AJ Solomon

they/them/theirs

Mischief Management

Participates in 6 items

AJ Solomon (they/them/theirs) is a queer trans Jewish Huffleclaw, Harry Potter Alliance volunteer, and wizard rock enthusiast from New England. A Senior at UMass Boston, AJ is double majoring in Gender Studies and Studio Art, and they plan to go to grad school for Art Therapy. They also have an awesome day job as the Communications Director at Camp Lilac, a summer camp for trans youth. When they aren’t busy working, AJ can usually be found writing, traveling excessive distances, or obsessing over The Adventure Zone. You can find them on social media @SoloButNotHan!

Sessions in which AJ Solomon participates

Friday 9 August, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

10:15 AM

Hufflepuff Meetup

1 hour, 10:15 AM CDT - 11:15 AM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Unicorn Room (D167/174)

Meetup

AJ Solomon, Mischief Management (Participant)

Saturday 10 August, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

10:15 AM

LGBTQIA+ Meetup

1 hour, 10:15 AM CDT - 11:15 AM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Hippogriff Room (D220/227)

Meetup

Jacquelyn Melillo (Participant)

Brian Acunis (Participant)

AJ Solomon, Mischief Management (Participant)

Madison Ironfield (Participant)

Are you part of the LGBTQIA+ community? Are you an ally to the queer community? If so, this meetup is a great place for you to hang out, meet other...

11:30 AM

Trans Magic: Gender in the Wizarding World

1 hour, 11:30 AM CDT - 12:30 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Unicorn Room (D167/174)

Roundtable

Rae Mreen (Participant)

AJ Solomon, Mischief Management (Participant)

Trans folks have existed throughout time and space, so it stands to reason that they exist in the wizarding world too. Our program will unpack the ...

Sunday 11 August, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

12:45 PM

Accio Identity: Wizard Rock and the Magic of Community

1 hour, 12:45 PM CDT - 1:45 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Occamy Room (D170/172)

Panel

Abby Ritter, Mischief Management (Participant)

AJ Solomon, Mischief Management (Participant)

Lauren Fairweather (Participant)

Madison Ironfield (Participant)

Proma Khosla, Mashable (Participant)

Wizard rock is more than a music genre; anyone who has spent more than a few minutes at a show can tell you that. Over the years, a community has f...

2:00 PM

Who Is Anthony Goldstein?

1 hour, 2:00 PM CDT - 3:00 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Occamy Room (D170/172)

Discussion

AJ Solomon, Mischief Management (Participant)

Anthony Goldstein was just another character in the background universe of Harry Potter — until December 2014, when J.K. Rowling thrust him into th...

4:30 PM

Ethnic Communities in the Wizarding World

1 hour, 4:30 PM CDT - 5:30 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Occamy Room (D170/172)

Panel

AJ Solomon, Mischief Management (Participant)

Porshéa Patterson-Hurst, The Harry Potter Alliance (Participant)

Proma Khosla, Mashable (Participant)

Robyn Jordan, Black Girls Create (Participant)

In this session, panelists representing multiple ethnic backgrounds discuss the (mis)/representation of their communities within Harry Potter