Book review: Not Straight, Not White: Black Gay Men from the March on Washington to the AIDS Crisis

Literature and fields of study have often overlooked, or altogether erased, the presence and impact of Black gay men in socio-political movements and ideologies. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) and African-American disciplines have both neglected to give proper credit to Black gay men’s contributions to their respective fields. Kevin J. Mumford’s Not Straight, NotContinue reading “Book review: Not Straight, Not White: Black Gay Men from the March on Washington to the AIDS Crisis”

LWB: Learning While Black

“They’re not just children, they’re black children.” The above quote was taken from an episode of Blackish where they brilliantly dissect the current state of Black people and the Black experience in America. They tackle the topics of police brutality,  mass incarceration, and a tear-jerking monologue surrounding having our first Black President. Through the course of theContinue reading “LWB: Learning While Black”