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How White Trans Women Repelled Me From Trans Day of Remembrance
by Princess Harmony The Transgender Day of Remembrance falls on Sunday, November 20th and I couldn’t be less interested in observing it if I tried. Sure, it’s a day to memorialize and remember trans...
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How Indigenous Communities Can Support Two-Spirit People
by Kai Minosh [Photo via Indian Country Today Media Network]Most two-spirit people I know have a complicated relationship with our communities. Indigenous communities are not abstract for us: they...
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Spirit Medicine: Moving From Fear To Action (Ep. 4)
In episode four, CL and ChE talk about how marginalized people can move from a place of fear to a place of action in Trump’s America. Spirit Medicine with CarmenLeah Ascencio and ChE, is a BGD podcast...
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How #NoDAPL Could Help Connect Our Struggles
by Kelly Hayes [Image description: Native American Water Protectors and Black activists stand together. Photo by Desiree Kane]Native people around the country, as well as many who are not Native,...
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White-ish Christmas. Or, Dealing With My Non-Black In-Laws
Words by Mia McKenzie Drawings by Ritapa Neogi When I was a little kid, I was always the first one up on Christmas morning. I’d lie in bed for a few minutes trying to telepathically communicate to my...
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Open Letter To Aziz Ansari and Other Anti-Black People of Color
by Jahlani Smothers-Pugh Dear Aziz Ansari, I heard what you said on Master of None. When I first saw you get dragged on Tumblr for being anti-Black, I gave you the benefit of the doubt. I watched the...
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Squad Goals: Arissa and Alex
[Image description: A brown-skinned Black woman with natural hair rests her head on the shoulder of a lighter-skinned Asian person. Both are smiling at the camera. There are green hills, trees and a...
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Introversion Is Not An Illness, But Society Sure Treats It Like One
by Sydnee Thompson Thanks in large part to Susan Cain’s book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, which was published in 2012, introversion has become a bit of an en...
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Spirit Medicine: Achieving Our Goals While Struggling w/Anxiety or Depression...
In episode five, CL and ChE discuss achieving our visions and goals in the new year, and beyond, while dealing with anxiety and depression. Spirit Medicine with CarmenLeah Ascencio and ChE is a BGD...
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5 Ways QTPoC Can Build Power During the Trump Era
by Neesha Powell-Twagirumukiza [Image description: Protestors, some with faces covered, hold up colorful anti-Trump signs as they face police in riot gear.]It’s official: The Electoral College failed...
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The BGD Podcast 1.20.17: Don’t Come for John Lewis!
In our first episode of 2017, host Raquel Willis and guest Jamie Necbitt Golden of Hood Feminism discuss Trump attacking John Lewis, Steve Harvey hating on Asian Men, the Black Church unlearning...
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The BGD Podcast 2.2.17: When We March, We Win
In our latest episode, host Raquel Willis and guest Renee Bracey Sherman unpack the Women’s March, Emmett Till’s accuser and Trump’s SCOTUS Pick. LISTEN NOW ON SOUNDCLOUD! LISTEN NOW ON ITUNES! BGD...
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“Brown Girls” Is A Beautifully Honest Web Series About Queer Millennials of...
by Latonya Pennington When it comes to live-action television and film, it’s not often that I’ve seen myself reflected as a queer person of color. In mainstream media, queer people of color are...
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Why Claudia Jones Is The Black Feminist Hero We Need Right Now
by Neesha Powell-Twagirumukiza “The Lady with the Lamp, the Statue of Liberty, stands in New York Harbour. Her back is squarely turned on the USA. It’s no wonder, considering what she would have to...
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QTPOC In Comics: “Bingo Love” Depicts Black Queer Women’s Romance
by Latonya Pennington Black queer romance in comics is hard to come by. In mainstream comics, Marvel’s Black Panther: World of Wakanda is the only series to depict romance between two black queer...
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De-Normalizing Heteros: Why I Don’t Use the Word “Straight”
by Marq M. Because my 2017 is about centering Queer shit. In all of my learning (and unlearning), a lot of things that I once held as “normal” due to societal influence now make less sense. One of...
View ArticleThe BGD Podcast 6.1.17: Be Humble, Miley!
Host Raquel Willis discusses Miley Cyrus and Katy Perry’s cultural appropriation, student walk-outs on political leaders and the best shut down of Nyansapo Black Feminist Festival in Paris. Later,...
View ArticleChallenging The Culture Of Silence In The Afghan-American Community’s...
by Bobuq Sayed Exactly one week after the Pulse nightclub shooting, my cousin Tariq and I drive into downtown Orlando for a drink. I’ve just flown into Florida for a writing workshop, and my Dad...
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