How queer people are under attack today and what it means to stand in solidarity with them during the Trump presidency. Plus, reflections from the staff of the LGBTQ Center of Durham.
Desmera Gatewood
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Durham’s Omisade Burney-Scott Invites Storytelling Around Social Justice and Menopause
The creator of the platform and podcast Black Girl’s Guide to Menopause, Burney-Scott is still telling stories in a new PBS documentary, The M Factor, which debuted earlier this month.
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Portraits of Pride, Year Two: Voices of Queer Young People and Their Allies
Take a trip through the year of the INDY’s Portraits of Pride series and hear from young people associated with local community spaces.
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Auntie Assata, the Baby Ancestor
An interview with Assata Goff, 24, a visual artist from Durham
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Finding Your Community: An Interview With Taj Scott
Taj Scott, 15, is a chess-playing, manga-reading, Durham-loving cool kid.
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Voices: Why I and Others in the Triangle Didn’t Bend for Joe Biden on Super Tuesday
Biden is writing the checks for bombs continually and then lightly scolding Israel for doing the same thing over and over again.
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Portraits of Pride: Proudly at Odds. Boldly Queer.
Whenever I become clouded in what Queerness looks like in action, I reflect on how the writer bell hooks described Queerness: “Not about who you’re having sex with … but as being about the self that is at odds with everything around it.” I reference that definition because it thoroughly captures my experience as a […]
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Voices: The Black Mama of Black August
How Durham’s Crystal Taylor curates Black Joy through a reciprocal love for community and motherhood
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Voices: Reclaiming the Pride and Joy of Resistance
From Pride to Juneteenth, marginalized people navigate retraumatization throughout the month of June as oppressors highlight our celebrations while gaslighting our people. It’s time to retake our agency.