Category: Our Stories
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Read: I won’t settle for Gary and his cats
I’m tired of trying to fit in. I am who I am. A strong, independent, picky head black man.
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READ: T.W.B. Travelling While Black: Israel!
As a Black man I certainly experience being stared at when traveling; part of being a Black tourist particularly when one chooses to visit countries with small Black populations and a limited history of multiculturalism
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WATCH: #Speechless Series No.2 Coming out to What?
The #SpeechlessSeries is a space for BlackoutUK contributors to provoke a conversation that challenges the silence. Here Rob Berkeley shares his story and argues that encouraging people to come out is not enough – coming out to what? “The writer trapped among a speechless people is in danger of becoming speechless himself. For then…
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READ: Reggie Yates, Willie and me
The words of James Baldwin, my greatest literary hero constantly speak to me: Something that irritates you and won’t let you go. That’s the anguish of it. Do this book, or die. You have to go through that. Talent is insignificant. I know a lot of talented ruins. Beyond talent lie all the usual words:…
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READ: It rained on our parade
Rev Jide Macaulay’s eye-witness account of police brutality, fear and LGBT resilience in Uganda
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READ: The Awokening of Kevin
I’ve met gay men who think they can behave in a certain way and say what they want around me, because they are dating a person of colour.