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On Suite: Series Introduction

November 21, 2019November 16, 2019 Marquis Bey #OnSuite, Activism, black intellectual history, black politics, Black Queer Identity, Black Queers, Gender, race, sexuality, white supremacy

The proposition for this series is one that hinges on hubristic humility, paradoxically enough. That is, while the series entries

Jargon for the Blacks—and Others

September 30, 2019September 22, 2019 Marquis Bey Black Queers, education, Gender, language, race, sexuality, trans identity

Time and again, usually a few times a year, I haphazardly stumble upon someone castigating the use of “jargon,” at

Radical Hospitality and the Beauty of Black Queer Kinship

August 1, 2019July 28, 2019 Emerald Rutledge #TonguesUntied30, Black film, Black Queers, film, Gender, LGBT, race, sexuality

*This post is part of our online forum to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of Marlon Riggs’s groundbreaking film, Tongues Untied. It was

Black or Gay: Meditations on Marlon Riggs’s Tongues Untied at 30

July 30, 2019July 30, 2019 Lavelle Porter #TonguesUntied30, art, Black film, Black Queers, film, Gender, LGBT, race, sexuality

*This post is part of our online forum to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of Marlon Riggs’s groundbreaking film, Tongues Untied. “Priorities. That’s

Making the Revolution Irresistible: An Interview with Aishah Shahidah Simmons

July 30, 2019July 28, 2019 Keelyn Bradley #TonguesUntied30, Activism, black feminism, Black Queers, Black women, Gender, interview, LGBT

*This post is part of our online forum to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of Marlon Riggs’s groundbreaking film, Tongues Untied. Keelyn Bradley: