{"id":11138,"date":"2015-03-24T12:11:20","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T17:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=11138"},"modified":"2015-03-18T20:50:45","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T01:50:45","slug":"quare-square-gives-voice-to-chicagos-queer-community-of-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/quare-square-gives-voice-to-chicagos-queer-community-of-color\/","title":{"rendered":"Quare Square gives voice to Chicago\u2019s queer community of color"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Dawnn Anderson<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.quare2collective.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Quare Square Collective, Inc.<\/a> is a non-profit that supports queer artists of color in the South Shore neighborhood. Approximately 50 people attended <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Jeffery+Pub\/@41.766737,-87.576073,15z\/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x43ae0582b9d324f7\" target=\"_blank\">Jeffery Pub<\/a> Tuesday for open mic night, to amplify queer voices of color in a safe poetic space.\u00a0\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Quare Square gives voice to Chicago&amp;rsquo;s queer community of color\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/122534639?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"featurecaption\">Photo at Top: Kevin Forte performing for the first time at Quare Square\u2019s open mic night. (Dawnn Anderson\/Medill)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Dawnn Anderson Quare Square Collective, Inc. is a non-profit that supports queer artists of color in the South Shore neighborhood. 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