READ: YES, WE ARE BEING GASLIT – WE’RE WINNING THE ARGUMENT
Of course, you are being gaslit. That it is so obvious is how we know we are winning. Calling it out is crucial, but remember, it’s not the work. Luxuriating in the glow of being right, is the MSG of progress; eating without satiating hunger. This is a battle for control of our imaginations, our ability to make meaning collectively and individually in response to our experiences, to disrupt the world as it is and create the world as we need it to be. Continue reading READ: YES, WE ARE BEING GASLIT – WE’RE WINNING THE ARGUMENT
READ: invisible men?
There is much work to be done beyond census 2021 in making the data that we already share about ourselves more transparent to us – particularly as use of AI enables more targeted commercial and public services. The quality and quantity of data is likely to become an even more contested arena for discussion of justice. Continue reading READ: invisible men?
PLEDGE: PEARL’S RETURN
Pearl’s Return; a recyclable, popup event, art, and social club – reviving a lost Black gay bar from 1970s Brixton, to create a networked destination for expression, connections, and Black LGBTQ+ joy Continue reading PLEDGE: PEARL’S RETURN
READ: IN SOLIDARITY
In solidarity: Revd Jarel Robinson @blkoutuk, @HouseofRainbow We are individuals and organisations who hold the interests of our Black LGBTQ siblings dear to our hearts. To whom it may concern . . . This week we have seen the best of us – exemplified by the late Captain Sir Tom Moore, and the worst of us in those who would take any and every opportunity, … Continue reading READ: IN SOLIDARITY
READ: COVID-19, the racist!
Later today (Sun 6th Dec) we launch our new regular event format – A S S E M B L Y
Join us for an engaging, action-focused review of UK based, Black heritage and history interventions, and where our Black queer lives – starting at 6pm
ONLINE EVENT: BLACK HISTORY MONTH – THE STORIES NOT CHOSEN
Join us for informal, lively discussions, focused debate, chat, and connection. Join us where Black Queer experiences move from the margins to centre stage (without apology).
Register today Continue reading ONLINE EVENT: BLACK HISTORY MONTH – THE STORIES NOT CHOSEN
Read: We’re all Black Queer Men now
New, community-led research report from BLKOUT_UK, the Black queer men’s collective, presents the results of a ground-breaking research project Continue reading Read: We’re all Black Queer Men now
COMPETE: THE BLKOUT BLACK HISTORY MONTH QUIZ 2020
It’s Not Black History Month if it doesn’t include Black Queer folk . . .Did you think there wouldn’t be a test? There’s always a test! Continue reading COMPETE: THE BLKOUT BLACK HISTORY MONTH QUIZ 2020
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REPORT: IN THE PICTURE
CLICK COVER TO READ THE REPORT Continue reading REPORT: IN THE PICTURE
launch: WE_ARE_BLKOUT
BLKOUT_UK has come out of the quiet, forming networks for voice, resilience, and joy – building a new kind of community among those too often let down by communities. Look out for our latest research ‘In The Picture’ published later this week Continue reading launch: WE_ARE_BLKOUT
Read: UK Black Pride – A deeper love
Having sampled the taste for collective, community ownership at UK Black Pride, the last decade has witnessed Black and minority ethnic queer communities start to take ownership in other spaces and reach for more ambitious goals. UK Black Pride has been instrumental in that change. Continue reading Read: UK Black Pride – A deeper love
Long Read: Out of Place, Again?
In this provocative discussion paper, Rob Berkeley argues that a too-simplistic definition of community as ‘place’ or neighbourhood serves to perpetuate exclusion and inequality for minority communities – including Black queer men Continue reading Long Read: Out of Place, Again?