Read: Excited, Nervous, yet Proud
When BlackOut asked me to give the inaugural Berto Pasuka Lecture this Friday (15th Feb) I couldn’t say no! Continue reading Read: Excited, Nervous, yet Proud
Category: Pride
Event: Coming out of the quiet – Hackney style
On Sunday September 9th 2018, a bold, brave, yet overdue event will take place in Hackney. BlackOutUK are proud to support the Faggamuffin Bloc Party – Hackney Carnival’s 1st black queer led space Continue reading Event: Coming out of the quiet – Hackney style
Coming out of the quiet in Hackney
On September 9th, a bold, brave, yet overdue event will take place in Hackney. Continue reading Coming out of the quiet in Hackney
PRIDE: Challenge like David Kato (1964 – 2011)
While Pride in London and UK Black Pride are over for 2018, we’ve not stopped celebrating those who inspire us all year #BlackOutAndProud Continue reading PRIDE: Challenge like David Kato (1964 – 2011)
PRIDE: Organise Like Bayard Rustin (1912-1987)
While Pride in London and UK Black Pride are over for 2018, we’ve not stopped celebrating those who inspire us all year #BlackOutAndProud Continue reading PRIDE: Organise Like Bayard Rustin (1912-1987)
PRIDE: Be Real Like Sylvester James Jr. (1947-1988)
Like Sylvester we appreciate the importance of music and dancing to our cultures and will continue to support and create black queer spaces where we have the freedom to ‘be real’. Continue reading PRIDE: Be Real Like Sylvester James Jr. (1947-1988)
Pride: Write like Langston Hughes (1902-1967)
Turning our inspiration into action #Pride2018 Langston Hughes ‘Poet Laureate of the Negro Race’ Continue reading Pride: Write like Langston Hughes (1902-1967)
Pride: Think like Audre Lorde (1934-1992)
Before she died, Audre Lorde in an African naming ceremony took the name Gambda Adisa, meaning ‘Warrior: She Who Makes Her Meaning Known’ Continue reading Pride: Think like Audre Lorde (1934-1992)
Pride: Fight like Marsha P Johnson (1945-1992)
Marsha’s activism highlights for us the ‘heavy-lifting’ in our movement by those who are ‘never straight’ Continue reading Pride: Fight like Marsha P Johnson (1945-1992)
Pride:Dream Like Beam Joseph Beam(1954-1988)
‘Black men loving Black men is the revolutionary act’. Celebrating our heroes Joseph Beam #Pride2018 Continue reading Pride:Dream Like Beam Joseph Beam(1954-1988)
Pride: Speak like Baldwin (1924-1987)
Celebrating our inspiration #Pride2018 – novelist, visionary, social commentator James Baldwin (1924 – 1987) inspires us to speak #BlackOutAndProud Continue reading Pride: Speak like Baldwin (1924-1987)
Pride: Create Like Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955-1989)
Celebrating our inspiration #Pride2018 – photographer, artist and visionary Rotimi Fani-Kayode inspires us to create Continue reading Pride: Create Like Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955-1989)