Cecilia“I think to be Black is to be excellent. And, even when we have been made to feel like we’re not excellent, I think that that is very much there and present.”Read MoreDr. Like“I had this beautiful experience of growing up in a predominantly Black neighborhood... So, I always saw that we were not a monolithic people, but that we were just as diverse as any other group.”Read More
Nyla“The average life expectancy of a Black trans woman at age 35. So each birthday I have, and heading towards 35, I’m really proud of being here.”Read MoreEmmisha"Even from my dad's side side of the family, was, Oh, you're gay because your mom is gay. And that has absolutely nothing to do with it."Read MoreWilliam“It was literally culture shock. My first one or two balls I went to was literally culture shock. I had never been in a room and seen so many LGBT people gathered together.”Read MoreCornelius“The Black queer community is very different than just like the Black heterosexual community and very different than just the queer community.”Read MoreStar“For me in being in the construction industry…being a Black woman, Black queer woman, I’ve experienced discrimination on all three fronts. But especially racism.”Read MoreKorea“I come from a very loving family, a very large family, that was very loving and understood at a young age and helped me hone my own identity personally.”Read MoreMelissa“Coming out was very rough for me, because when I came out, I was also a mother. And so it was really tough to navigate coming out and then coming out within a Black family. ”Read More
Celebrating Black Pride
Nyla“The average life expectancy of a Black trans woman at age 35. So each birthday I have, and heading towards 35, I’m really proud of being here.”Read MoreEmmisha"Even from my dad's side side of the family, was, Oh, you're gay because your mom is gay. And that has absolutely nothing to do with it."Read MoreWilliam“It was literally culture shock. My first one or two balls I went to was literally culture shock. I had never been in a room and seen so many LGBT people gathered together.”Read MoreCornelius“The Black queer community is very different than just like the Black heterosexual community and very different than just the queer community.”Read MoreStar“For me in being in the construction industry…being a Black woman, Black queer woman, I’ve experienced discrimination on all three fronts. But especially racism.”Read MoreKorea“I come from a very loving family, a very large family, that was very loving and understood at a young age and helped me hone my own identity personally.”Read MoreMelissa“Coming out was very rough for me, because when I came out, I was also a mother. And so it was really tough to navigate coming out and then coming out within a Black family. ”Read More
