07/27/2025
(Late Post)
🥳 Endless gratitude to everyone who came thru for the most recent Queeraoke Ypsi Pride Fundraiser at on Sunday, 7/13, produced by .mdmkk.vnsmnd & .healing.justice.studio! We laughed, sang, & raised $1,205 in support of local Pride efforts:
🎉 50% → Juneteenth Reparations Fund ($602)
🎉 25% → ($301.25)
🎉 25% → Main Event 2026 ($301.25)
💝 Big love to our sponsors for helping make this happen, & to Judith Block for leading the charge in bringing that support:
🌟 Taylor Therapeutics
🌟 Winewood Organics
🌟 Sylvan Factory
🌟 Legacy Surgical Center
🌟 Feral Flora
🌟 & others who preferred to remain unnamed
Appreciation to the following contributors:
🍹 Speciality Queeraoke Drink Menu (“Thirst Trap”) by
🍕 Green Room refreshments from Hello Faz Pizza
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🔮 Thank you to the community who joined us to laugh & play at the inclusivity jam, & to our hosts, Uma Avanti & Michelle Weiss!
👑 Appreciating our brilliant performers who lit up the stage for an evening of healing justice that centered q***r & trans life through storytelling & comedy:
💄 Drag Artists: , , & our host !
🎭 Improv Troupe, “The Good-Trouble Makers”: Uma Avanti, Corene Ford, Michelle Weiss, Kayla Pennoyer, Heidi Sherick, Allyson Miko, Josh McDaniel, & Matt Townsend.
🎹Special shout out to Jamie Artman who provided the magic of musical accompaniment!
🎤 Big gratitude to our phenomenal karaoke hosts, & .briated. Thank you to the community who joined us in the fun!
🏳️🌈 Gratitude to our Ypsi Pride volunteers, Britt Barron & Liz Molenhouse, & a special shoutout to , , & Michael Baker from hear.say for your behind-the-scenes support & care.
📣 We couldn’t have done this event without any of you! Stay tuned for more joy-as-justice events as ways to activate our collective imagination & break free from systems of oppression. Our events are more than celebration & entertainment; they are real-time practice for building a more liberated & equitable world!
