A couple hundred people participated in the All Black Lives Matter march through downtown Sacramento on Saturday, June 20, 2020, organized by the coalition for All Black Lives to bring attention to black LGBTQ issues during pride month.

Video by: Jason Pierce

READ MORE: https://bit.ly/2Y4s9eL

More from The Sacramento Bee:
Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2taRLFR
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sacbee_news
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sacramentobee
Website: https://www.sacbee.com
Digital news subscription: https://bit.ly/2uu9SYs

Guest Michael Arceneaux discusses the struggles and structural oppression Black LGBTQ men face in society.

#BlackCoffeeLive #MichaelArceneaux

SUBSCRIBE to #BET NOW! ►► http://bit.ly/1U0v9xG

Download the BET NOW app for full episodes of your favorite BET shows and exclusive content!

Connect with BET
Web: http://www.BET.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BET
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/BET
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/BET
Google+: http://www.bet.us/gplusBET

Black bookish pouch/company: https://blknbkish.threadless.com

Come Find Me:
🔱 My 2nd (fashion) Channel: https://youtu.be/CPGbT0qfKAM
🔱 IG: bowtiesandbooks:
https://www.instagram.com/bowtiesandb...
🔱 Twitter: BowtiesBooks:
https://twitter.com/bowtiesbooks
🔱 Email:
Jessesbowtiesandbooks@gmail.com
🔱 GR: bowtiesandbooks
🔱 Non-binary Book Club IG:
https://www.instagram.com/enbybookclub/
🔱 Amazon Wishlist:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls...

Songs Used:

Track: Ellis - Clear My Head [NCS Release]
Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds.
Watch: https://youtu.be/H81DzDMdCLI
Free Download / Stream: http://ncs.io/ClearMyHeadYO

Track: Ellis - Ellis - Clear My Head (AFISHAL Remix) [NCS Release]
Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds.
Watch: https://youtu.be/s2R0WaLOGmA
Free Download / Stream: http://ncs.io/ClearMyHeadYO


► Music Credit: LAKEY INSPIRED
Track Name: "Better Days"
Music By: LAKEY INSPIRED @ https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired
Original upload HERE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXLzv...
Official "LAKEY INSPIRED" YouTube Channel HERE - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOmy...
License for commercial use: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported "Share Alike" (CC BY-SA 3.0)

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — The Shreveport LGBTQ+ community marched from The Korner Lounge to the Caddo Courthouse Sunday afternoon for trans lives in conjunction with 45 Days of Action Shreveport.

In honor of Tony McDade, a black trans man recently killed by police, we: @Francina Simone @myonna reads @The Novel Lush will be hosting a 48 hour Queer Blackathon beginning on Juneteenth/June 19th! If you're not familiar with the history of Juneteenth please take a second to google and self educate as its very important.

Books Featured
Sawkill Girls - Claire LeGrand
All Boys Aren't Blue - George Johnson
Homie - Danez Smith
Freshwater - Akwaeke Emezi
Pet - Akwaeke Emezi
The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern
The Wicked and the Divine - comic
Motorcrush - comic
Patsy - Nicole Dennis Benn
The Broken Earth Trilogy - NK Jemisin
The Deep - Rivers Solomon
I Wish You All the Best - Mason Deaver
The Stars and the Blackness Between Them - Junauda Petrus

I forgot to include that I'm going to try and read Black Flamingo for this too! Its about a black queer teen who becomes a drag queen! HAPPY PRIDE

Come Find Me:
🔱 My 2nd (fashion) Channel: https://youtu.be/CPGbT0qfKAM
🔱 IG: bowtiesandbooks:
https://www.instagram.com/bowtiesandb...
🔱 Twitter: BowtiesBooks:
https://twitter.com/bowtiesbooks
🔱 Email:
Jessesbowtiesandbooks@gmail.com
🔱 GR: bowtiesandbooks
🔱 Non-binary Book Club IG:
https://www.instagram.com/enbybookclub/
🔱 Amazon Wishlist:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wish....list/ls/33KQCRIT4LP7

Songs Used:

► Music Credit: LAKEY INSPIRED
Track Name: "Better Days"
Music By: LAKEY INSPIRED @ https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired
Original upload HERE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXLzv...
Official "LAKEY INSPIRED" YouTube Channel HERE - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOmy...
License for commercial use: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported "Share Alike" (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Loved learning about these people, can't wait to learn about who you love - comment below with YOUR favorite black LGBTQ+ activists!
Join our Twitter family: http://twitter.com/tyleroakley
Come to YouTuber Summer Camp: http://gocamp17.com

Learn more about the black LGBTQ+ activists I talked about:

Bayard Rustin
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa....n-americans-many-riv
http://www.biography.com/peopl....e/bayard-rustin-9467

Audre Lorde
https://poets.org/poetsorg/poet/audre-lorde
https://www.poetryfoundation.o....rg/poems-and-poets/p

James Baldwin
https://www.washingtonpost.com..../posteverything/wp/2
http://www.biography.com/peopl....e/james-baldwin-9196

Marsha P Johnson
http://outhistory.org/exhibits..../show/tgi-bios/marsh
https://mic.com/articles/12125....6/meet-marsha-p-john
http://www.theradicalnotion.co....m/10-things-to-know-

Ruth Ellis
http://lgbthistorymonth.com/ru....th-ellis?tab=biograp
http://www.utne.com/Politics/R....uth-Ellis-Americas-O
http://www.pridesource.com/art....icle.html?article=63

Keith Boykin
http://keithboykin.com/bio
http://lgbthistorymonth.com/ww....w/keith-boykin?tab=b

E. Denise Simmons
http://www.blackpast.org/aah/simmons-denise-e

Lorraine Hansberry
http://www.biography.com/peopl....e/lorraine-hansberry
http://outhistory.org/exhibits..../show/lorraine-hansb

Must follow people on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/kat_blaque
https://twitter.com/Lavernecox
https://twitter.com/Terr
https://twitter.com/BroderickGreer
https://twitter.com/RaquelWillis_
https://twitter.com/kingsleyyy
https://twitter.com/iSmashFizzle
https://twitter.com/ira
https://twitter.com/FeministaJones
https://twitter.com/janetmock
https://twitter.com/deray

YouTube creators who inspire me:
https://www.youtube.com/user/TransDIYer
https://www.youtube.com/user/ThisIsACommentary
https://www.youtube.com/user/MilesJaiProductions
https://www.youtube.com/user/ItsKingsleyBitch
https://www.youtube.com/user/hartbeat

Binge (book): http://amazon.com/dp/1501117696
Snervous (documentary): http://bit.ly/SnervousiTunes
Psychobabble (podcast): http://itunes.com/psychobabble

Find Tyler:
Snapchat: snaptyleroakley
Videos: http://youtube.com/tyleroakley
Bonus Videos: http://youtube.com/extratyler
Twitter: http://twitter.com/tyleroakley
Tumblr: http://tyleroakley.tumblr.com
Facebook: http://facebook.com/thetyleroakley
T-Shirts: http://districtlines.com/tyleroakley
Instagram: http://instagram.com/tyleroakley
Business inquiries: lisa@bigfra.me

Brandy, a high school senior, comes to terms with her sexuality when she decides what she’ll wear to the prom.

A selection of Short of the Week, the web's leading curators of quality short films.

SUBMIT A FILM: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/submit/
FULL REVIEW: https://www.shortoftheweek.com..../2021/05/13/suitable

Subscribe to S/W on YouTube!
Website: http://www.shortoftheweek.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ShortoftheWeek
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shortoftheweek
Twitter: https://twitter.com/shortoftheweek

Suitable
Directed by Thembi L Banks
thembibanks.com

"true American tradition, prom is perhaps one of the most anticipated nights in a young person’s high school experience. Considered a rite of passage, prom is a teenager’s last hurrah to their grade school days and a chance for teens to show their true colors. Perhaps I am a little bit romantic about it – I did grow up watching John Hughes films – but prom is the quintessential coming-of-age setting for any end to a great young adult story. A true fan of the drama, Thembi Banks’ Suitable was an easy film to fall in love with.

Inspired by writer Rochee Jeffrey’s childhood admiration of Grace Jones, Suitable orbits around Brandy (grippingly performed by Kelli Jordan), a high school senior who comes to terms with her sexuality when deciding what she’ll wear to the prom. While the premise of the film seems simple enough to follow, Banks’ exploration of femininity, girlhood, and Black identity is thought-provoking and feels deeply personal.

A critique about American culture that shatters patriarchal constructs, Banks wanted to tell a story that would “represent young Black women who struggle with identity issues and the ability to love themselves”. The story itself is incredibly nuanced and opens a conversation about assumptions within the cisgender and LGBTQ communities alike, while leaving us with a wonderful message about love, self-affirmation, and acceptance. If you were looking for a feel-good film, Suitable is a must-watch.

Banks’ colorful and stylish approach is in part thanks to cinematographer Dennis Zanatta, who constructed magical neon daydream sequences, inspired by the likes of Moonlight and Girlhood. But much of the magic also comes from the wardrobes and soundtrack. Hip hop and R&B is a big part of the narrative – and why wouldn’t it be? In high school, music is one of the first things that young people relate to as they experience deep emotions for the first time.

A Sundance alum with her short film Baldwin Beauty, Banks’ Suitable was one of six projects developed and partially funded by Film Independent’s Project Involve Program (which also gave us Lulu Wang’s Touch) and had a strong festival run, playing at the American Black Film Festival and more, before being released online." - S/W Curator Chelsea Lupkin

Director: Thembi Banks
Writer: Rochée Jeffrey
Stars: Kelli Jordan, Tiffany Tenille, Derick Anthony
Director of Photography: Dennis Zanatta

Reproduced on this channel with the permission of the filmmakers.

This edition of the Many Voices visibility campaign is raising awareness of the need to foster accepting and welcoming campus environments for black LGBTQ students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

"To be visible. To be vocal. To refuse to be silent. To refuse to be silenced and to amplify stories from LGBTQ people of color." - Darian Aaron

WHAT IS YOUR ROLE? That's what the Atticus Investigates team, Reporter Matt Pearl and Digital Journalist LaPorsche Thomas asked nearly two dozen people regarding the conversation around race in America. This presentation and playlist offer voices from across the country -- from people of different ages, races, and backgrounds. The range of responses reflects a society grappling with its self-image as a land of liberty and the sense felt by so many that they're denied it.

Full story here: https://bit.ly/3eylZbJ

A dance party was held at Revolution Hall in Southeast Portland on Tuesday in celebration of the LGBTQ community.

SPEAKERS

Kylar W. Broadus (he/him) is a Black man of trans experience who has been a pioneer in the movement as an attorney, longtime activist, public speaker, author and professor. He is the founder of the Trans People of Color Coalition (TPOCC) run by Brenden Watts. Broadus was honored to stand with President Obama as Obama signed the Executive Order adding protections for millions of workers in 2014. In 2012, he was the first trans person to testify before the United States Senate on the subject of employment protection. Kylar serves on many boards. He has extensive experience in training and education and spends his time doing mostly diversity, equity and inclusion work and public speaking. He has received many awards, including the Trans Trailblazer Award by the LGBT Bar Association of Los Angeles in 2019 and the 2018 Gentleman of Excellence Award by the Gentlemen’s Foundation of Atlanta. The Advocate has recognized Broadus as one of “25 Legal Advocates Fighting for Trans Rights.”

Bryce J. Celotto (he/him) (moderator) is a Black, queer, transmasculine policy advocate, educator, facilitator and writer. Bryce has almost a decade of experience working at the intersections of race, class, sexuality and gender in education, social change movements and politics. Bryce has expertise in education equity, progressive policy, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives, Civil Rights history, and LGBTQ advocacy. He also has experience working on political campaigns and crafting messaging for political causes. He has worked at nationally recognized LGBTQ organizations such as the National LGBTQ Task Force and the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network (GLSEN) where he advanced inclusive non-discrimination and anti-bullying policy at the local, state and federal level. He developed strong leadership skills while serving as a board member at the National Center For Transgender Equality, TransLaw, and the Massachusetts Commission for LGBTQ Youth.

Krü Maekdo (pronounced “make-do”) (she/her) is a multimedia artist known for her work as an archivist with the Black Lesbian Archives, an ongoing archival herstory project that aims to uplift the voices of Black lesbians and to educate, preserve and bridge intergenerational gaps between communities. She is a kosmic rootwork astrologist at Aranae Storm and is the chief executive officer CEO of Maekdo Productions, a multimedia production company producing media and event programming that serves women’s arts, community and culture in the LGBTQ community.

Crystal Mason (they/them) is an activist, artist, mediator and Managing Director of Queer Rebels Productions working hard to lift up QTPoC voices and centering our dreams, hopes and desires.

Preston Mitchum (he/him) is a Black and queer civil rights advocate, writer and public speaker who uses critical thinking and intersectionality in his writing and analyses. He brings both legal and policy experience to his role as the director of policy of URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity. In this capacity Preston shapes state and federal strategies and policies that center the voices and leadership of young people in the South and Midwest. Prior to joining URGE, Preston served as senior legal and international policy analyst with Advocates for Youth. Preston is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center teaching LGBTQ Health Law and Policy, is the co-chair of the board of directors for the Collective Action for Safe Spaces and was also the first openly LGBTQ chair of the Washington Bar Association Young Lawyers Division.

Toni Newman (she/her) is a consultant for the Transgender Strategy Center based in Los Angeles. Toni is a 1985 graduate of Wake Forest University and current J.D. candidate. She was formerly the executive director for St. James Infirmary; the development director for Maitri Compassionate Care, an HIV/AIDS hospice in San Francisco; and the interim director of development and communications at the To Help Everyone Health and Wellness Center in Los Angeles.

Imani Rupert-Gordon (she/her) is a longtime movement leader and advocate for LGBTQ people of color. She currently serves as the executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights. Previously, she served as the executive director of Affinity Community Services, the nation’s oldest social-justice organization serving the needs of Black LGBTQ people with a particular focus on Black women. She also served as the director of the Broadway Youth Center, a division of Howard Brown Health in Chicago, which has served more than 1,500 LGBTQ youths experiencing homelessness and housing instability. Rupert-Gordon has been widely recognized for her visionary leadership in the LGBTQ community. Most recently, the Illinois Human Rights Commission presented her with its 2019 Activism Award.

The group spoke about the intersection of Black and LGBTQ communities.

In this #NEDAConnections, we talk with up-and-coming R&B Singer/Songwriter, Jada Michaels, about her experience as a plus size, LGBTQ, and black woman in the music industry.

A new web-based app is collecting shared information about businesses and services where Black LGBTQ members can access safely.

LGBTQ people face an incarceration rate that is roughly three times higher than the general incarceration rate, according to data compiled by the Williams Institute. And the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey reported that Black transgender women were incarcerated approximately at a rate ten times that of the general population. In the latest episode of #AuthenticVoicesOfPride presented by Chevy, LGBTQ Nation follows Dominique Morgan, the Executive Director of Black and Pink National. She knows these issues on a personal level – and that’s why she’s fighting for her community.

Senior Attorney at Lambda Legal Richard Saenz joins the conversation to discuss how LGBTQ people living with HIV are impacted by the justice system

Chevrolet is matching donations to Lambda Legal up to $25,000. For almost 50 years, Lambda Legal has been a major force in affecting social change through our public policy and impact litigation work on behalf of the LGBTQ community and everyone living with HIV. We are winning new protections for the most vulnerable in our community including people of color, people living with HIV, seniors, trans/GNC people, and youth. We are defending our community from attacks designed to roll back our rights.

Donate here:
https://support.lambdalegal.org/site/Donation2?df_id=9841&mfc_pref=T&9841.donation=form1

Toronto’s LGBTQ community is demanding answers after a Black trans woman died while in the care of police. Melissa Nakhavoly on the growing concerns over how police handle investigations involving people in crisis from marginalized communities.

A conversation on the intersections of Black, gay, and trans identities and the legacy and work of the Black artists within both the Black Lives Matter movement and the LGBTQ rights movement.

Recorded during a live event on October 15, 2020. Closed Captioned.

Panelists:

§ Charles Stephens (Moderator), Founder of The Counter Narrative Project
§ E. Patrick Johnson, Dean of the School of Communication and the Carolos Montezuma Professor of Performance Studies and African American Studies at Northwestern University as well as a performing artist, author of Sweet Tea
§ Nathan Yunerberg, Playwright and Author of Holes in My Identity
§ Taylor Alxdr, Musician, Drag Performer and Community Activist
§ Trevor Perry, Actor

Part of Hands Up Atlanta: Art and Activism, a series of conversations exploring the role of artistic expression as an activist tool to ignite dialogue, reflection, and civic participation around critical issues affecting Black lives, specifically in Atlanta and the South.

In Partnership with The Counter Narrative Project

Love is in the air, and these LGBTQ couples are ready to find out how much they truly know about each other.

Cocoa Butter
Your destination for Black culture and entertainment. We are timely, relevant, connected a moving at the speed of culture. Join the community. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/cocoabutter

GET MORE BUZZFEED:
https://www.buzzfeed.com
https://www.buzzfeed.com/videos
https://www.youtube.com/buzzfeedvideo
https://www.youtube.com/asis
https://www.youtube.com/buzzfeedmultiplayer
https://www.youtube.com/buzzfeedunsolvednetwork
http://youtube.com/buzzfeedceleb
https://www.youtube.com/perolike
https://www.youtube.com/buzzfeedviolet
https://www.youtube.com/goodful
https://www.youtube.com/nifty
https://www.youtube.com/buzzfeedtasty
https://www.youtube.com/bringme
https://www.youtube.com/c/CocoaButter
https://www.youtube.com/abouttoeat

Credits: https://www.buzzfeed.com/bfmp/videos/130208
MUSIC

Licensed via Audio Network
SFX Provided By AudioBlocks
(https://www.audioblocks.com)


VIDEO
Pride March Posters. Signs in support of equality and solidarity
vasilchenko/Getty Images

EXTERNAL CREDITS
Paola M Montelongo

+
Leonard Williams

+
Jonathon Lee Jordan

+
Ericka Glenn

https://www.youtube.com/c/cocoa-butter

The LGBTQ community took part in protests on the ninth consecutive day of protests at the Country Club Plaza.

Why this LGBTQ-Inclusive barbershop is so important to its Crown Heights community.

Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News

Check out VICE News for more: http://vicenews.com

Follow VICE News here:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vicenews
Twitter: https://twitter.com/vicenews
Tumblr: http://vicenews.tumblr.com/
Instagram: http://instagram.com/vicenews
More videos from the VICE network: https://www.fb.com/vicevideo