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‘Black Lightning’ finally brings Black queer radical politics to the super...
By Janelle Anise Williams “Are you ready for a Black Lesbian superhero?” This is what Black Lightning star Nafessa Williams tweeted out to fans one weekend before the show in question premiered on the...
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How the “Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act” (FOSTA) is a huge win for human...
By bae_blade Three years ago I was supporting myself primarily through sex work. Up until that point I had been comfortably pulling 35k and was able to invest most of my time in creative and academic...
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What’s socially desirable influences our friendships too, and that’s a problem
By Hess Stinson If you a bad girl and your friends bad too, that’s not a coincidence. It’s not uncommon for people to use their friends to boost their social capital and bragging rights, or to curate...
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Looking for the dirt in ‘Dirty Computer’: Why Janelle Monae’s latest isn’t...
By Vernon Jordan, III I remember a time when I knew who I was, and knew who I wanted to be, without having the verbal language for it. I was three, four and five, trying to Moonwalk along with Michael...
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“We’ve never been this close”: Why I needed to capture Black brotherly...
Filmmaker Emir Fils-Aime and Music Producer Anthony Avery photographed by Gioncarlo Valentine. “Black men loving Black men is THE revolutionary act.” – Marlon Riggs Gioncarlo A few months ago I asked...
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When men dispose of other men who are violent, we avoid accountability
By Daniel Johnson Scholar Henry A. Giroux’s work Stormy Weather: Hurricane Katrina and the Politics of Disposability positions disposability politics strictly as it relates to those who were seen as...
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I wanted to stop suffering like Jamel Myles. Here’s what I learned about...
By Nickolas Gaines Content Note: Suicide, homophobia, bullying The first time I attempted suicide, I was a high school freshman. An email circulated around my friend group that said I was gay, and it...
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There’s a Black queer dude swinging at white people by my job and I’m losing...
By M.L. Thompson Last summer when my depression was really taking hold, I went to lunch one afternoon and was stopped along the way. There is a Black queer man swinging punches on the corner by my job....
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For all the poor Black kids who become prey for rich white liberals
By Kejhonti Neloms The most evil man I personally know is an older white gay liberal who lives in Louisville, Kentucky. He has a house on Ashland, just south of the University of Louisville. But I bet...
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When liberal orgs tell QTPOC to “bring your full self to work,” it’s a lie. I...
By Kay Martinez I’m Afro-Latinx, gender non-conforming, 33, they/them. I was the first Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion at Mazzoni Center. My hire made me the first trans person and Queer or...
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