We would like to invite the BMCC campus community to celebrate the graduation of our LGBTQIA+ students. This celebration honors lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, nonbinary, intersex, queer, asexual/aromantic and ally students and will bring together members of the BMCC community and wider NYC. This event will include various groups on our campus, including the Queer Faculty Interest Group, Rainbow Panthers and the Office of Student Affairs.
The Lavender Graduation ceremony is a special event to celebrate the accomplishments of BMCC’s 2024 LGBTQIA+ graduates.
Special Guests:
Please RSVP now as space is limited.
Each BMCC graduating senior can bring a guest.
About Lamya H.
Lamya H (she/they) is a queer Muslim writer and organizer living in New York City. Her memoir Hijab Butch Blues was published by Dial Press in February 2023. Lamya’s work has appeared in Los Angeles Review of Books, Salon, Vice, Autostraddle, Vox, and others. She has received fellowships from Lambda Literary, Aspen Words and Queer|Arts. Lamya’s organizing work centers around creating spaces for LGBTQ+ Muslims, fighting Islamophobia, and abolishing prisons.
Read a free copy of Hijab Butch Blues through the BMCC Library using your CUNY credentials.
Participation in this Pride event is made possible due to generous funding from the New York City Council Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual Caucus and the Office of the Mayor, and supported by The LaGuardia and Wagner Archives.
If you have any questions, contact Yuliya Shneyderman at yshneyderman@bmcc.cuny.edu.
Learn about the LGBTQIA+ resources at BMCC.
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