OSQA wishes you a very queer and very happy Valentine’s Day!
The craft center hosted a free Valentine’s Day card-making event inside the Memorial Union with the option of screen-printing a t-shirt for a fee of $10.00. To make this event more inclusive, poetry from queer poets of color and copies of images from queer comics that are part of the Thomas Kraemer collection were provided by the Oregon State Queer Archives. Poems by Audre Lorde, June Jordan, Angel Nafis and many others celebrate queer romance. The comic selections all depicted love between couples of same sex, interracial, and polyamorous types.
As soon as the event started, there was already a group of students waiting to start crafting! It was exciting to see so many students excited to make a gift to share with those they love or appreciate. One student exclaimed that he was amazed to see gay images included in the craft materials so he was going to spend most of his day making cards for all his friends. The inclusive message was also included in the screen printing with the option of printing “Love Trumps Hate” on purchased t-shirts.
Special thanks to Angie and Jules from the Craft Center for including the Oregon State Queer Archives!
See below for photos from the event…
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