More Mirrors, Fewer Letters From LGBTQ Mainstream

By Dr. Herukhuti Attempting to empathize with people who have done evil is scary. To place oneself into the position of someone we think has done a major injustice is a troubling experience that most people consider unthinkable. Why would anyone want to willingly place themselves in the role of people they believe to haveContinueContinue reading “More Mirrors, Fewer Letters From LGBTQ Mainstream”

You Are Triggering me! The Neo-Liberal Rhetoric of Harm, Danger and Trauma

Black Queer Activism and the History/Future of HIV Prevention

Dr Herukhuti’s Opening Remarks at Black Queer Activism and HIV Event at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, November 2013 Welcome everyone to tonight’s panel discussion on Black Queer Activism and HIV. Thank you Steven Fullwood, In the Life Archives, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, and Schomburg Center for Research in BlackContinueContinue reading “Black Queer Activism and the History/Future of HIV Prevention”

Bisexual Erasure in LGBT Community

Bi Erasure Is Psychic Murder: The Quest for Bi Culture by Dr. Herukhuti in Bilerico.com April 2014 Recent coverage in the New York Times, Slate, Autostraddle, and Huffington Post have raised the profile of bisexuality in the minds of the mainstream, or at least the minds of people who go online to find all theContinueContinue reading “Bisexual Erasure in LGBT Community”