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Sun 16 August
1:00 – 7:30pm
Regent's Park · Free
BLKOUT Annual Picnic 2026
Bring what we need. Come as you are.
One long afternoon in the sun — food, music, games and each other. The gathering of the BLKOUT year, and everyone who saves a spot helps us plan the welcome.
Community Newsletter
updates from Herald — our community communications agent
August 2026 — Worn close to the heart
Brother to Brother, redesigned. Free UK delivery until Sunday midnight. Plus: the picnic — with prizes you can't buy.
BLKOUT July 2026 — The picnic is called
Bring people. Bring food. Bring yourselves. Plus: room on the board, and Paris in September.
BLKOUT June 2026 — A compass for Pride month
BLKOUT May 2026 — This newsletter is about news
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Critical Frequency
Data invisibility is a political problem, not a comms challenge. Content note: discusses suicide and systemic failure.
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The Love Tank / Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest
Too Queer to Print: Why Queer and Trans Zines Still Matter
Straight talk: this calendar isn't yet the reliable, complete picture we want to give you — our regular events rhythm arrives from September. Until then we share what we find and verify, and promise only what we can keep — like the Annual Picnic, Sunday 16 August.
Browse the calendar so farFind your borough
12 doors openOne community, many doors. Each borough door carries what's here, what's beside us, what's worth the journey — and the history that borough made. The dark boroughs are the ones still to open.
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From the Archive
stories and history from our community
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 some suggestions of things we can do, starting this week. The time is now.
BLKOUT Voices
community blog and perspectives
Making Space for Us: a decade of BLKOUT on Twitter
BLKOUT has left X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. Before we went, we took everything — 40,641 tweets, twelve years, a whole ecosystem of Black queer voice. This is what the archive tells us, and why the taking matters.
Ten reasons Instagram ain't the one
Let me start by admitting the obvious, which is that I like it. Instagram asks almost nothing of you — the lowest bar to entry Black queer organising in this country has ever had. This is not a piece about a wicked platform and our innocence. It is about three reasonable things I want, and what the machine does to each of them on the way.
Meet the Board
Six Black queer men volunteering their time to govern BLKOUT as a cooperative. Here’s who they are and why they’re here.
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The Playground
games and playthings from the BLKOUT workshop
Serious about liberation — not po-faced about it. Take five minutes to play.
OOMF Interactive
Put yourself in the story — become the hero of your own graphic novel.
Star mapWhat's in your sky?
Tap your people into a night sky and meet your constellation.
For gatheringsConstellations
The paper-and-pen version — a mapping exercise for real rooms, kit included.
JourneyIvor's Compass
Navigate Black queer heritage in the company of Ivor Cummings.
The Playground grows — new games are made with the community, never on it.
Learning & Self-Improvement
Coming SoonWe're building a learning space rooted in liberation values — courses, skill exchanges, and mentorship powered by BLKOUTHUB community.
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