Author: blkoutuk
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event: It’s Brunch . . . pitches – 3
If you would like to contribute by performing, or leading a skills, development or arts workshop, here’s your chance!, Send us your pitch for the last Sunday in September, October and November
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LISTEN: NOT QUITE Pearl’s MIXTAPE
A warm-up selection of those who DIDN’T make the cut Any surprises?
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ACTION: Pearl’s Return – Partner Preview
Can you help? If you can see possibilities for partnership, or are able to offer your services (as an individual or organisation) to making the events the best they can be, please use the form below to contact Rob to discuss. If you would like to volunteer to act as a steward, do a shift…
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Read: they don’t know about us
For IDAHOBIT today, here are some ways you could fill in the knowledge gaps about us, better data would give campaigners a stronger platform for change
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WATCH THIS SPACE: LLOYD YOUNG & ‘THE BLACK EXPERIENCE’
BLKOUT: Welcome to BLKOUT_UK. Tell our readers who you are LLOYD: I’m Lloyd. I’m a 56 year old Black gay man BLKOUT: Where are you from? LLOYD: I was born in Islington, North London . . . My parents originate from Jamaica. They arrived in the UK in the early 1950s – they’re from the…
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READ: YES, WE ARE BEING GASLIT – WE’RE WINNING THE ARGUMENT
Of course, you are being gaslit. That it is so obvious is how we know we are winning. Calling it out is crucial, but remember, it’s not the work. Luxuriating in the glow of being right, is the MSG of progress; eating without satiating hunger. This is a battle for control of our imaginations, our…
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READ: invisible men?
There is much work to be done beyond census 2021 in making the data that we already share about ourselves more transparent to us – particularly as use of AI enables more targeted commercial and public services. The quality and quantity of data is likely to become an even more contested arena for discussion of…
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PLEDGE: PEARL’S RETURN
Pearl’s Return; a recyclable, popup event, art, and social club – reviving a lost Black gay bar from 1970s Brixton, to create a networked destination for expression, connections, and Black LGBTQ+ joy