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| | QUAMP UPDATESRESERVATIONS OPEN JUNE 15th!written by Tegwen BOOM. Mark your calendars. Sound the trumpets. Lower the drawbridge. Reservations open June 15th 20:00 CET (8 PM Paris Time)! Stonewall Session: June 22-27, 2027 at the Château de Béduer Labor Day: Sept. 3-8, 2027 at L'Abbaye-Château de Camon Full price: €2,200 Due now: €733 Remainder due: 90 days before the session begins Refund policy: Refunds are accepted up to 90 days before your session begins. All payments are refunded (including deposit) in full minus the 3-4% card processing fee that Quamp does not absorb. Residents: If you also want to apply to the residency program later, when it opens in autumn/winter, your booking will be refunded (minus that 3-4% processing fee).
It is PRIDE MONTH. That means we have a lot to say, and feel really entitled to do so lol. So we will send out a newsletter once a week so we can give more space to the many voices and histories that we want to show love to <3 Looking forward to spamming you once a week and then going back to our monthly broadcasts in July. Cheers to a month of remembrance and glitter chaos. Stay kitschy and cool, campy cuties. |
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| COMMUNITY ARTICLEEVERYONE BELONGS ≠EVERYONE IS EQUALby Tegwen (they/none) |
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| What if my fear of not belonging is misplaced empathy?My therapist once challenged me to consider if my evil inner voices are actually an internal parent using the wrong parenting tools. What lesson could I possibly be trying to teach myself? Tough love? Time to dye my hair? |
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| COMMUNITY CALENDARALL JUNE QUEER OBSERVATIONSThe whole month, baby. Pride Month commemorates the Stonewall Uprising of June 1969, when LGBTQIA+ people fought back against a police raid at the Stonewall Inn in New York City. The riot sparked a movement. We're still in it. Queer people experience depression, anxiety, and trauma at disproportionate rates. This month is a reminder to check in with yourself and the people around you, and to keep fighting for a world where mental health care is accessible to everyone, including us. A month-long celebration of the history and contributions of Caribbean people, including a vibrant and often invisible queer Caribbean presence. We see you, we celebrate you. Many LGBTQ+ people are immigrants and refugees, fleeing persecution because of who they are or who they love. This month honors the strength it takes to build a life somewhere new. Jazz, blues, gospel, house, hip-hop. So much of the music that fills queer spaces was created by Black artists. Listen, credit, celebrate. All month long. The stigma around men asking for help hits queer men especially hard. This month says: you don't have to be okay all the time, and asking for support is not weakness <3 |
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| COMMUNITY CALENDARJUNE 1-7 QUEER OBSERVED DAYS
June 1
For every family that looks different from what people expect. Chosen families, gender non-conforming parents, kids with two moms or a whole constellation of caregivers. Acceptance makes a family, not blood <3 June 5Not everyone experiences romantic attraction, and that is not something to fix. A day to celebrate aromantic identities and push back on the idea that romance is a prerequisite for a full and meaningful life. Check out the aromantic flag below ↓ |
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| June 5For everyone who has been living with HIV for decades, through the worst years of the crisis, through so much loss, through survival. Their stories deserve to be heard long after the headlines move on. June 8Okay… so this isn't on every queer holiday list, but nature is queer. The ocean, especially so. A day to connect climate justice and queer ecology and remember that the planet needs us as much as we need it. |
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| ART & LEISURE: FILMPARIS IS BURNING1990, dir. Jennie Livingston |
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| The documentary that changed what queer film could look like. Set in the underground ballroom scene of late 1980s Harlem, it's a portrait of chosen family in its purest form, the houses, the categories, the realness, and a window into a world that built community out of nothing but each other. If you haven't seen it, now is the time. If you have, maybe it’s time for a re-watch. Here’s the link to the full film. → Watch right now |
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| ART & LEISURE: BOOKSLOTS OF QUEER CARIBBEAN FICTIONDahlia Adler (2024) on lgbtqreads.com |
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| Dahlia Adler put together a collection of queer Caribbean fiction recommendations in celebration of Caribbean American Heritage Month! Read excerpts on stories of spirit, finding love through reggae, sisterhood, dragons, and more. →Browse |
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| DONATION OPPORTUNITIESIF THERE’S EVER A TIME TO DONATE, IT WOULD BE NOW. |
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| | An award-winning international LGBTQIA+ community foundation funding activism across six continents. If you can only give once this month, this is where to start. |
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| The world's first and largest organization for LGBTQ+ people, their families, and allies. Supporting the families who show up, and the ones still learning how. |
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| QUOTE“Some of them say that we’re sick, we’re crazy. And some of them think that we are the most gorgeous, special things on Earth.”-Venus Xtravaganza in Paris is Burning |
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| ADVICE COLUMNWHAT ARE YOU HOPING TO FIND IN YOUR GAY LIL PICNIC BASKET?asked by Erica |
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| “Blanket, wine, cheese, CD of French songs, slice of pie, insect repellent, rain poncho, fan, Mac n cheese.”
- DeborahDEAD! This is a dream. Also French Mac n Cheese is the French/USA fusion we need. A+ basket, Deborah, we’ll notify the chefs. |
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| This month’s question:GIVE US YOUR QUEER CONTENT! |
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| MONTHLY GAMEFLAGGINGdesigned by AHHealth |
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| | I mean… no one knows all the queer flags’ meanings… but here’s a short “beginner-friendly” quiz! |
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