QUEER JOY was a night to remember! 

Thank you to all the #ChromatBABES who celebrated with us!

 

Read on for #QueerJoyPS1 recaps ✨

 

Installation 'Horama Rama' by Pedro y Juana at MoMA PS1

 

 

Miami's own DJ Loka kicking off QUEER JOY with some warm sonic energy!

 

 

 

Half of the proceeds from our Pop Up Shop went to the Audre Lorde Project, supporting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two Spirit, Trans and Gender Non Conforming People of Color

 

 

#ChromatSQUAD holding it down at the Pop Up Shop with fans from Electric Sky Wine! Victoria in the Tracee Suit and Tolu giving #Babeguard vibes in the Mica Ribbed Top and Bottom in Red.

 

 

 

 

 

Panelists Meredith Talusan, Ericka Hart, and DeSe Escobar with moderator Niki Franco talked about cultivating QUEER JOY while the safety and lives of LGBT people remain under constant threat. It was amazing to hear their different perspectives on navigating their identities. 

 

 

 

"It's challenging to center queer joy in the midst of people trying to consume your identity. These are not just my identities, this is my life, these are my friends.”

-Ericka Hart

 

“It’s our collective joy that anti-trans and anti-queer people are trying to extinguish. So I make an effort to find what makes me happy.”

 - Meredith Talusan 

 

 

 

    

Left: Khrystyana in the Uniform Top and the Mikito Bottom.   

#ChromatBABES posing at the Photobooth set up by HYPNO.

   

{F}empower's Helen Peña led a QUEER JOY zine work shop discussing the role of artists in the Black liberation struggle, inspired by bell hooks' "Art on My Mind".

 

"People feel like asking for representation is enough, saying 'we have a diverse staff...' is not changing the fact that most of our people don't have food on the table, don't have health care, etc. "

- Helen Peña

 

 

 Helen Peña in the Tracee Suit.

 

Meanwhile outside near the main stage...

 

Jumping for Queer Joy ✨

 

          

 #ChromatBABES dancing the night away 🌟

 

          

 Left: Olivia Burgess Right: Diane Meaker in the Tide Pool Wrap Dress in Green with Amy B. 

 

 

    

DJ Haram in the Contour Rashguard and DJ SHYBOI in the Uma Suit in Wet Print.

We had so much fun in the Karaoke Room hosted by Coco Layne, everybody sang their hearts out!

Slayrizz and her dancers Pink and Chun stormed the stage with an iconic performance dressed in our #AW19Climatic Collection!

 

AJA going off, closing the show at #QueerJoyPS1 !

 

Aja in the Jammer Wetsuit and Shilow in the Babe Guard Miami Hoodie.

#ChromatBABES Gilleon Smith, Denise Bidot + Joselyn Adams in the #AW19Climatic Collection

Celebrating the night with the #ChromatTEAM who helped put this event together.

Cheers to an amazing, supportive, and incredible night! ✨

Thank you to everybody who was involved in making this night full of QUEER JOY 🌈✨and Community!!

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