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One timeline correction:
My efforts started in 2017, not 2018.
Also, between COVID and last summer I didn’t completely lose focus, I still submitted a panel which was accepted for the AIA VA conference, but my drive was lacking.
My efforts started in 2017, not 2018.
Also, between COVID and last summer I didn’t completely lose focus, I still submitted a panel which was accepted for the AIA VA conference, but my drive was lacking.
February 11, 2025 at 7:02 AM
One timeline correction:
My efforts started in 2017, not 2018.
Also, between COVID and last summer I didn’t completely lose focus, I still submitted a panel which was accepted for the AIA VA conference, but my drive was lacking.
My efforts started in 2017, not 2018.
Also, between COVID and last summer I didn’t completely lose focus, I still submitted a panel which was accepted for the AIA VA conference, but my drive was lacking.
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On Thursday 2/18, from 5-6 PM eastern, we have a zoom session planned called:
Legal Concerns for Queer Architects: A Conversation
More information and signup can be found here:
aianova.org/event/legal-...
Please consider attending or spreading the word to folks who may be interested.
On Thursday 2/18, from 5-6 PM eastern, we have a zoom session planned called:
Legal Concerns for Queer Architects: A Conversation
More information and signup can be found here:
aianova.org/event/legal-...
Please consider attending or spreading the word to folks who may be interested.
Legal Concerns for Queer Architects: A Conversation | AIA Northern Virginia
aianova.org
February 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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On Thursday 2/18, from 5-6 PM eastern, we have a zoom session planned called:
Legal Concerns for Queer Architects: A Conversation
More information and signup can be found here:
aianova.org/event/legal-...
Please consider attending or spreading the word to folks who may be interested.
On Thursday 2/18, from 5-6 PM eastern, we have a zoom session planned called:
Legal Concerns for Queer Architects: A Conversation
More information and signup can be found here:
aianova.org/event/legal-...
Please consider attending or spreading the word to folks who may be interested.
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Tonight’s board meeting made us an official part of the organization, which is a huge milestone and deserves to be recognized, but it’s just the start of our plans:
Tonight’s board meeting made us an official part of the organization, which is a huge milestone and deserves to be recognized, but it’s just the start of our plans:
February 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Tonight’s board meeting made us an official part of the organization, which is a huge milestone and deserves to be recognized, but it’s just the start of our plans:
Tonight’s board meeting made us an official part of the organization, which is a huge milestone and deserves to be recognized, but it’s just the start of our plans:
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Additionally, we are in a unique position as (as far as I can tell) the first non-urban core chapter to form an Alliance. Because of this, we can help set the standard of what an LGBTQIA+ Alliance looks like when it is not solely serving a dense urban area.
Additionally, we are in a unique position as (as far as I can tell) the first non-urban core chapter to form an Alliance. Because of this, we can help set the standard of what an LGBTQIA+ Alliance looks like when it is not solely serving a dense urban area.
February 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Additionally, we are in a unique position as (as far as I can tell) the first non-urban core chapter to form an Alliance. Because of this, we can help set the standard of what an LGBTQIA+ Alliance looks like when it is not solely serving a dense urban area.
Additionally, we are in a unique position as (as far as I can tell) the first non-urban core chapter to form an Alliance. Because of this, we can help set the standard of what an LGBTQIA+ Alliance looks like when it is not solely serving a dense urban area.
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Together we started developing plans to launch our own alliance here in Virginia. I took the lead and worked with AIA NOVA to put together a roadmap of what we needed to do to become a committee.
This committee is intended to serve our local chapter, the DMV region, and the state as a whole.
Together we started developing plans to launch our own alliance here in Virginia. I took the lead and worked with AIA NOVA to put together a roadmap of what we needed to do to become a committee.
This committee is intended to serve our local chapter, the DMV region, and the state as a whole.
February 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Together we started developing plans to launch our own alliance here in Virginia. I took the lead and worked with AIA NOVA to put together a roadmap of what we needed to do to become a committee.
This committee is intended to serve our local chapter, the DMV region, and the state as a whole.
Together we started developing plans to launch our own alliance here in Virginia. I took the lead and worked with AIA NOVA to put together a roadmap of what we needed to do to become a committee.
This committee is intended to serve our local chapter, the DMV region, and the state as a whole.
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Cue to June 2024; the AIA National Conference occurred in DC and had Queer positive content every day. There was even a symposium that Saturday.
At this conference my passion was reignited and for the first time I made connections with folks who were (semi)local and interested in engaging.
Cue to June 2024; the AIA National Conference occurred in DC and had Queer positive content every day. There was even a symposium that Saturday.
At this conference my passion was reignited and for the first time I made connections with folks who were (semi)local and interested in engaging.
February 10, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Cue to June 2024; the AIA National Conference occurred in DC and had Queer positive content every day. There was even a symposium that Saturday.
At this conference my passion was reignited and for the first time I made connections with folks who were (semi)local and interested in engaging.
Cue to June 2024; the AIA National Conference occurred in DC and had Queer positive content every day. There was even a symposium that Saturday.
At this conference my passion was reignited and for the first time I made connections with folks who were (semi)local and interested in engaging.
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Then COVID hit and I lost steam and focus. Others thankfully did not and during that time other folks laid the ground work and started creating LGBTQIA+ Alliances in their AIA chapters and worked on other projects addressing this community.
Then COVID hit and I lost steam and focus. Others thankfully did not and during that time other folks laid the ground work and started creating LGBTQIA+ Alliances in their AIA chapters and worked on other projects addressing this community.
February 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Then COVID hit and I lost steam and focus. Others thankfully did not and during that time other folks laid the ground work and started creating LGBTQIA+ Alliances in their AIA chapters and worked on other projects addressing this community.
Then COVID hit and I lost steam and focus. Others thankfully did not and during that time other folks laid the ground work and started creating LGBTQIA+ Alliances in their AIA chapters and worked on other projects addressing this community.
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This panel was the first session we could find on record that discussed LGBTQIA+ architects and our issues in the profession.
This led to some great connections with folks who were also working towards making our community visible with the bigger architecture world.
This panel was the first session we could find on record that discussed LGBTQIA+ architects and our issues in the profession.
This led to some great connections with folks who were also working towards making our community visible with the bigger architecture world.
February 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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This panel was the first session we could find on record that discussed LGBTQIA+ architects and our issues in the profession.
This led to some great connections with folks who were also working towards making our community visible with the bigger architecture world.
This panel was the first session we could find on record that discussed LGBTQIA+ architects and our issues in the profession.
This led to some great connections with folks who were also working towards making our community visible with the bigger architecture world.
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I’ve been working with folks on developing some sort of LGBTQIA+ architecture group since as early as 2018. This effort has gone through multiple starts and shifts along the way. Through it we presented a panel at the AIA National Conference on Architecture in 2019 (A’19) on LGBTQIA issues.
I’ve been working with folks on developing some sort of LGBTQIA+ architecture group since as early as 2018. This effort has gone through multiple starts and shifts along the way. Through it we presented a panel at the AIA National Conference on Architecture in 2019 (A’19) on LGBTQIA issues.
February 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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I’ve been working with folks on developing some sort of LGBTQIA+ architecture group since as early as 2018. This effort has gone through multiple starts and shifts along the way. Through it we presented a panel at the AIA National Conference on Architecture in 2019 (A’19) on LGBTQIA issues.
I’ve been working with folks on developing some sort of LGBTQIA+ architecture group since as early as 2018. This effort has gone through multiple starts and shifts along the way. Through it we presented a panel at the AIA National Conference on Architecture in 2019 (A’19) on LGBTQIA issues.