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The future of BLKOUT_UK Consultation opens NYD and lasts all of January. Here’s your chance to show us how Black queer men can continue #makingspaceforus Continue reading LONG READ: A DREAM NO LONGER ON MUTE
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BLKOUTUK marks 2021 #JosephBeamDay with a special edition of Hard Pressed and an open call to Black Queer Men to share their views Continue reading READ: THE DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES
Make the yuletide gay! (Hugh Martin) There is greater uncertainty about what it will be possible to do together over the end of year holiday period due to the latest twists in managing COVID-19 and its variants. At the same time there is more and more evidence that we both want and need to find ways to stay connected to each other. Approaching two years … Continue reading EVENT: Sleigh all day @ December Virtual Brunch – Mon 27 Dec
Classic, iconic . . . Brunch No 5 Continue reading EVENT: Brunch No.5
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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
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 from Jamaica. They arrived in the UK in the early 1950s – they’re from the group now labelled the Windrush Generation. BLKOUT: Intrigued by the name of … Continue reading WATCH THIS SPACE: LLOYD YOUNG & ‘THE BLACK EXPERIENCE’
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
Later today (Sun 6th Dec) we launch our new regular event format – A S S E M B L Y
Join us for an engaging, action-focused review of UK based, Black heritage and history interventions, and where our Black queer lives – starting at 6pm
Resist. Relate. Unite – Black Lives Matter London June 2020 Gallery and report Continue reading View: Best of the BLM LDN Protests
On Sat 16th May, BlackOut invites Black bi/gay and/or trans men from across the UK to download, tune in, kick back and party – at home. ‘Get Down On Lockdown’ will be livestreamed from The BlackOut Hub mobile app. Continue reading Event: Bored yet? Let’s get down on lockdown
If you are a Black queer man who would like to contribute by volunteering to help with event management, performing, or leading a skills, development or arts workshop, use the linked form to send us your pitch. We are also keen to hear from those who have retail businesses who would like to take part in a community marketplace. Continue reading event: It’s Brunch … Pitches No.2
