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One month since the police killing of George Floyd, we invite you to reflect, re-focus and recharge – racism is exhausting, racism is traumatic, at breathe846 choose from the 10 ways to take control, relax and breathe – all especially designed by our partners for you. Continue reading self-care: breathe846.org – reclaim time from racism
Black queer men, get your thinking caps on, get drawing, and submit your t-shirt design to blkoutuk@gmail.com as a digital image (photo, scanned drawing, graphic) by 9am Monday 4th May Continue reading Create: T-shirt 2020 Design and win!!
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
If you are a Black queer man who would like to contribute by 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
Join us for a brand new monthly event that will be shaped for us, by us. Starting this holiday season with a taster event to bring some realness to break up the Christmas schmaltz. The arguments in favour of Brunch … Continue reading event: for black men who brunch
As important to us, is that we take this unique opportunity to see, and understand, each other. While government, and the public services that our taxes contribute to, have a responsibility to respond to our needs, we could be the heroes we’ve been waiting for. Continue reading invite: (role) models to feature ‘in the picture’
An exceptional tale and example – Dirg Aab-Richards, protecting and sharing our heritage Continue reading read: windrush – a collection shared
We invited fashion photographer Benjamin Glean to use his considerable skills to capture images of Black queer men at UK Black Pride earlier this month, to kick off our new feature, Seen on Scene. Continue reading VIEW: Seen on Scene: Black Boy Joy @ Pride
Introducing ‘Seen on Scene’ – Visibility matters but raises questions that are too rarely asked – whose visibility? Visible to who? Visible for what? Is vanity enough? Continue reading Introducing ‘Seen on Scene’: #Visibility Matters
In 2003 when Lius was subject to a vicious homophobic attack in a London street, he thought he might die. Very much alive, for Pride2019 he responds; with beauty – Orange File Continue reading view: Orange File
Black queer men, get your thinking caps on, get drawing, and submit your t-shirt design to blkoutuk@gmail.com as a digital image (photo, scanned drawing, graphic) by noon Fri 31st May Continue reading Create: Design BlackOut’s Pride 2019 T-shirt and win!!
David McAlmont’s lecture was a fitting memorial to the legacy of Berto Pasuka, and at the same time a paean to the beauty, complexity and humanity of contemporary Black British queer men and their lives Continue reading Read: Remembering Pasuka; celebrating us
