Spectra Speaks

Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Love Is My Revolution

<p>Spectra is an award-winning Nigerian writer, women&rsquo;s rights activist, and the voice behind the afrofeminist media blog, Spectra Speaks (<a href="http://www.spectraspeaks.com/" target="_blank">www.spectraspeaks.com</a>), which publishes news, opinions, and personal essays about gender, media, and diversity as they pertain to Africa and the Diaspora.</p> <p>Spectra is also the founder and executive editor of Queer Women of Color Media Wire (<a href="http://www.qwocmediawire.com/" target="_blank">www.qwocmediawire.com</a>), a media advocacy and publishing organization that amplifies the voices of lesbian, bisexual, queer, and/or transgender women of color, diaspora, and racial/ethnic minorities around the world.&nbsp;</p> <p>She was awarded the distiguished Trailblazer award by Fenway Health for her with LGBT and women's health, and by The History Project, becoming the first African woman to receive the Lavender Rhino award for her contributions to Boston's LGBT history. She is a frequent speaker at conferences, universities, and social change forums across the globe, and is an expert consultant, coach, and trainer on diversity, movement building, and leadership.</p> <p>Spectra is currently traveling through Southern Africa offering social media, communications, and strategic events training to African women's NGOs and non-profits, and collecting stories from LGBT Africa for an upcoming anthology. Follow her blog at www.spectraspeaks.com or her daily reflections on Twitter @spectraspeaks.</p>

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