By Iyatunde Oshunade Folayan In 2009, I received my name at the long running Kwanzaa celebration within Detroit’s historic Black queer community. It was done in the beauty salon basement of SASHA (Sexual Assault Services for Holistic Healing) center founder Kalimah LocMama Johnson. As a part of that annual Kwanzaa ritual, Detroit performs name-giving ceremoniesContinueContinue reading “Habari Gani? Kwanzaa and Umoja Can Be Complicated”
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Kevin Hart and the Racial Politics of LGBTQ Call Outs
By Dr. Herukhuti Kevin Hart is a Black comedian whose career began in the Black community. In the early 2000s, clubs like Philly’s Laff House provided him with the space and time to develop his comedic style, identity, craft, and content. After many comedy tours and movies since those early days, Hart has remained committedContinueContinue reading “Kevin Hart and the Racial Politics of LGBTQ Call Outs”
Azealia Banks: Bad Ass Bisexual
By Dr. Herukhuti In 2014, Roxane Gay published a collection of writing titled Bad Feminist, which critics have credited as challenging middle-class, academic, respectability politics in mainstream feminism. Like many working class feminists before her, Gay carved out a position to be complex and complicated, loving things that, in the 21st century, the guardians of feminist orthodoxy–guardians whoContinueContinue reading “Azealia Banks: Bad Ass Bisexual”
RecognizeBiMen: A Social Media Book Club
Join Recognize: The Voices of Bisexual Men co-editors, Dr Herukhuti and Robyn Ochs, contributors and readers to discuss the anthology. We will devote a day to each contribution, talk about them, share our thoughts, feelings and experiences. Starting on May 1st, we will use the hashtag #RecognizeBiMen on social media (e.g., Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Tumblr,ContinueContinue reading “RecognizeBiMen: A Social Media Book Club”