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Commentary
The Harlem Renaissance was as Queer as it was Black
Beginning a century ago, Black LGBTQ entertainers & writers expressed their identities freely. We have them to thank for much of our present society.
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Commentary
The revolutionaries behind the Black LGBTQ hip-hop movement
The legacy of Black gay hip-hop artists subverts old notions of hip-hop as much as affirms what hip-hop is: an outlet for disenfranchised Black youth to express our realities through art.
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Commentary
I was stopped-and-frisked 4 times during the Bloomberg administration
Mike Bloomberg’s racist and anti-LGBTQ policies as New York’s mayor disqualify him as a Democratic contender.
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Life
Tré Melvin is still the King of Black YouTube
Tré Melvin seems to be working into the next generation of quality Black art and entertainment.
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Life
BET is celebrating Black LGBTQ people with #29DaysofQueerExcellence
In addition to sharing different Black LGBTQ people each day in February, BET will also feature cast members of ‘Pose’ in a docuseries and honor Jaboukie Young-White.
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Commentary
Black history is now. I’m part of it & so are you.
Remember this Black History Month that being Black and LGBTQ is still groundbreaking in several places – even in our nation’s Capitol.
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News (USA)
Gay Civil Rights icon Bayard Rustin just got his sodomy conviction pardoned
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California pardoned Rustin, who was arrested in 1953 for having sex with men.
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News (USA)
Marsha P. Johnson is getting a state park in Brooklyn named after her
To kick off Black History Month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that he will rename a state park in honor of the activist and icon.
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LGBTQ History
This gender non-conforming blues singer was a Harlem Renaissance super star
She was famous for her bawdy performances and a chorus line of eight effeminate male dancers.
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LGBTQ History
Richard Bruce Nugent, the queer rebel of the Harlem Renaissance
The “bizarre and eccentric vagabond poet” was open about his sexuality, and then married a woman.
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LGBTQ History
Meet the Harlem Renaissance dancer who made sure lesbian history wasn’t forgotten
Harlem Renaissance dancer, domestic worker, archivist, philanthropist, early lesbian activist; in her lifetime, Mabel Hampton was many, many things.
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LGBTQ History
Welcome to the church of Sylvester. His gospel-tinged disco made us feel mighty real.
“I’m not a drag queen. I’m Sylvester.”
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LGBTQ History
This black lesbian became a giant in her field no matter what her critics threw at her
Octavia Butler wasn’t just a giant in science fiction literature, she was also a black lesbian who overcame multiple obstacles to become a bestselling author.
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LGBTQ History
This trans activist was there at the start of the modern LGBTQ movement
“I’m nothing special, I’m just one of the girls.”
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LGBTQ History
This out bisexual singer reigned as Empress of the Blues in the 1920’s
She sold more than 2 million records in the first ten months after she was signed by Columbia Records and performed on Broadway – and then the Great Depression hit.
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LGBTQ History
Over the course of 101 years, the nation’s longest-lived lesbian was always out & proud
Ruth Ellis was an out lesbian activist and a living, breathing reservoir of African-American LGBTQ history.
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LGBTQ History
This gay sculptor focused on black male beauty during the Harlem Renaissance
Richard Barthé was one of America’s best sculptors – and he didn’t shy away from his sexuality.
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LGBTQ History
In 1992, this woman became the first trans person elected to a state legislature
When the local newspaper outed her as trans, it brought an abrupt end to her political career.
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News (USA)
School forced to shut down after inviting lesbian politician to speak for Black History Month
The school closed after several groups threatened to protest and administrators worried things could get ugly.
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LGBTQ History
Meet the filmmaker who brought gay black men to television & earned the wrath of the religious right
“I was caught between these two worlds where the whites hated me, and the blacks disparaged me.”