Category: Identity
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WELCOME TO THE BLKOUTUK BLOG
We created the BLKOUT_UK BLOG as a space for us to think, shout, show off, curse, celebrate, laugh, reflect and share. Our own space to hear and be heard, beyond the empty rhetoric of ‘representation’ or ‘clout’, Black queer men, if you’ve got something you want to say to other Black queer men, this is…
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READ: THE ROAD TO THE FUTURE
The close of 2024’s LGBTQ History Month is a good time to reflect … there remains work to do to join the dots, so that we can resist the erasure of Black folk from LGBTQ histories, and LGBTQ folk from Black histories.
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invitation to clubland
How can we create sustainable, affirming, and transformative spaces that enable us to live our best lives? AN INVITATION TO CLUBLAND is our proposal for funding and partnerships that will make space for us to connect, create and care 2024-2029
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READ: Visibility, vulnerability, and individualism (part two)
Audiences have a role to play in theatre beyond consumers, it is one of the distinguishing features of the art form. Merely noting our discomfort, using outrage to avoid facing our trauma, blaming the artist for ‘washing our dirty linen in public’, or heading for the exit and the uneasy comfort of temporary safety, feel…
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READ: KNOW YOUR PLACE?
Together with members and friends we explored the past, present and future of Black queer spaces in London, with online and in person events over LGBT+ History Month. Here’s what we learned … #makingspaceforus
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READ: RENAISSANCE? THE TIME IS NOW
When asked what obstacles exist for those seeking to create Black Queer spaces at our ‘A Place For Us?’ event last month, Akeil from Queer Bruk stated simply, ‘We have to turn up for each other’. If we believe that a Black queer renaissance is possible, it seems to be a basic requirement. Here are…
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WATCH: INVESTMENT IN US – a community accelerated
At the start of Black History Month, we are looking forward. Making history, taking action. Take 10 minutes to reflect with us on what the future could hold as we set out our vision for the future – the BLKOUT Community Accelerator