Author: blkoutuk

  • Read: Love, Hate, Violence and Us

    Hate is rightly a hot topic in our communities right now; tweets from those who should know better expressing misogyny and homophobia; dating app ‘just-a-preference’ racism, fat-shaming, femme-antagonism and HIV stigmatisation; transphobic media witch-hunts; post-Brexit increases in hate crime; and the exposure of entrenched patterns of sexual harassment in the workplace. What does this tell…

  • Read: Got your copy of Vogue yet?

    Calling out and making gestures are tools in the social justice armoury. They are less important tools though than real acts of solidarity and protest

  • Self care: Doing yoga while black

    I’m your stereotypical gay. I was never any good at sports at school. I never got picked for teams and had zero interest in playing ball. I’ve never been a gym bunny. So you wont find me at Fitness First or Virgin Active, getting pumped to fit into that too-tight tee. But I like to…

  • Work it: London’s best workspaces

    BlackOutUK is there for all of our lives. We also work! Welcome to our new series Work It from Nzube, serial entrepreneur and whizz-kid, about the world of work

  • Review: Coming out for the game

    ‘Come out, come out wherever you are’, British tabloids have dedicated yards of column inches this year exhorting gay and bisexual footballers in the English Premier League to come out. On an almost weekly basis, articles from the likes of The Apprentice mentor and West Ham vice-Chairman, Karren Brady, or out former Leeds football club…

  • Review: Basquiat – Going The Wrong Way

    When I first entered the Barbican’s Boom For Real exhibition, attendants instructed me to start upstairs first to best experience and understand Basquiat’s work. ‘Go clockwise; then come downstairs and go counter clockwise.’ More than once I moved toward pieces that spoke to me in a direction not prescribed by the curators. On these occasions…

  • Read: Treat me right

    BlackOutUK are pleased to support the ‘Treating Me Right’ campaign – helping people living with HIV to know their healthcare rights

  • #BlackGaySlay: Rev Jide Macaulay – The Price of Full Acceptance

    #BlackGaySlay: Rev Jide works with Christian and Muslim faith leaders to help them understand that scripture does not require dehumanising or discriminating against LGBTIQ people.