Sarah Jenny
Sarah Jenny is a one-woman party machine: The Brooklyn resident co-produces the award-winning Hey Queen, co-curates the Brooklyn Pride celebration Everybooty and is an official ″yenta″ at Select All. ″Showcasing new and emerging artists and creating a diverse space that is financially and physically accessible for folks across the LGBT spectrum″ are the most fulfilling parts of her work, she says; while being queer ″means I am committed to thinking about access to the space I help create, to prioritizing trans* and POC artists and performers, and paying everyone involved with our events before considering a profit margin.″ Jenny´s daytime job is in fundraising and marketing, and she calls upon those skills when producing fundraisers for organizations like the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, Queers for Economic Justice and the PROS Network. A former organizer for sex workers, she has a deep understanding of neglected communities. ″We have come so far [with the] freedom to marry [issue] in recent years, but we cannot lose sight of the pressing issues impacting the most marginalized among us: transphobia, homeless queer youth, poverty, racism, stigma and violence.″ Certainly something to think about as we enter a new season of Pride. -GH
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