Category: Identity
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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.
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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…
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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
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Read: Watch This Space Martin Patrick
Life doesn’t exist if there are no words to recount what truthfully happened to us.
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#BlackOutUKfundamentals
At the end of my post yesterday On Moonlight and Reading Critical Reviews I assert the importance of reading Black gay writers and how the words I read take on a different meaning when I believe the writer possesses a meaningful awareness of my perspective. Is this true for you? Let see! Over the next month BlackOut…
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Read: Born this way? My gay age
I was born this way, but I didn’t always know it. . .My gay age starts; my gay birth if you will; from when I began to accept my sexual identity more deeply; when I began a more complex negotiation and linkage of what I desired sexually and my role in society.
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Read: Thrice as Good
Do I feel that I have to work harder and smarter than not only our white peers but also our straight peers, to be considered merely good enough? Do we actually have to be thrice as good
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Read: Actions Speak Louder: Mikael Owunna
Find out more about the Limit(less) project on the fashion and style of the LGBTQ African diaspora by @owningmytruth #actionsspeaklouder