Mid-Atlantic LGBTQA Conference Schedule - 2024

The Bloomsburg Equality Alliance, LGBTQ+ Resource Center, and Mid-Atlantic Conference present our 12th Annual Drag Show. Hosted by Trixie Valentine featuring Cookie Doe, Nichole Steven Valentine, Oliver Twist, and Tequila Daniels.

Admission is included for Mid-Atlantic Conference Attendees with Name Badge, $3 suggested donation for all others.

Kehr Union Building, Ballroom Lobby (Fourth Floor)

Kehr Union Building, Ballroom

Menu includes pastries, fruit, juice, and coffee.

Kehr Union Building, Ballroom

Join our conference chairs for an overview of the day's events and available resources.

Scranton Commons Dining Hall

A meal ticket was included with your name badge and is required for admission to the buffet.

Menu listing is available at the link above but is subject to change.

Gabby Rivera is a Bronx-born queer Puerto Rican babe on a mission to create the wildest, most fun stories ever. Gabby is the first Latina ever to write for Marvel comics, penning the solo series AMERICA about America Chavez, a portal-punching queer Latina powerhouse.

Gabby’s critically acclaimed debut novel Juliet Takes a Breath was called “f*cking outstanding” by Roxane Gay and was re-published by Penguin Random House in 2019. Mic named it one of the 25 essential books to read for Women’s History Month, and Latina magazine called it the “dopest LGBTQA YA book ever.”

Gabby presented before the United Nations in 2020 as an invited speaker to their Unstereotyping Alliance Conference, and she has collaborated with groups such as the Ford Motor Company, the Makers Women’s Conference and Somos Familia, to uplift joyful storytelling and the magic of queer diasporicans everywhere.

In 2022, Gabby became a Sundance Screenwriters Fellow and received an Advancing Justice Award from Catalyst California, alongside activist Dolores Huerta and politician Sheila Kuehl. She currently resides on the West Coast and hosts Joy Uprising, a podcast that brings together her favorite revolutionary humans to honor joy in a chaotic world.

Kehr Union Building, Rooms 230, Multicultural Center

• Ranch Dill Dip with Fresh Garden Crudité
• Spinach and Artichoke Dip with Pita Points
• Buffalo Chicken Dip with Crostini
• Cookies & Brownies
• Fruit Punch & Water 

Following the conference, please join us for an Arts In Bloom headliner event, Ailey II - The Next Generation of Dance.

Please note: Tickets are not included in the conference fee and must be purchased separately. More information is available at the link below.

Ailey II - The Next Generation of Dance

Stop by the information tables provided by these organizations:

• Columbia County Democratic Committee

Feeling overstimulated? Stop by the quiet room.

• Kehr Union Building, Room 409

Just need to get away but don't necessarily need silence? The chill room is for you!

• Kehr Union Building, Room 410

During the conference events, restrooms on the fourth floor of Kehr Union Building will be designated as gender neutral.

Please note: All other restrooms in the building will remain gender designated.