Author: blkoutuk

  • Apply: Your voices, your platform

    We are excited to announce our latest initiative – Project BlackoutUK London, a unique opportunity to build connections with a diverse group of black queer/gay/bi/sgl creative men in London, create a shared platform for your voices, build your skills, knowledge, profile and networks, and develop a new way of building communities in which black queer…

  • BlackOut UK Lounge Launched in Brixton!

    On Friday 7th July, we gathered Upstairs at the Ritzy in Brixton to party, to celebrate Pride and to launch the BlackOut Lounge.

  • Read: PrEP Now

    Read: PrEP Now

    Black gay men’s sex lives are much more than a NHS statistic or risk category. We deserve to make choices for free, healthy, fulfilling sex lives. There are educational and medical tools that may help some make this a reality. We want PrEP. . . Now

  • Taking stock

    Taking stock

    6 months since our launch, what do you think of BlackoutUK? Get in contact, let us know

  • Read: F**king Racists

    Read: F**king Racists

    How do we deal with the fear that we’re f**king racists, and how do we deal with the reality?

  • Read: Righting Reflex

    Read: Righting Reflex

    If signs of racism stare us in the face and we are unable to recognise them we are lost as Black gay men.

  • Read: Vigilant as not to be erased!

    Read: Vigilant as not to be erased!

    On the 30th Anniversary of his death Baldwin’s words punch and echo with powerful contemporary relevance.  A renewed public interest sees a campaign where celebrities urge the public to Know Your Baldwin. Led by Samuel L. Jackson, Lupita Nyong’o, Ashton Sanders (of Moonlight fame) and others contribute to a short video where each take turn to emphatically articulate…

  • Write: What James Baldwin means to you?

    Write: What James Baldwin means to you?

    We Know Our Baldwin and we know that Baldwin was not only unapologetically Black, he was also unapologetically Queer