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Black Queer Lives: A Conversation with Moya Bailey and Laura Lovett

November 23, 2021November 22, 2021 Erik Wallenberg black feminism, Gender, sexuality

Conversations in BlackFreedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Curated by Jeanne

Did Europe Bring Homophobia to Africa?

October 21, 2021October 20, 2021 Bright Alozie africa, Cosmology, Gender, LGBT, sexuality, spirituality

Recently at a public forum, someone asked me if “same-sex relations in Africa [are] un-African?” While answering the question,

Lil Nas X: the AIDS Activist Gen Z Needs

September 23, 2021September 21, 2021 Dan Royles Activism, black protest

Lil Nas X’s performance at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards was—as fans have come to expect—a virtuosic entry in

Excavating Black Queer Thought: A Pride Bibliography (Part III)

June 14, 2021June 13, 2021 Emerald Rutledge African Diaspora, Black Queer Identity, Black Queers, blackness, Gender, LGBT, literature, poetry, race, sexuality

In honor of Pride Month 2021, I wanted to extend the list of texts from the bibliography offered last year,

Black Lesbian Thought: An Interview with Briona Simone Jones

April 19, 2021April 19, 2021 Emerald Rutledge African Diaspora, black feminism, Black Queer Identity, Black Queers, Black women, Gender, Historical Memory, LGBT, literature, race, Resistance, sexuality

In today’s post, Emerald Rutledge, an associate editor of Black Perspectives, interviews Briona Simone Jones on her new edited collection, Mouths of