# Event Details - **Event Name**: BLSS: Black Lesbian Research Symposium - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 15 Aug, 2026 at 04:00 pm – Sat, 15 Aug, 2026 at 08:00 pm - **Event Description**: Join us on Saturday, August 15th for Black Lesbian Saturday School's inaugural Research Symposium.About this EventWe invite you to hear from and celebrate six Black Lesbian researchers who spent their summer engaging Black Lesbian materials at LHA. This event is open to anyone and will be partially livestreamed for ticketholders via Zoom.AGENDA:Researcher presentations (Zoom livestream available)Panel discussion with researchers (Zoom livestream available)Researcher breakout spaces (will not be livestreamed - researchers will spread out across LHA to host discussions or small workshops related to their topics. Participants will be free to join any researcher they'd like!)ABOUT BLSS & THE RESEARCH SALONBlack Lesbian Saturday School is a program hosted by and for Black Lesbians at the Lesbian Herstory Archives. Our primary goal is to build stronger community by regularly engaging archival materials that represent the richness of our shared histories. In the spirit of activiating Black Lesbian archival collections, especially those often overlooked, we invited any Black Lesbian interested in archival research to pitch a project for our summer research salon. We selected and trained this cohort of researchers, who selected topics that touch themes of travel, self-love and self-determination, abolition, adornment, sex work, and more.We hope participants leave the symposium with a greater awareness of what you can find in LHA's large collection, appreciation for the intentional researcher led by the Research Salon cohort members this summer, and perhaps a newly sparked interest for archival research.RESEARCHER BIOS:JAYLN COX: Jalyn’s research explores jewelry and adornment as intimate archives of Black Lesbian life. She is interested in how material culture and intentional self-fashioning can reveal histories of memory, identity, intimacy, and legacy. IG: @rawintentionjewleryKENNY SHILOH RUSSELL: Kenny is studying Black Lesbian survival and self-determination through sex work and labor organizing. Their LHA collection focus largely surrounds that of Wilmette Brown and Black Women for Wages for Housework. IG: @kennyshilohrussellRACHEL BARKLEY: Rachel is an attorney and anti-domestic violence advocate researching Black Lesbian accounts of DV from the 1970s - 1990s. Her LHA research focuses on Debra Reid’s trial for defending herself from an abuser. IG: @rachebarkleyRENITA JAMES: Renita is interested in understanding belonging and love of self, other, and community. Through performance, she explores: “What does it look like to be a Black Lesbian loving? Being? Belonging?” IG: @renitajamSERITA SARGENT: Serita’s focus is on expanding information access for incarcerated people & using library services as a means to abolition. Their research at LHA is on Black Lesbian resistance through incarceration; particularly how Black Lesbian love has been a beacon of resistance and hope for comrades inside. IG: @_seritasargent_SHEENA DAREE ROMERO: Shenna is interested in travel and geographic mobility, especially when it comes to accounts of Black Lesbians moving, loving, connecting, organizing, writing, etc., around the world.Agenda?: 03:30 PMDoors Open?: 04:00 PMWelcome + Researcher Presentations?: 05:30 PMPanel Discussion?: 06:00 PMBreakout Conversations + Workshops?: 08:00 PMClosing - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/brooklyn/blss-black-lesbian-research-symposium/100001996919861060 - **Event Categories**: fitness, Business, Workshops, virtual - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Brooklyn - **state**: NY - **country**: United States - **location**: Lesbian Herstory Archives - **lat**: 40.6618589 - **long**: -73.9803514 - **full address**: Lesbian Herstory Archives, 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: BLSS: Black Lesbian Research Symposium - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/e1658198a0d799f5f14001fbca1e30cf9525347793d802ec2742332ac00133e6-rimg-w1080-h1350-dca83838-gmir.jpg?v=1786291909 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is BLSS: Black Lesbian Research Symposium being held? - **A:** BLSS: Black Lesbian Research Symposium takes place on Sat, 15 Aug, 2026 at 04:00 pm to Sat, 15 Aug, 2026 at 08:00 pm at Lesbian Herstory Archives, 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing BLSS: Black Lesbian Research Symposium? - **A:** BLSS: Black Lesbian Research Symposium is organized by The Lesbian Herstory Archives. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "BLSS: Black Lesbian Research Symposium", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/e1658198a0d799f5f14001fbca1e30cf9525347793d802ec2742332ac00133e6-rimg-w1080-h1350-dca83838-gmir.jpg?v=1786291909", "startDate": "2026-08-15", "endDate": "2026-08-15", "url": "https://allevents.in/brooklyn/blss-black-lesbian-research-symposium/100001996919861060", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Lesbian Herstory Archives", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "484 14th Street", "postalCode": "11215", "addressLocality": "Brooklyn", "addressRegion": "NY", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "40.6618589", "longitude": "-73.9803514" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Join us on Saturday, August 15th for Black Lesbian Saturday School's inaugural Research Symposium.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-08-31", "availabilityEnds": "2026-08-15", "validFrom": "2026-08-31", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/brooklyn/blss-black-lesbian-research-symposium/100001996919861060" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/SoldOut", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-08-31", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-08-31", "url": "https://allevents.in/brooklyn/blss-black-lesbian-research-symposium/100001996919861060", "price": 0, "name": "IN-PERSON TICKET" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-08-31", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-08-31", "url": "https://allevents.in/brooklyn/blss-black-lesbian-research-symposium/100001996919861060", "price": 0, "name": "VIRTUAL PRESENTATION + PANEL TICKET" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "The Lesbian Herstory Archives", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/the-lesbian-herstory-archives/24861966", "description": "The Lesbian Herstory Archives is home to the world’s largest collection of materials by and about Lesbians and their communities. 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