Sister Outsider: A Black Lesbian Feminist Rant

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Pride month is nearly over, and there are lists upon lists of books LGBTQ folks should be reading circulating around the internet. Interestingly, most of them don’t have many, if any, Black lesbian…

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“I personally don’t mind being tokenized as a queer, disabled writer because I think until it becomes completely normal for writers, editors, and publicists to be queer and/or disabled I want to keep reminding people that I am. It can be hard when you’re growing up as a marginalized person, and especially with queerness and with disability, unless you see a mobility aid or their spouse you may not know. And having that knowledge of she is and she made it can be really helpful to other writers and editors who want to make it in the industry someday. I’m okay with carving out that space as a writer who is marginalized, but I make a very strong point that not all my stories should be about trauma.” –Alaina Leary

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First day of Black History Month 02/1/2017

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Solace: Writing, Refuge, and LGBTQ Women of Color

Editors: S. Andrea Allen and Lauren Cherelle Deeply troubled by recent acts of violence against Black and Brown lesbian, bisexual, and trans* bodies, Solace: Writing, Refuge and LGBTQ Women of Color explores how LGBTQ women find solace: in each other, in their communities, and from within themselves, as they traverse the challenges of living as LGBTQ women of color in the United States. Solace is a collection of poetry and prose that explores our pain, as well as our attempts to find solace in a world that seeks to destroy us. What are our strategies for survival? Where do we find solace? Audre Lorde writes that “we were never meant to survive,” yet here we are.

Now available! 

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10 Works of Black Lesbian Short Fiction

Recently, I was asked about short story collections by women of Color, and what a timely thing, too, since I’m planning on reading more short fiction this year. Collections are always a bit c…

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Give Short Fiction A Chance! – 12 Diverse Short Story Collections And Anthologies That Will Win You Over

Short Fiction is underappreciated in literary circles and especially in the book blogging community. Many readers are averse to reading short story collections and anthologies because they prefer t…

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Book giveaway for A Failure to Communicate: Stories by S. Andrea Allen Dec 10-Dec 30, 2016

Enter to win one of 10 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Dec 10-Dec 30, 2016. Enter for a chance to win one of ten signed copies of A Failure to...

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A Queer Film Festival (The First) Launches in Uganda - A Country Where Homosexuality Is Still Illegal

The Queer Kampala International Film Festival (QKIFF) kicks off today, December 9, and runs until Sunday December 11.

Kicking off today, December 9, and running until Sunday December 11, the festival is celebrating its inaugural year over these 3 days, drawing crowds from across the region with film premieres, talks with filmmakers and actors, panel discussions and parties that focus squarely on queer-themed films and videos from Uganda and around the world, as well as a 2 day workshop for local filmmakers on producing and distributing LGBT-related works, and how to generate LGBT content that will appeal to the community in East Africa.

Part of QKIFF’s mission is to encourage the professional development of East African queer film and video artists, and to support for their work.

In total 26 films, including nine from continental Africa, will screen over the next 3 days – both scripted and documentaries, covering a variety of topics all telling stories that highlight the lives of LGBTQ men, women and children.

And while QKIFF is a public event, the organizers are making the screening venues available to only a select group of pre-cleared supporters, for the safety of those attending the festival, as well as the artists whose works will be screened.

Last month, Vice News spoke to Kamoga Hassan, the lead organizer of the festival, about what it’s like to be part of a committed core of LGBTQ activists who dare to make their voices heard in one of the world’s riskiest places to be non-hetero, where, in 2014, an “anti-homosexuality” bill that called for the death penalty for gay men under certain circumstances, was almost passed.

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A Dream Undeterred: An Interview w/ Black Lesbian Feminist Press On Their Debut Title, Lez Talk: A Collection of Black Lesbian Short Fiction

In 2012, after her dissertation defense, Dr. Stephanie Andrea Allen had the idea of creating her own Black lesbian feminist press to pay homage to Barbar...

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Q&A: On Black Lesbian Feminism and Fiction

"I decided to go for it because it defines who I am. I am Black, am lesbian and am a feminist and this is my press."

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Solace: Writing, Refuge, & LGBTQ Women of Color

How do you define solace and where do you give it, find it, take it, share it? Solace: Writing, Refuge, and LGBTQ Women of Color, from BLF Press, anthologizes the voices of thirteen LGBTQ women of …

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Enter to win one of 10 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Nov 01-Dec 01, 2016. Enter for a chance to win one of ten advance copies of Solace: Wri...

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Stephanie reviews The Dawn of Nia 

I’m always hesitant to read books by people that I know personally, because I know at some point they’ll ask me what I thought, and I know that if I don’t love it, I’ll have to figure out how to say that without ruining the relationship. In this case, I can say without reservation that I did indeed love The Dawn of Nia. Let me count the ways: I liked that fact that The Dawn of Nia is focused on…

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