Black LGBTQIA+ History as Our History by inclusiveidaho

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BLACK LGBTQIA+ HISTORY AS OUR HISTORY

RESOURCES FOR ALLYSHIP & SUPPORT

Onus of Labor Presuming that a member of a marginalized group will volunteer their time and energy, revisit trauma, and endure questions that they have answered countless times before, is not only insensitive and self-gratifying, but it is offensive. The onus of labor is on the non-marginalized group to educate themselves first. Here you will find resources by means of books, social media accounts, Black-led LGBTQIA+ nonprofit organizations, mental health/self-harm prevention resources, and policing alternatives, and other means by which to lend support while minimizing harm. The process of educating ourselves is perpetual, and of course this is not a comprehensive or exhaustive list.

Literature

Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity by C. Riley Snorton Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin B-Boy Blues by James Earl Hardy Trap Door (2017) A Year Without You by Julian J. Walker Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Our Movement by Charlene A Carruthers Transgender History by Susan Stryker All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto by George M. Johnson We Are Everywhere by Matthew Riemer & Leighton Brown Black. Queer. Southern. Women. by E. Patrick Johnson How We Fight For Our Lives: A Memoir by Saeed Jones Black Girl Dangerous by Mia McKenzie Shades of A by Tab Kimpton

Film The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (2017) Paris is Burning (1990) Before Stonewall (1984) How to Survive a Plague (2012) Check It (2016) Jewel's Catch One (2016) Tongues Untied (1989) The New Black (2013) Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen (2008) Holler If You Hear Me: Black and Gay in the Church (2015) black./womyn.:conversations with lesbians of African descent (2008) Portrait of Jason (1967) Call Me Kuchu (2012) Free CeCe (2016) The Gospel According To André (2017)