Category: Inspiration
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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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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: 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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EVENT: A Place for Us? Black, Queer, Where?
What is it that we pass along to them or do they, too, need to start from scratch? Joseph Beam, Making Ourselves From Scratch, Brother To Brother Sexile is the latest descriptor I have seen for the phenomenon. The enduring attraction of the city to the ready-to-cross-boundaries queer person. There are versions of this story…
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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
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Long Read: Counted As Warriors?
50 Years of Gay Pride matched by 50 years of failure among movements for racial justice in the UK to see that none of us are free until we are all free
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CELEBRATE: ARISE SIR ISAAC
Congratulations, Sir Isaac Julien! Well deserved recognition of your contribution to film and visual arts, thank you for the ongoing inspiration