Kenney Mencher

February 21, 2020 Pic of the week: Next week is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. LGBTQ+ people face unique challenges that may put them at greater risk of developing an eating disorder. Research shows that, as early as 12, gay, lesbian, and bisexual teens may be at higher risk than heterosexual peers. Check out this interview with trans man Luke Knudsen on his ED recovery.

What's ahead:   Seeking Exhibition Materials on Tobacco & LGBTQ Communities Queer Writers Circle LGBTQ Foster Parents Recruitment Event 2nd Annual Chili Cook-Off Facebook Twitter Instagram Speaking Out for Equality is an online exhibit produced by the John J. Wilcox, Jr. Archives that tells the courageous story of LGBT civil rights in the courts and in the streets.

Seeking Exhibition Materials on Tobacco & LGBTQ Communities The Archives, in partnership with Get Healthy Philly, is developing our summer exhibit which will center on the targeting of the LGBTQ community by the tobacco industry and our community's efforts to encourage tobacco cessation. Currently we're looking for documents, advertisements, ephemera, and objects that speak to these topics. Some examples: Original copies of ads by the tobacco industry that target the LGBTQ community Tobacco industry giveaways that are LGBTQ-focused (rainbow or Pride-themed packs of cigarettes, for instance) Counter-marketing materials promoting tobacco-free LGBTQ living (bus shelter ads, protest signs, fun giveaways) LGBTQ cessation program materials Working cigarette vending machine Personal anecdotes If you have anything like this or have suggestions for where we should look, please let us know by contacting archives@waygay.org. Queer Writers Collective Saturday, 2/22, 2:30-5pm William Way Join this free group for monthly workshops and discussions to develop your unique queer voice via the written word. LGBTQ Foster Parent Recruitment Event Thurs. 2/27, 6-8pm William Way RSVP on Facebook LGBTQ+ youth in Philadelphia are in need of LGBTQ+ and other affirming foster parents… that could be you! If you want to find out more, please come and get your questions answered and hear from DHS staff, foster parents and youth. This is an information session only and doesn’t commit you to anything other than finding out more! This event is co-sponsored with Philadelphia DHS and the Mayor’s Office of LGBT Affairs.  2nd Annual Chili Cookoff Sunday, 3/1, 1-4pm William Way RSVP on Facebook Do you have an awesome chili recipe or do you enjoy eating chili? If you answer YES to either question, join us for our Coia/Gildea "house party" to benefit the William Way LGBT Community Center. CONTESTANTS - Twenty chili recipes will be accepted for entry into the contest. Traditional chili and meatless chili are the categories. Sign up ASAP to be entered. Email Allison at ajcoia@aol.com for details. In the Art Gallery Second Nature, Brianna Shewan 1/10-2/28 As her first solo exhibition, Brianna  will present a body of new photographic collages. Her deeply methodical process of deconstruction & reconstruction actualizes into transformed color field abstractions. Composed of “scales” made from strips of her own film photography, each piece is an amalgamation of  her reality. Whether  flower petals or shells, water, sky, or the more unapparent clippings, each collage at once collects & combines the artist’s experience while forming a concise and complex landscape of its own.   In the Archives Gallery Welcome to the Ironside Playhouse: Photos, Film, and Ephemera from the Jack Van Alstyne Collection 1/17-4/24 For over three decades Jack Van Alstyne—known to many as "Cheezits"—captured in print and on film intimate depictions of his friends and acquaintances in the Philadelphia area. This included the many parties he hosted in his Camden, New Jersey home, affectionately known as the "Ironside Playhouse," where absolutely anyone was welcome and accepted. Our galleries are available in the lobby whenever the center is open. Come visit! From art exhibitions to knitting to meetings to concerts, there's always something happening at the Center. CLICK HERE FOR OUR FULL PROGRAM CALENDAR.