Lesbians of Color Oral History Panel

Moderated by Erika Slocumb with participants from the Lesbians of Color Oral History Project

Join Erika Slocumb and members of Northampton’s community of lesbians of color, Pippa Flemming and Marcel Walters, as they discuss the history of Northampton’s queer community and the historic organization, De Colores.

Historic Northampton will screen De Colores: Defining Kinship, Finding Peace, a short documentary film telling the story of the community created by Black lesbians who came to Northampton, Massachusetts, in the 1970s and 1980s to live, work, and love. Slocumb will then discuss Historic Northampton’s recent Lesbians of Color Oral History project, followed by a panel discussion from participants in the project and an open Q&A with the community. Bookends Florence will be in attendance selling books on local lesbian history.