Category: History

  • Read: We’re all Black Queer Men now

    New, community-led research report from BLKOUT_UK, the Black queer men’s collective, presents the results of a ground-breaking research project

  • COMPETE: THE BLKOUT BLACK HISTORY MONTH QUIZ 2020

    It’s Not Black History Month if it doesn’t include Black Queer folk . . .Did you think there wouldn’t be a test? There’s always a test!

  • VIDEO: can we talk?

    “Selfie-obsessed, avocado toast-chomping, snowflake!” “Property-hoarding, climate-change complacent, bed-blocker!” “Read a book!” “OK. Boomer!” The combination of ever-increasing speed in technological change, rising life expectancy, a period of relative economic stability, the hard-fought-for (yet still unfinished) liberation struggles, the loosening of traditional, restrictive social ties (for many), and the decline of social mobility, means that it…

  • read: windrush – a collection saved (part 2): wisdom shared

    A ‘lost’ collection of photographs stirred deep emotions and memories for Dirg. Dirg’s father, John A. Richards, also in reflective mood shares his 1st poem ‘Keep a check on your ledger’. Written when we was 93 years old.