 at 5:00 pm, Picker Art Gallery, 2nd floor, Dana Arts Center

Grotesque. Macabre. Horrific. These are words frequently used to describe artworks by Central New York artist Lee Brown Coye (1907–1981), recognized mostly for his unsettling illustrations in horror anthologies and pulp magazines. His creations for popular pulps such as Weird Tales and stories by the likes of H. P. Lovecraft, Ray Bradbury, and Manly Wade Wellman earned him a place in American illustration history as the ghoulish face of the “weird fiction” subgenre. Coye’s uninhibited depictions of the macabre would go on to inspire future masters of horror, magical realism, and science fiction.
But Coye was far more than an illustrator. He was a prolific self-taught artist who worked in many mediums, including drawing, painting, sculpture, and silversmithing. Coye drew on his love for stories, history, and the buildings and landscapes around his home to produce thousands of lyrical, comical, mysterious, and haunting scenes and characters. Featuring examples from Picker Art Gallery’s vast collection of artwork by Coye, along with loans from other regional museums and private collections, Tales of Terra brings into focus the less gruesome side of Coye’s artistic output and puts these works in dialogue with his published illustrations. This retrospective exhibition includes artworks that span Coye’s lifetime, examining his regionalist roots, his fascination with architecture, and his relationship to the places he lived, all of which found a place in his unique takes on the grotesque.

Sage Upstate Knitting and Fiber Arts, Wednesdays at 7 pm
2023-08-02 19:00 - 20:30 | SAGE Upstate Center., 431 E. Fayette St. #050, Syracuse, NY, 13202, United States
Classes will now be meeting in person every week, in the SAGE Upstate Center.
Call SAGE Upstate at 315-478-1923 if doors are locked and someone will let you in.
Join others working on fiber arts – knitting, and crocheting

SAGE Upstate Writers Group: Wednesdays at 5:30 pm
2023-08-02 17:30 - 19:00 | virtual
Join writers of all genres and experience levels on Zoom to share work, and support each other through the writing process.

Writers Group: Wednesdays at 5:30 On Zoom only
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/596630088
Meeting ID: 596 630 088
​Join by phone: 929 205 6099 US (New York)

Sex Museum: The Intersections of Our Bodies
2023-09-20 17:00 - 19:00 | Colgate O’Connor Campus Center TV Room, 13 Oak Dr, Hamilton, NY, 13346
This chapter of the Sex Museum is focused on intersections of our bodies, its cultural and social representations, as well as our perceptions of the body.
Come and learn about:

Healthy relationships
Body and its spectrum
How to address and prevent domestic/intimate/dating violence
Multiple forms of intimacy

There will be various activities, giveaways, and a lot of fun!
Free and confidential STI/STD testing will be provided by ACR Health.

Oneida LGBTQIA+ Social
2023-08-16 17:00 - 19:00 | Callee1945, 134 Main St, Oneida, NY, 13421, United States
Please join us at Callee1945 in Oneida for our monthly Oneida Social the third Wednesday of the month from 5-7pm. We will provide light refreshments.

Queering Menstruation
2023-09-19 11:30 - 13:00 | Colgate WMST Center Lounge
Menstruation can be exceptionally difficult for nonbinary and trans-masculine individuals because it’s a biological process that is oftentimes associated with womanhood. Menstruation acts as a reminder of the areas of the body that trigger gender dysphoria, making the suppression of menstruation a key factor in gender affirmation. This talk will focus on data created by semi-structured, one-on-one interviews with transgender and nonbinary adolescents, healthcare professionals, and the parents of transgender and nonbinary adolescents.
Queering menstruation can hopefully aid the building of more positive relationships between periods and trans and/or nonbinary people.

Queer Farm Tour at Common Thread CSA in Madison
2023-09-16 14:00 - 16:00 | Common Thread CSA, 3424 Lake Moraine Rd, Madison, NY, 13402, United States
RESCHEDULED DATE! An upcoming event September 16th- a farm tour and a pick, snack and explore day at Common Thread in Madison. We are so looking forward to exploring, learning, connecting with each other and spending some time on this beautiful land!
This event will offer time to explore and learn about Common Thread Farm, CSA, pick-your-own and snack in the garden, and most importantly connect with other queer folks in Madison County who are farmers, are interested in cultivation, or just want to spend some time outside in community with us. We would love to see you there!!
We request that those interested register at the link below. We can’t wait to see you all there 🙂 https://forms.gle/SPC62RisXJCguA2bA

LGBTQIA+ Youth Group
2023-09-14 19:00 - 20:00
This virtual group is open for youth ages 12-18 (or those in grades 6-12). Meetings take place every other week on Thursday via zoom. Youth are required to fill out an intake form https://forms.gle/LZc9hY5D8gYrbUqR6 and have a parent/guardian’s permission to attend BRiDGES youth programming to participate https://forms.gle/YRhPEtegqopb4mdu7 for more information text 315-280-8265 or call BRiDGES at 315-697-3947.

ART event - Zine making workshop with Chitra Ganesh
2023-09-14 12:00 - 13:00
Thursday, September 14, 2023 12pm to 1pm, Little Hall, Colgate University
Join exhibiting artist Chitra Ganesh (Clifford Gallery exhibition: September 13–November 12, Architects of the Future) for a zine making workshop and lunch!
Contact mhaughwout@colgate.edu for more information.

https://www.cliffordgallery.org/

This exhibition features a newly-commissioned mural alongside a selection of comic-inspired prints and digital animations by multimedia artist Chitra Ganesh (b. 1975). Images of monumental, hybrid female bodies that exceed the boundaries of accepted ideas of femininity are placed alongside Ganesh’s imaginative visual interpretation of Sultana’s Dream, a visionary story of a feminist utopia written by Bengali author Rokeya Sahkawat Hossain in 1905. The Scorpion Gesture, a suite of five digital animations, relates Buddhist cosmology and teachings to present social concerns. In her vibrant, otherworldly works, Ganesh combines the visual languages of contemporary popular culture, especially science fiction and mass-produced Indian comics, with traditional Hindu and Buddhist mythologies to collapse the past, present, and future, presenting time as cyclical and parallel trajectories rather than linear. Learn more.
Opening reception will take place on September 13, immediately following 4:30 p.m. lecture.
Presented by the Picker Art Gallery and the Department of Art.
Architects of the Future is generously supported by the Colgate Arts Council, with additional support from the departments of English, Religion, and History, the Film and Media Studies, Women’s Studies, LGBTQ, and Museum Studies programs, Core Communities, and University Studies.

Hamilton LGBTQIA+ Social
2023-08-09 17:00 - 19:00 | FoJo Beans, 10 Utica St, Hamilton, NY, United States
FoJo Beans at 10 Utica Street in Hamilton will be hosting our after-hours LGBTQIA+ Social event, every second Wednesday from 5-7pm. Light refreshments will be provided. Street parking should be available nearby, and parking is also available in the Village of Hamilton municipal parking lot behind the Hamilton Public Library.

Chitra Ganesh: Architects of the Future
2023-09-13 16:30 - 2023-11-11 17:00 | Clifford Gallery, Little Hall, 13 Oak Drive, Hamilton NY, NY
Please join us for a talk by the artist on Wednesday, September 13 at 4:30 pm in Golden Auditorium, Little Hall. An opening reception with refreshments will follow.
Please note that this exhibition will be held at Clifford Gallery, located on the first floor of Little Hall.
This exhibition features a newly-commissioned mural alongside a selection of comic-inspired prints and digital animations by multimedia artist Chitra Ganesh (b. 1975). Images of monumental, hybrid female bodies that exceed the boundaries of accepted ideas of femininity are placed alongside Ganesh’s imaginative visual interpretation of Sultana’s Dream, a visionary story of a feminist utopia written by Bengali author Rokeya Sahkawat Hossain in 1905. The Scorpion Gesture, a suite of five digital animations, relates Buddhist cosmology and teachings to present social concerns. In her vibrant, otherworldly works, Ganesh combines the visual languages of contemporary popular culture, especially science fiction and mass-produced Indian comics, with traditional Hindu and Buddhist mythologies to collapse the past, present, and future, presenting time as cyclical and parallel trajectories rather than linear. Drawing from her extensive studies in social theory, semiotics, literature, and science fiction, Ganesh envisions narratives of the future that center female protagonists and queer relationships.
Ganesh is currently based in Brooklyn. She holds an MFA in Visual Arts from Columbia University and a BA in Art-Semiotics and Comparative Literature from Brown University. Her work has been widely exhibited nationally and internationally, including in solo shows at MoMA PS1, the Brooklyn Museum, Gothenburg Kunsthalle, Sweden, and Frieze London as well as group shows at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Walker Art Center, the Bronx Museum, and the Kochi- Muzuris Biennial, India. Museums that have acquired her works include the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Kiran Nadar Museum in Delhi. Ganesh has been invited to numerous residency and fellowship programs, including those at Princeton University, the Rhode Island School of Design, Yale Law School, and New York University. She is represented by Gallery Wendi Norris and Hales London and New York.

LGBTQIA+ Social Support Group
2023-09-11 18:00 - 20:00
Led by Johna Melius, a proud transgender woman, this LGBTQIA+ group provides social time as well support for all people who identify under the LGBTQIA+ umbrella. Please join Johna to make new friends or reconnect with old friends. Meeting the Second Monday of every month from 6-8pm at the Oneida Public Library.

LGBTQIA+ One Day Camp
2023-08-31 10:00 - 16:00 | Oneida Public Library, 459 Main St, Oneida, NY, 13421
Hi all!! Join us at the Oneida Public Library on Thursday August 31st 10am-4pm for a *free* LGBTQIA+ One Day Camp. Open to ages 11-14, registration and permission are required to attend. Join us for crafts and games and more! We are so excited for this camp and can’t wait to spend the day making cool stuff together while we make new friends!
Registration Link: https://forms.gle/TEKoq4gUZzQspSFw9
Parent/Guardian Permission Form: https://forms.gle/YFnDdUr5gNd83nfF7

Queer Community Garden Day
2023-08-29 17:30 - 19:00
Thunderstorms in the forecast for our scheduled queer garden day, mean that we have changed the date to Tuesday August 29th, 5:30-7pm, at the Colgate Community Garden, 1737 Route 12B, Hamilton NY.
We will be making Native Plant Seed Balls, and it might get messy, so please dress appropriately. We also will not be rescheduling (unless there is a tornado or something really bad), so please plan to make time to join us for this fun activity! Then you can throw seed balls all around your garden to help grow native plants, as the seed balls have compost and clay that will assist in germinating the native plant seeds. These seeds come from Wild Ginger Farm in West Winfield, NY.

Chenango County Pride Festival
2023-08-26 12:00 - 18:00 | Boname Park, 4364 County Rd 32, Oxford, 13830, United States
This will be the first annual Chenango County Pride Festival, hosted by the Chenango County Pride Alliance. Come show support and increase visibility of the LGBTQIA+ community in the county!

Pride Day at the NYS Fair
2023-08-25 09:00 - 23:00 | NYS Fair, 581 State Fair Blvd, Syracuse, NY, 13209
Operating Hours at the State Fair are 9:00am – 11:00pm daily, with no entry or re-entry after 10:00pm.
• Daily admission is $6 for adults
• Children 12 and under are admitted free every day of the State Fair
• Seniors 65 and older are admitted free every day of the State Fair

In addition to a world-class musical entertainment line-up,
1:00 P.M. CHEVY COURT: MARY LAMBERT
2:00 P.M. SUBURBAN PARK: REBECCA BLACK
6:00 P.M. CHEVY COURT: DOECHII
8:00 P.M.SUBURBAN PARK: GAYLE
fairgoers can look forward to a ceremony shortly after the Gates Open, followed by a Resource Fair in the Pavilion Area behind Chevy Court. Here, visitors will have a chance to socialize with members of various organizations, learning about different groups in the community. Special programs – including a comedy show and a drag show – will be held in the Empire Theater (located in the Art and Homes Center) from 10:00 am to 5:00 p.m., culminating with the annual Pride Day Parade, which will step off at 6:00 p.m. from the Exposition Center.
In 2015, The Great New York State became the first state fair in the United States to hold an official Pride Celebration. The day was created in collaboration with leading Central New York groups active in advocating for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) community. Every year since its inception, Pride Day has continued to generate momentum and enhanced programming. Eight years later, it remains the only official day celebrating members of the LGBTQ+ community at any state fair in the country.
fair daily schedules are here
