Category: Events

  • Event: ties that bind

    Event: ties that bind

    IWD2019 reminded us of the amazing women in our communities and how rarely we make time to speak with each other. The result: Revolutionary Hope – The Ties that Bind – An evening of Black women & Black queer men in conversation (May 2019)

  • Rated: March 2019

    Each month, Rated lists our favourites: the must-sees, must-be-seen-ats, have-you-reads, ins and outs, and up and downs for your diaries March 2019 Something . . . Or go check out the semi-final games in the London Unity League Cup on the 10th. East End Phoenix take on league leaders, Soho FC, while in the other…

  • Read: Remembering Pasuka; celebrating us

    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

  • Read: Excited, Nervous, yet Proud

    When BlackOut asked me to give the inaugural Berto Pasuka Lecture this Friday (15th Feb) I couldn’t say no!

  • Read: Pasuka who? Black, Queer, British and visible

    This LGBT History Month we decided that it was high time to identify and celebrate more of the Black Queer people who have made a difference in the UK. We came across the life story of Berto Pasuka and we were hooked.

  • Rated: Feb 2019

    Feb 2019 Each month on Rated we list our favourites: must-sees, must-be seen at, have-you-reads, ins and outs and up and downs for the coming month

  • Event: Soul BlackOut ‘Tis the Season Sat 22 Dec

    It’s been way too long since we hung out together. Since Christmas is a time for family, we look forward to seeing you there from 8pm.

  • Event: The Wiz @ 40 – The Category is . . .

    40 years on, this Sidney (Twelve Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon) Lumet directed, Quincy Jones produced soundtrack, with songs written by Stevie Wonder and Luther Vandross, and cast including Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Richard Pryor, and Lena Horne The WIZ is what we need right now.