Chinese New Year at OMG Squee
]On 2/17/24 Members of our group attended the Chinese New year event at OMG Squee. it was very interesting seeing crafters and groups from the Asian community, with their products for sale. AAAFF was advertising there Asian American Queer prom . The main event was the Dragon dance and New years celebration.
The dragon dance was fun to watch along with the drums performance.
I would like to think the following people for contributing photos from this event
Juice’s socials are juice.tex on insta. dadmondmiles on X. @juice@lgbtqia.space on mastadon
Tietoons socials are on tietoons on Insta and tietoons on X.
Q-A [Quartzy-Amethyst] to be updated soon!
Board games in the afternoon.
Come join us at Emerald Tavern Games and Café! Saturday
November 11th!
One of our groups Assistant Organizers, Mattilda. RSVPed the small room at
Emerald Tavern.
The room reservation includes all-day access to the game library! Your more than welcome to bring a table top game from home, or use Emerald Tavern’s game library.
Rsvp Here! for this gaming afternoon!
The event starts at 12pm. the plan is we will eat first and then do gaming!
Here is food and drink menu (No outside food or drink is allowed)
The event ends at 6pm. but once again you can continue using the Emerald Tavern’s game library, and hang out at a general table.
Events coming up This Friday!
“Our Flag Means Death” Watch Party is going to take place at Juice’s place.
The show is an action comedy queer pirate show. That is live-action
The watching Part will be finishing off S1.
Virtual Coffee Shop Chat. Weekly Saturday @ 3p Central
This event is hosted by Faye this week and will be shorter than usual. “I think we need a chance to talk and discuss about random things. Be it queer issues, anime that you have been watching, or what your pet is doing. Just a nice relaxing social event.”
So thus a Virtual coffee shop meetup. Lets brew some good coffee, at home, and enjoy each others company. (Alternate beverages welcome :))
This will take place on our Discord in #general-voice-chat.
A link to the discord server can be found at https://lgbtqanime.club
If you have any problems with connecting to Discord please let us know!
Anime Afternoon / Anime night This Saturday Starting at 3:30pm Central (changed from 3pm,)(Virtural)
Come Join and hang out while Faye plays anime, art stuff, and other interesting things. through Discord, and our streaming infra
Also free to come by and go at your leisure since this is virtually in your own home. Feel free to suggest anything in Discord or here We look forward to seeing you (virtually)
=^_^=
currently, the playlist is…..
Knights of Sidonia
Death March to the parallel world rhapsody
summoned to another world for a second time|
Yuri!!! on ICE
Vampire in the garden
Assassination classroom.
Show By rock!!!
along with anything anyone suggests
the art is going to be lighting design renders works. along with other works. (like AMV
Join us In Discord and/or our streaming infra
Anime Afternoon/Night. This Saturday (Canceled)
Due to medical issues
currently, the playlist is…..
Knights of Sidonia
Death March to the parallel world rhapsody
summoned to another world for a second time|
Yuri!!! on ICE
Vampire in the garden
assassination classroom.
Show By rock!!!
Meetup for a Artsy coffee/Tea meetup at Bennu Coffee
This event is happening on This Thursday @ 2p
Join us to enjoy some good brew and Tea. While chatting and working on Art. If you’re not an artsy type, that’s cool too. 
Coloring books will be available as well.
Update: 7/28 We had Fun Coloring, Chatting and Drinking Coffee
Pride Month Charity Raffle 2022!
It’s time again for our group’s annual Pride Month Charity Raffle! This year it will be running from Tuesday May 10 through Sunday July 10!
You may participate by making a donation to any reputable* LGBTQIA+ related charitable organization, or to individual LGBTQIA+ people in need. Additionally, this year we are also accepting participants who donate to reproductive health organizations/abortion funds.
For every $5 you donate, you will be entered in the raffle one time. Of course you can be entered multiple times if you donate more 🙂
When you make a donation, please DM us the proof of your donation. (DMs accepted through our Twitter account or via Discord to the user juice.tex#7378)
If you don’t have any idea of where to donate, here are some suggestions:
- The Trevor Project, supporting LGBTQIA+ youth
- Trans Lifeline, peer support hotline for trans and nonbinary people
- Out Youth, providing support to LGBTQIA+ youth and their families in Austin
- QWELL Community Foundation, promoting LGBTQIA+ health (physical + mental) in Austin
- Equality Texas, providing public education and advocacy for LGBTQIA+ rights
- Texas Pride Impact Fund, providing grants to nonprofits across the state
- Black Trans Travel Fund, providing Black transgender women with financial and material resources
- National Black Trans Advocacy Coalition, providing Black trans people with basic needs, healthcare, housing, job support, and more
- Organización Latina Trans Texas, providing housing, service referrals, gender-affirming supplies, name change/gender marker change help, etc.
- OutRight International’s LGBTIQ Ukraine Emergency Fund
- All Out’s LGBT+ Ukraine fundraiser
- Gofundme for a queer Black couple whose apartment burned down
- Browse #TransCrowdFund on twitter , instagram, and other social media to find other trans folks in need
- Any of the Texan abortion funds listed in this article: https://www.thecut.com/article/donate-abortion-fund-roe-v-wade-how-to-help.html
Winners will be selected by the random number generator at random.org, and the number of winners will be proportionate to the number of people who donated. (E.g. if 3 people donate, 1 winner will be picked. If 10 people donate, then 2 or 3 people will be picked.)
Prize list is in need of updating, but some of the available prizes include:
“Transposes” (115-page graphic novel by Dylan Edwards about the lives of various transmasculine people)
“Pride For All” Bumper sticker with many different pride flags on it
5 varied stickers, your choice of pride-related or otherwise
Full set of seven rainbow dice suitable for Dungeons & Dragons/other tabletop RPGs
Zippered fabric pouch with various different pride flags on it
Artisan crafted soap, your choice of fragrance (I have a lot of them)
6 oz candle from Delve, various scents available
Your choice of pride button/pronoun pin I will buy you off Etsy. Any pronoun/flag/name on it that you want. (If you can’t find something you like I will help you.)
“Good Vibes Only” notepad with subtle rainbow design
“Pride Month Is Every Month” notepad
Pride-flag inspired art print
Embroidered pride themed patch (iron on or sew on) – your choice out of three designs
“I’m Bisexual, YOU’RE confused” pin button – your choice out of three colors
$10 gift card to The Little Gay Shop (I will up this to $25 if we raise more than $100 in total donations!)
*”Reputable” meaning we don’t want any donations going to hateful/exclusionary groups such as LGB Alliance or whatever
Winter Charity Raffle Event!
This event runs from November 20, 2021 until January 10, 2022.
Donations can be to any LGBTQIA+ supporting organization or to individual LGBTQIA+ people in need (Gofundme, Cashapp, Venmo, Paypal, etc).
When you make a donation please DM us the proof. (DMs accepted through our Twitter account or via Discord to the user juice.tex#7378. You may censor out any personal details you don’t wish to share, like your address etc.)
For every $5 you donate, you will be entered in the raffle one time. Of course you can be entered multiple times if you donate more 🙂 or you can opt to have less entries, or no entries if you like 🙂
Each raffle winner (to be drawn on January 12, 2022, by random number generator at random.org) can choose anything off the prize list that has not already been taken by another winner. The number of winners drawn depends on how many people participate!
Note: for logistics purposes, most of the prizes can only be delivered to Austin and the surrounding area (e.g. Kyle, Round Rock, Pflugerville, etc.) However, some prizes can be sent out without restriction!
Here are the currently available raffle prizes:
- “Transposes” (115-page graphic novel by Dylan Edwards about the lives of various transmasculine people)
- “Girls/Girls/Girls!” (112-page anthology zine of WLW art and stories)
- “Pride For All” Bumper sticker with many different pride flags on it (Can be shipped pretty much anywhere, no requirement to live in the Austin area.)
- Slightly smaller sticker similar to the above (2 people can win) (Can be shipped pretty much anywhere, no requirement to live in the Austin area.)
- 5 varied stickers, your choice of pride-related or otherwise (Several people can win) (Can be shipped pretty much anywhere, no requirement to live in the Austin area.)
- Zippered fabric pouch with several different pride flags on it
- Artisan crafted soap, your choice of fragrance
- Pride hand flag (“Progress Pride” design)
- Notepad with subtle rainbow motif
- Small USA rainbow flag pin
- Small round “Pride For All” pin with several different pride flags on it
- Small round “Being Straight Was My Phase” pin
- Your choice of pride button/pronoun pin I will buy you off Etsy. Any pronoun/flag/name on it that you want. If you can’t find something you like I will help you. For some ideas of what is out there, check out https://www.etsy.com/shop/cpikoart, https://www.etsy.com/shop/TigersEyeAdventureCo, https://www.etsy.com/shop/MarginalDoodles, https://www.etsy.com/shop/Doodlepeople?section_id=28637351, https://www.etsy.com/shop/PiratitoGB, https://www.etsy.com/shop/Schlady?§ion_id=26424742 etc. (Can be shipped pretty much anywhere, no requirement to live in the Austin area.)
- $25 gift card to The Little Gay Shop (Gift card delivered by email, no requirement to live in the Austin area.)
Raffle is open for entries until midnight on Monday January 10 (Central Time).