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CONNECTs

“When ‘I’ is replaced with ‘We’, even illness becomes wellness”
Malcolm X

EVENTS
- We host a calendar of fun, collaborative events that make space for Black queer men to connect, build supportive friendship networks, and share experiences
BLKOUTHUB app
- We pool our resources and energy to create 24/7 peer support community via the BLKOUTHUB app, our own bespoke digital space designed by and for its members
NETWORKS
- We nurture networks of mutual aid, shared learning, and enable new adventures

CREATEs

“The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions that have been hidden by the answers.“
James Baldwin

THE BLKOUT REVIEW & BLOG
- We host platforms for our ideas and insights; generating and sharing digital content by us and for us
CULTURAL MEETUPS
- We organise theatre, gallery and cinema trips, to take inspiration from arts and culture
PRODUCTION
- We co-produce performances, publications and creative events with Black queer lives at their centre that help us to imagine and realise fiercer, fairer futures

Express yourself

CAREs

“Facing the realities of our lives gives us motivation for action. For you are not powerless… You know why the hard questions must be asked. It is not altruism, it is self-preservation-survival.”
Audre Lorde

HEALING & COMMUNITY HEALTH
- We take a trauma-informed approach to health, creating opportunities for collective healing and peer support
CAMPAIGNS
- We help to build habits of solidarity among Black queer men and our communities, by sharing information and mobilising supportive action across generation, identity, and region.
LEADERSHIP
- Together, our members govern, lead, and deliver our mission in response to our concerns, hopes, and ambitions

Grow stronger, together

EVENT: VOICES @ IN MY MIND 2022 FOCUS ON THE MENTAL HEALTH OF OLDER LGBTQ+ POC

On the 7th October 2022, Antoine D Craigwell will open the 8th ‘In My Mind Conference’ on the mental health and wellness of LGBTQ+ People of Colour. This year, the focus is on older SGL people.

23 September 2022
GALLERY: PASTORAL PICNIC PLEASURES

Check out the picnic pics from last Sunday’s pastoral pleasures in London’s Regent’s Park. Beautiful People! Next Sunday our parklife continues as we celebrate at UK Black Pride. See you there!

7 August 2022
WATCH THIS SPACE: THE BLACK BOY JOY CLUB

Meet Mark from the Black Boy Joy Club. Find out more about their mission and join him for a pre picnic cookery class this Sunday in central London

27 July 2022
ENTER: TRY THE BLACK EXPERIENCE EXPERIENCE THIS AUGUST

The Black Experience is a unique summer camping experience for and by Black bi, gay and/or trans men over 25. Recognising it’s been a tough year for many they’re offering opportunities to join the fun, apply for support or enter a competition to win a 50% newbie discount

19 July 2022
EVENT: BLKOUTSIDE – SUMMER PICNIC 31 JULY

Revealed . . . the best dressed theme for our summer picnic. Get into it! Come and do it in the park with us on 31st July

13 July 2022
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

20 June 2022
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

8 June 2022
UPDATE: SHOP BLKOUT RENEWED

This Pride Month, say it with your chest! Check out the new SHOP BLKOUT and celebrate Black British Queer lives while raising funds to support BLKOUTUK’s mission #makingspaceforus

8 June 2022

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