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One of the many lessons we can take from the past couple of years is how we begin to deal with the persistent gap between the rhetoric about racism and the reality of persistent racist practice that leads to worse outcomes for Black people. Whatever the gap, Black Lives STILL matter Continue reading Read: CLIMATE & RACIAL JUSTICE REQUIRE AN END TO GASLIGHTING
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Classic, iconic . . . Brunch No 5 Continue reading EVENT: Brunch No.5
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We’re collating a mixtape with a song for each year since Pearl’s dooors closed in 1981 that filled dancefloors on London’s Black queer scene. ‘Mixtape Stories’ hears directly from community members about the tunes that they remember, and the memories they evoke. Continue reading LISTEN: PEARL’S MIXTAPE STORIES 1 – YOUNG LLOYD
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A great start to #PearlsReturn – the pics and a smartphone video from the ballroom uprising in Brixton Market – Pearl’s Goes West Continue reading VIEW: PEARL’S GOES WEST – THE START OF HOMECOMING
If you would like to contribute by performing, or leading a skills, development or arts workshop, here’s your chance!, Send us your pitch for the last Sunday in September, October and November Continue reading event: It’s Brunch . . . pitches – 3
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A warm-up selection of those who DIDN’T make the cut
Any surprises? Continue reading LISTEN: NOT QUITE Pearl’s MIXTAPE
Can you help? If you can see possibilities for partnership, or are able to offer your services (as an individual or organisation) to making the events the best they can be, please use the form below to contact Rob to … Continue reading ACTION: Pearl’s Return – Partner Preview
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For IDAHOBIT today, here are some ways you could fill in the knowledge gaps about us, better data would give campaigners a stronger platform for change Continue reading Read: they don’t know about us
BLKOUT: Welcome to BLKOUT_UK. Tell our readers who you are LLOYD: I’m Lloyd. I’m a 56 year old Black gay man BLKOUT: Where are you from? LLOYD: I was born in Islington, North London . . . My parents originate … Continue reading WATCH THIS SPACE: LLOYD YOUNG & ‘THE BLACK EXPERIENCE’
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There is much work to be done beyond census 2021 in making the data that we already share about ourselves more transparent to us – particularly as use of AI enables more targeted commercial and public services. The quality and quantity of data is likely to become an even more contested arena for discussion of justice. Continue reading READ: invisible men?
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Pearl’s Return; a recyclable, popup event, art, and social club – reviving a lost Black gay bar from 1970s Brixton, to create a networked destination for expression, connections, and Black LGBTQ+ joy Continue reading PLEDGE: PEARL’S RETURN
