“The Black Lives Matter Movement I think is a real inspiration for what could be a reinvigorated Gay Rights or LGBTQ Movement.” –Katherine Franke

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BRIC TV, in collaboration with Housing Works, hosted a live televised #BHeard Town Hall on LGBTQ civil rights. In light of the events in Orlando, the goal of the conversation was to craft a collective vision on the issues of discrimination, housing, healthcare and, most importantly, safety within the LGBTQ community.

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Ritchie Torres- New York City Council Member, District 15 (Bronx)
Kiara St. James- Housing Works and New York Trans Advocacy Group (NYTAG)
Meredith Talusan- LGBT Staff Writer at Buzzfeed News
Carl Siciliano-Executive Director of The Ali Forney Center
Professor Katherine Franke- Director, Columbia University Center for Gender & Sexuality Law

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The Nominees For Best Black Gay Series Are...

Finding Me: The Series - (Directed By: Roger S. Omeus Jr.)
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FreeFall - (Directed By: Lamont Pierre)
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No Shade - (Directed By: Sean Anthony)
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The Chadwick Journals - (Directed By: Deondray Gossett And Quincy Lenear)
http://youtu.be/zMk1C7SCneA

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Watch NCLR's virtual event to highlight poverty in the Black LGBTQ community and to honor the lives of Black and poor LGBTQ people who remain resilient despite the challenges they experience. To build community awareness of and mobilization against Black LGBTQ poverty, we held a panel with a performance from Cakes Da Killa. The panel explored the causes and the policy and non-policy solutions needed to address Black LGBTQ poverty.



Moderated by Imara Jones, Founder & Producer, TransLash Media


Panelists:
Angelina Nordstrom, President, Chicago LGBTQ Workers Center
Kenyon Farrow, Managing Director of Advocacy and Organizing, PrEP4All
Kim L. Hunt, Executive Director, Pride Action Tank
Tyrone Hanley, Senior Policy Counsel, NCLR


*Featuring a specific performance by Cakes Da Killa

'I see you. I value you. I love you. And I know that it is especially difficult to be you today.' — A message to the Black and LGBTQ+ community in the wake of the racist and homophobic attack on Jussie Smollett.
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Last week, the LGBTQ and Black communities were devastated to hear that Empire actor Jussie Smollett was the victim of an apparent hate crime as described by the Chicago police department. The Jussie Smollett attack happened in Chicago and showed many that hate, homophobia, and racism are alive and well in some our most progressive cities. 'Jussie Smollett attacked' read many headlines that reverberated through the Black and gay communities, hitting Black LGBTQ people especially hard. Jussie Smollett hospitalized, but the Empire star has already recovered well. David Johns wants people to know on the heels of this Jussie Smollett news that the Black and LGBTQ communities are valued and seen.

Johns: My name is David Johns, and I’m the Executive Director of the National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC), the nation's leading civil rights organization dedicated to the empowerment of Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and same gender loving people.‪

On Tuesday morning Actor Jussie Smollett, who plays Jamal Lyon in ‘Empire,’ was brutally attacked by men yelling racist and homophobic slurs. They beat him, put a noose around his neck, and poured bleach on him. ‬

Thankfully, brother Jussie has been released from the hospital and is home recovering.

While many have been introduced to Jussie through his current role on Empire he has been leveraging his personal and professional platforms to ensure that everyone remembers that as long as there have been Black people there have always been Black LGBTQ and same gender loving people for some time now.

His work and his life make it possible for other Black queer people to take up space, to be seen. I am thankful for brother Jussie and all he will continue to do work for those of us too often neglected and ignored.

For Black LGBTQ and Same-Gender-Loving people, this attack is a sad reminder that none of us — not even our famous entertainers — are safe from the ugly vestiges of white supremacy, anti-Blackness, and homophobia.

For each of us, this tragic incident should be a reminder that privilege - whether it be education, wealth, or fame - does not protect.

In 2017 alone, over twelve hundred hate crimes were reported based on bias against someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity, and the violence has only escalated. We saw a 17% increase in these hate crimes from 2016 to 2017 and the FBI reports a 16% increase in anti-Black hate crimes during the same period.

In fact, hate crimes against every racial and ethnic category counted increased in 2017. Trump has escalated the violence with racist rhetoric and destructive policies that are designed to divide and keep some of us locked out of access to opportunity. The clearest consequences of these deleterious actions are evident in these examples of vitriol, violence, even death.

For Black LGBTQ and same-gender-loving people, especially Black Trans women, face insurmountable challenges to living full, happy, and healthy lives.

As we engage in the human rights work of advocating for fundamental protections of Black lives we must ensure we’re holding space for and ensuring protections for those of us with intersectional identities.

In this moment in history let us all work better together to combat the ignorance, hatred, and violence that Black LGBTQ people face, and we need our governments and our elected officials openly to start condemning it openly, and to fight back with transformative policy, too.

The National Black Justice Coalition is encouraging intentional action designed to ensure we don’t have to return to this place again. In a world where violence and hatred surface daily, each of us has a responsibility to use our language, and to leverage our privilege to disrupt ‘jokes,’ and microaggressions designed to otherize and stigmatize. No act is too small, each one serves to dismantle the ignorance that enable hate crimes. Words matter.'

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Vogue, the dance, not the magazine.

Voguing is fairly new, created in the 80s, compared to the New York City drag ballroom scene which goes back to at least the 1920s. The dance's name is borrowed from Vogue magazine. The movements that define voguging are also styled after the model poses in Vogue. Willi Ninja, considered the godfather of vogue, also drew inspirations from some unlikely sources such as mimes and martial arts. Voguing also happens at Kiki balls—like a junior legeauge before the main competitions of the ballroom scene. In the LGBTQ community voguing is more than just a popular dance fad co-opted into mainstream. Surrogate families called houses are also a major part of the ballroom scene.

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Exploring is an in-depth series that creates conversation focusing on the LGBTQ community.

Our first conversation is about Black Gay Web Series and features the creators of Bi: The Web Series, Drama Queenz, Modern Day Black Gay and The Out Crowd.

"Exploring: Black Gay Web Series" airs February 4th @ 1pm.

While studying abroad in Japan, Micah Peterson found himself being repeatedly stereotyped because of his race. While this was an unpleasant experience, Micah managed to turn it into a positive and returned home with a deeper sense of pride in both his Blackness and his Queerness.


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Join us for a conversation featuring Lena Waithe, a Black LGBTQ screenwriter, producer and director, and HRC President Alphonso David, exploring the experiences of Black and LGBTQ in Hollywood

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With fireworks glaring in the background, Rick popped the question to the love of his life, Richard. A crowd of 80 of their closest friends and family were present and all kept the proposal a secret from Richard. Coincidentally, Richard was also planning a more intimate proposal of his own, but Rick beat him to the punch in gay dramatic style.

The happy couple has set their wedding date for March 16, 2019.

Dustin Lance Black ('When We Rise') on writing, directing, producing the groundbreaking LGBTQ limited series. He also chats about his Oscar win for writing 'Milk' and possible Emmy nominations this year with Gold Derby's Zach Laws.

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

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DIRTY 30 is a 10 part docu­-series about HIV. The series has stepped up and filmed in the streets, boroughs, townships, and cities around the world to show the faces and experiences of HIV, 30 years after it's discovery.

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Who is Lil Nas X? Who is openly LGBTQ Black artist? Montero Lamar Hill?

Montero Lamar Hill, born April 9, 1999, known by his stage name Lil Nas X, is an American rapper and singer-songwriter

He rose to prominence with the release of his country rap single "Old Town Road", which first achieved viral popularity in early 2019 before climbing music charts internationally and

becoming diamond certified by November of that same year

"Old Town Road" spent 19 weeks atop the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming the longest-running number-one song since the chart debuted in 1958

Several remixes of the song were released, the most popular of which featured country singer Billy Ray Cyrus

Lil Nas X came out as gay while "Old Town Road" was atop the Hot 100, becoming the only artist to do so while having a number-one record

What is Montero

His debut studio album, Montero, was preceded by the chart-topping single "Montero ", and the singles "Sun Goes Down" and "Industry Baby"

Lil Nas X was the most-nominated male artist at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards, where he ultimately won awards for Best Music Video and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

"Old Town Road" earned him two MTV Video Music Awards including Song of the Year, and the American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Song; Lil Nas X is also the first openly LGBTQ Black

artist to win a Country Music Association award

Time named him as one of the 25 most influential people on the Internet in 2019, and he was named on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2020

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

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Suitable
Directed by Thembi L Banks
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"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

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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

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