As a follow up to my last piece about how media can help facilitate "coming out" or facilitating important conversations about sexuality over the holidays, I've compiled a list 10 of my picks for books, film, and music created by queer people of color that would make excellent gifts! If…
I didn't sign into Facebook that morning. I knew what I'd see; a timeline of status updates and cropped purple photos for Spirit Day; a timely performance of empathy. I knew, too, that my Facebook feed, practically segmented into Lists, including one for "Nigerian", "College" and "Queer" would vary in…
A few weeks ago, the Fenway Women’s Health Team posted a blog on Bay Windows about their upcoming 2nd annual women’s health fair. QWOC+ Boston had organized and tabled at this event for the past three years. Yet, written in an authoritative third person omniscient voice was the line, “Thanks to the…
I was recently interviewed for Curve Magazine's "This Is What A Lesbian Looks Like" monthly feature. It's taken so long to feel whole and integrated as a trans-national, multi- cultured and layered individual; Nigerian, African, queer, afrofeminist, nerdy etc. It feels awesome in so many ways, and yet, so surreal.…
As leaders of social change, we aren't in a position to suffer "bad" press -- which in our field, often means mis-informed, mis-quoted, downplayed, and at times, downright inaccurate press coverage on the social justice issues we care about. Our causes -- "brands" for the sake of argument -- aren't…