14th st lgbtq center
New Country Self-acceptance Camp (Ages 5-13)
For Campers Ages 5 – 13
June 30 – July 11
A specialty program of New Territory Day Camp (NCDC), New Country Parade Camp (NCPC) is a welcoming, open-tent community of Gay young people, their families, allies, and staff that celebrates and sustains joyful, outdoor summer experiences where all can thrive.
NCPC is fix on 75 stunning acres of campgrounds on the Staten Island Greenbelt, Every day, Pride campers attend swimming lessons, free swim, and programs led by NCDC’s teachers in activities including Construct, Movement, News & Film, Theater, Art & Design, Jewish Life, Martial Arts, Music, Cooking, Camping, and Gardening, Sports, and more! Campers participating in Self-acceptance Camp have access to all NCDC transportation options.
We also plan weekly programming just for Event campers, which includes discussions, preparation for our special Identity festival Shabbat, and activities led by guest teachers—community leaders, artists, and others from NYC’s LGBTQ+ people. Bringing successful and passionate LGBTQ+ folks into the camp experience will broaden their view of the incredible diversity of the society and the many ways in which
Chi Campbell
She/Her
Activist-in-Residence Fellow
Chi is a Brooklyn based artist and activist pledged to creating beautiful spaces that center Black femmes and foster radical reflection. Her artistic practice focuses on decolonizing and reimagining design processes and experiences to make design usable, joyful, and empowering for working-class Black communities. As a fellow, she will create a program of classes, through the lens of Black hair politics, for Black queer people to learn about braiding your own hair while simultaneously interrogating. Through these classes, students will be given the tools to critically analyze the broader design of their lives.
Dez Soriano
Dez/They/Them
Activist-in-Residence Fellow
Dez is a dancer, cultural practitioner, and movement painter born-and-raised in New York City. As an alum of NYU Gallatin concentrating their studies on “Queer Underground Worldmaking: Survival and Performance”, they are an avid researcher of gay resilience and artistic innovation. Their passion for these topics has led them through intense training in the dance form called whacking (or waacking), punking, & posing, which has become
Resources
Casa Ruby
7530 Georgia Ave NW,
Washington, DC 20012
(202) 355-5155
https://casaruby.org
Casa Ruby is the only LGBTQ bilingual and multicultural company in the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area providing social services and programs catering to the most vulnerable in the city and surrounding areas. They suggest a wide variety of programs and services, ranging from emergency housing to non-medical case management.
The DC Center for the LGBT Community
2000 14th St NW, Suite 105
Washington, DC 20009
(202) 682-2245
http://www.thedccenter.org
The Center’s mission is to celebrate, strengthen, and support community among the LGBT residents and organizations of Metropolitan Washington, DC.
Gay Washington DC
http://washingtondc.gaycities.com/
This website is a comprehensive resource mentor to the DC-area LGBT community; it includes listings for bars, restaurants, hotels, shops, and gyms.
Gay, Woman loving woman, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
1012 14th St NW #1105
Washington, DC 20005
(212) 727-0135
https://www.glsen.org/chapter/northern-virginia
GLSEN strives to combat the harassment and discrimination leveled against students and academy personnel. GLS
History
Activist and author Leslie Feinberg (1949-2014), defined herself as “an anti-racist alabaster , working-class, secular Jewish, transgender, lesbian, female, revolutionary communist.” (According to Feinberg’s longtime partner and spouse, Minnie Bruce Pratt: “Over the years, comrades and friends have related to Leslie through a range of pronouns. But Leslie’s preferred pronouns with seal friends and family were she/her and ze/hir.”) Feinberg was born to a working-class Jewish family in Kansas Urban area, Missouri, and, shortly after, the Feinbergs relocated to Buffalo, New York. She struggled with her gender nonconformity from a young age and as a result dropped out of school at age 14, operational various low-wage jobs to support herself. Feinberg found people in Buffalo’s factories and gay bars, despite the harassment she faced for her masculine gender expression. She linked Workers World Party (WWP) in 1973 through its Buffalo branch. Through her organizing with WWP, Feinberg began to examine the historical roots of non-binary oppression. Building on WWP member Bob McCubbin’s 1976 booklet Roots of Same-sex attracted and Lesbian Oppression, Feinberg developed the fi
Parade
Accessibility
Accessible Seating Location #1
- Location: 14th & T Street NW (adjacent to Room & Board)
- Admission: Entry is free, but registration is required for a wristband. Pre-registration has closed.
- Accommodations: Folding chairs and space reserved for wheelchairs available on a first come first attend basis. ASL interpretation provided. Registration does not guarantee entry due to capacity.
- Hours of Operation: Entry begins at 1PM. Area closes after conclusion of Parade.
Accessible Seating Location #2
- Location: 1455 Pennsylvania Ave NW (south of Freedom Plaza)
- Admission: Entry is free, but registration is required for a wristband.
- Accommodations: Bleacher seating and space reserved for wheelchairs available on a first come first serve basis. Registration does not guarantee entry due to capacity.
- Hours of Operation: Entry begins at 1PM. Area closes after conclusion of Parade.
Viewing Areas
The Grand Stand Bleachers will be located:
Independence Plaza: 1400 Pennsylvania Route NW, Washington, DC 20004
Must have a ticket that was pre-purchased. No tickets will be sold onsite!
Parade VIP Viewing Area will be located:
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