UPCOMING EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
WORK PARTY at OUR PLACE!!! Saturday May 11
11AM-2 PM
RSVP for ADDRESS
BRATTLEBORO, VT
Join us at our first community event at our permanent home! It’s like our Earth Gays/Farm Work Days but at our own place! We’ll be raking leaves, collecting wood to make burn piles, clipping little trees, clearing areas for future parking, wheelbarrowing gravel to repair the driveway, marveling at frogs in the pond, and more! All with the aim of making the land more accessible for our whole community.
We will have some tools on-hand, please bring any you have with you as well!
We are so so excited to share this magical place with you this weekend and for years to come.
Please RSVP for the address by completing this short form! We’ll send you parking info then as well.
There are no existing buildings yet. The only bathroom available will be a portapotty. Please be advised that the ground will be uneven, and possibly slippery in some places. This gathering will be outdoors, and we’ll have N95 masks available for anyone who wants one.
Please reach out to HB (HB@WeAreOutintheOpen.org) with any questions.
PRIDE FAMILY POTLUCK Saturday JUNE 8 12PM-3 PM
Our PRIDE FAMILY POTLUCK is back again!
Join with other LGBTQ+ people, families, parents, and kids (of all ages!) and celebrate our rural LGBTQ+ community together! We'll be at the always fabulous Winston Prouty Campus again this year! Find us in the big field behind Holton Hall.
We'll once again be joined by our friends In-Sight Photography Project with a great youth-led photo and conversation project and High 5 Adventure Learning running their climbing wall!
OITO will provide fruit, soft drinks, hot dogs (meat, turkey, and tofu), buns, chips, plates, napkins, cutlery, and condiments.
Please bring a dish to share, if you can, or just bring yourself!
This gathering will be outside.
Folks are welcome to wear masks (we'll also have some on-hand) anywhere and everywhere. There is a lot of space in the field to spread out as well. If you have COVID or are not feeling well, please stay home.
Please reach out to HB (HB@WeAreOutintheOpen.org) with any questions.
RURAL LGBTQ+ LIBERATION MARCH SUNDAY JUNE 9 | 11AM-1 PM
MEET AT HIGH-GROVE PARKING LOT BRATTLEBORO, VT
A POLITICAL PROMENADE!
A STROLLING OF THE HOMOS!
QUEERING PRIDE THROUGH RURAL REVELRY & REVOLUTION!
Join with other rural LGBTQ+ people and our families & friends to celebrate & honor our beautiful community’s history, present, and future! LGBTQ+ people have always been and will always be in rural places, let’s get together and show off our incredible community!
Start at High-Grove Parking Lot in front of the Concrete Quilt in downtown Brattleboro. Our snaking route will visit a number of additional local LGBTQ+ community landmarks.
Bring things like puppets, instruments, costumes, bubbles, your fabulous LGBTQ+ self, your friends & family, funky socks :) , ribbons, signs, & your voice!
Please reach out to HB (HB@WeAreOutintheOpen.org) with any questions.
If you’d like to volunteer to support this March, reach out to Jake (Jake@WeAreOutintheOpen.org)
See you soon!
Rural LGBTQ+ Peer Spaces
Trans Femme Chill Club
Thursdays
Open to and run by trans women, trans femmes, and trans feminine folks.
Brattleboro Area Non-Monogamy Group
In person | 3rd Wednesday | 6:00PM | varying Southern VT locations
Peer group/support! Open to those that identify, engage in, or are exploring polyamory, non-monogamy, open relationships, relationship anarchy, etc.
Email info@weareoutintheopen.org for more information
Rural Trans and Queer Health Justice Work Group
Email info@weareoutintheopen.org for more information and to get involved
We’re building an intersectional movement towards health justice in our community and beyond.
Building towards people in our community having the economic, social and political power and resources to make decisions about their bodies and health--regardless of identities and experiences.
Queer Creative Arts Space
Mondays | 7pm
Looking for a virtual space to create with other Queer artists? Look no further! We hangout online every Monday night at 7pm.
Email info@weareoutintheopen.or for more details!
Interested in a rural LGBTQ+-related group that you don’t already see here?
Are you (or you and a few other volunteers) up for holding the space in an on-going way? If so, let’s talk!
OITO can offer zoom access, logistics support, a dedicated email list, and outreach.
Email us: Info@WeAreOutintheOpen.org
