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Category: Self care

  • Event: The Wiz @ 40 – The Category is . . .

    40 years on, this Sidney (Twelve Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon) Lumet directed, Quincy Jones produced soundtrack, with songs written by Stevie Wonder and Luther Vandross, and cast including Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Richard Pryor, and Lena Horne The WIZ is what we need right now.

  • Read: Mediocrity for all

    #BlackHistoryMonth promotes #BlackExcellence but are these expectations realistic? Don’t we also have the right to #BlackMediocrity ? Doesn’t #BlackMentalHealth require it?

  • Listen: Is Being Black and Queer bad for your health? The Report back

    In August we were pleased to work with Black Thrive to host the first in our series of Delicious Deliberations, where we gather Black LGBTQI people to break bread and share in conversations that matter, about our past, present and future. Listen to our discussions on health and wellbeing for Black LGBTQ people in Lambeth…

  • Watch: Throwback Thursdays – Catalyst @ Naz

    The project was named Catalyst as a marker of its intention to build a new generation of activists for sexual health. During the three years it was funded, the Catalyst Programme trained 20 service users per year using 4 OCN‑accredited community engagement modules

  • Watch: Diaspora download

    Being BlackOut, we wanted to be a part of the conversation at AIDS2018, to help build lasting networks among Black queer men, and to amplify voices, particularly when they have knowledge to share that is crucial for our well being.

  • Watch: Throwback Thursdays – Beyond Labels

    In 2010, BigUp@GMFA Project Manager and filmmaker, Jaime Sylla, embarked on a quest to amplify the stories of Black Gay men – the result was ‘Beyond Labels’. The film focused on testimonies from four men – Ted, Vernal, DJ and Christian – at different life stages.

  • Event: Is being Black and Queer Bad for your health?

    Delicious Deliberations is a challenging, enlivening and inspiring gathering where Black LGBTQ share our insights and experiences with each other and directly with those tasked with delivering services, supporting and/or representing us in order to improve policy, practice and outcomes for Black LGBTQ people.

  • Event: Return of the Black Yogis

    After the Pride celebrations wind down, reconnect and join the Black Yogis for an afternoon of outdoor yoga and mindfullness and a picnic in Hyde Park, London.