Long Read: Counted As Warriors?
50 Years of Gay Pride matched by 50 years of failure among movements for racial justice in the UK to see that none of us are free until we are all free Continue reading Long Read: Counted As Warriors?
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EVENT: GET AWAY, TAKE UP SPACE & EXPRESS YOURSELF
After what has been a(nother) challenging week for social justice in the UK, it is a pleasure to be able to share with you some exciting, good news. A get away Those of you who have been able to resist the lure of foreign travel today, if you are anything like me, will be largely relieved not to have had to run the gauntlet of … Continue reading EVENT: GET AWAY, TAKE UP SPACE & EXPRESS YOURSELF
EVENT: POSE A QUESTION TO ‘THE BLACK COP’ TEAM @ BRUNCH
We are delighted to be welcoming the team behind BAFTA nominated short film, The Black Cop, to Black Men Who Brunch. Here’s your chance to ask them a question, in advance Continue reading EVENT: POSE A QUESTION TO ‘THE BLACK COP’ TEAM @ BRUNCH
invite: (role) models to feature ‘in the picture’
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’
Watch: What’s new? Our pick of Outfest 2017
We’re keen to see more Black queer stories on screen. Rob went to Outfest Film Festival in LA to find out what’s on the horizon Continue reading Watch: What’s new? Our pick of Outfest 2017
Read: 30 years with HIV – celebrating life
On World AIDS Day BlackOutUK is compelled speak our truth. There’s guaranteed to be a wealth of statistics quoted throughout the day by professionals about Black Gay men. Over the last 40 years we have experienced the loss of dozens of friends, and lovers and a mother; among the earliest casualties of this global epidemic. Today we are reminded that in the UK, the US, and globally, Black Gay men are disproportionately impacted by HIV Continue reading Read: 30 years with HIV – celebrating life
WATCH: #Speechless Series No.4 ‘No where are you really from?’
The #SpeechlessSeries is a space for BlackoutUK contributors to provoke a conversation that challenges the silence. Here Rob Berkeley wishes that there was an easier answer to the ‘where are you from?’ question. “The writer trapped among a speechless people is in danger of becoming speechless himself. For then he has no mirror, no corroborations of his essential reality; and this means that he has no … Continue reading WATCH: #Speechless Series No.4 ‘No where are you really from?’
Read: Actions Speak Louder: Mike Daemon
I have experienced discrimination and intimidation first hand myself, and I know how it feels to not be able to speak up, or have someone speak up for you either. The frustration and helplessness that one feels can be very depressing. NoStringsNG is that voice for the voiceless sexual minority person in Nigeria and West Africa. Continue reading Read: Actions Speak Louder: Mike Daemon
Read: Watch This Space – The N Word Podcast
We feel as though there is a gap in media for Gay, Black, Masculine Men. According to mainstream media we just don’t exist Continue reading Read: Watch This Space – The N Word Podcast
Read: Watch this space – Karnage
Watch this space introduces new faces and new voices. This month we meet up-and-coming rapper Karnage Continue reading Read: Watch this space – Karnage
READ: Reggie Yates, Willie and me
The words of James Baldwin, my greatest literary hero constantly speak to me: Something that irritates you and won’t let you go. That’s the anguish of it. Do this book, or die. You have to go through that. Talent is insignificant. I know a lot of talented ruins. Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck, but most of all, endurance. Since I … Continue reading READ: Reggie Yates, Willie and me
READ: The Awokening of Kevin
I’ve met gay men who think they can behave in a certain way and say what they want around me, because they are dating a person of colour. Continue reading READ: The Awokening of Kevin