Deaf Queer Men Only (DQMO) is an international biennial gathering for Deaf queer men. DQMO was founded in San Francisco in 2008 and seven cities in three countries have hosted DQMO. The mission of DQMO is to "provide a nurturing space for multicultural Deaf queer men to gather, build networks, share emotional support, and expand knowledge about civil rights, health, leadership and multicultural identities."
Each DQMO features workshops and social events organized by a volunteer host committee of Deaf queer men based in that city. All attendees at DQMO may bid to host the next DQMO and vote on bids.
History The Deaf Lesbian Festival helped inspire the creation of DQMO. The eight founders of DQMO were Don Baer, Jim Brune, Daniel Girard, Todd Higgins, Brian Martinez, Ken Mikos, David Weiss, and Butch Zein.
The inaugural DQMO in 2008 included a "Cum Out" welcome party and a "Wipe Off" closing ceremony, preceded by an announcement that the host committee was "hard" at work planning the event. This humor and sex-positivity has remained throughout DQMO's history, including in 2018's "Blue Ball" gala.
In 2014, DQMO marched in the Stockholm Pride Parade.
In 2016, the Deafies in Drag participated in DQMO.
DQMO Events Number Year Month/Dates Location Theme 1st 2008 October 2–5 San Francisco, United States A Weekend Celebration of Our Identity 2nd 2010 September 28 – October 3 San Francisco, United States A Time to Celebrate Our Journey 3rd 2012 August 1–5 Chicago, United States A Time to DeBrief 4th 2014 August 1–6 Stockholm, Sweden Across the Generations - We Are Family 5th 2016 October 12–16 Phoenix, United States Celebrating Equality Across the Universe 6th 2018 August 1–5 San Diego, United States Stay Classy, San DiegoCOVID-19 Pandemic forced Toronto's team to postpone the gathering to 2022 7th 2022 August 3–7 Toronto, Canada Canada, Eh? 8th 2024 July 17-21 Boston, United States Spilling the Tea... 9th 2026 July 29 - August 2 Minneapolis, United States Minnesota Nice: Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox 10th 2028 TBD Washington, DC, United States TBD
Hosts
2008: Don Baer, Jim Brune, Daniel Girard, Todd Higgins, Brian Martinez, Ken Mikos, David Weiss, and Butch Zein. 2010: Don Baer, Jim Brune, Daniel Girard, Todd Higgins, Brian Martinez, Ken Mikos, David Weiss, and Butch Zein. 2012: Scott Mosley, Matt Andersen, and Juan Bernal. 2014: Jonas Brannvall, Emil Bejersten, and David Lars-Gunnar Mollefors 2016: Ivanito Tauscher, Mark Tauscher, David Martinez, Masa Nakama, Sean Norris, Kenton Twight, Sean Furman, Timothy Sanger 2018: Jesse Jones III, Colin McAteer, Luis Moreno, Rocco Ornelas, Sasha Matunine, and Derek Shirane 2022: Darren Holst, Jason Morden, Jeff Panasuik, Oliver Luehr, Ricky Guzman, Darrell Villa, and Krishna Madaparthi. 2024: Thomas Minch, Mikey Krajnak, Matt Sweet, Kelly Kim, Jim Lipsky, Todd Higgins, Mike Festa, Todd Schulbaum, and Krishna Madaparthi. 2026: Heath Focken, Jack Williams, Andrew Bjarnvold, Jose Magallanes, Patrick Vellia, Reed Kutney, Rocky Boyd, Tim Riker, Everett Glenn, and Troy Mezera
See also Deaf Queer Resource Center Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf
References
External links Official website Facebook page