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Comic: Violent heteronormativity is destroying Black families, not Black queerness

Nnedi Okorafor ‘Shuri #1’ comic is finally here, all hail the Princess of Wakanda!

Comic: Criticizing problematic kinks is not kink-shaming

Here are the nominees we’re excited to see vie for the Young People’s Literature National Book Award

Comic: The education system stifles LGBTQ+ students and kids of color from the start

Mexico’s first studio-driven fiction film with an all Black cast is criticized for anti-Black representation

Aretha Franklin, the “Queen of Soul”, passed way Thursday morning

Hulu documentary ‘Minding the Gap’ powerfully explores the effect of toxic masculinity on boys

The Nation magazine issues apology after backlash for publishing offensive poem from a white guy

Jordan Peele buys out theater to support ‘Sorry to Bother You,’ fanning more ‘Get Out’ comparisons

The 2018 Black Muslim Psychology Conference is coming to Philadelphia!

Shuri returns to the throne in her own Marvel comic by Nnedi Okorafor

‘Little Apple’ web series follows Black girl superhero fighting against racism in Harlem

Comic: Revolution means nothing if it doesn’t include Black women and Black queer folks

Poet Simone John talks her book ‘Testify’ and Sandra Bland’s legacy on the anniversary of her death in AAIHS interview

‘Pose’ actress Indya Moore to star in, executive produce Frankenstein retelling ‘Magic Hour’

Black nerds unite: Blerd City Con is coming to New York!

NYC performer welcomes a world without anti-Blackness in “immersive abolitionist fairy-tale,” ‘Neptune’

Wakanda wins the World Cup! Artist designs incredible jerseys for the fictional ‘Black Panther’ country

Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions hires Black queer scholar to ensure better representation

Rwandan publishing house Imagine We is cultivating African storytelling for global readers

Smithsonian Museum of African American History acquires Wakandan artifacts

Comic: Straight people, I am not your Po-Gay-mon

The Obsidian Collection and Google are working to digitize Black legacy newspapers for a modern world

Poetry reading is up in America, but there’s still more work to be done to sustain readers

Urban planning pioneer Toni Griffin wins award after subverting rules to highlight segregation

Watch: Kofi Siriboe’s new documentary leads a necessary discussion about Black mental health

16 Black actresses protest anti-Blackness in the industry at Cannes Film Festival

Review Roundup: Zora Neale Hurston’s book on one of the last Africans in the Atlantic slave trade

Book publicist Saraciea Fennell is bringing a POC centered book festival to the Bronx-It’s lit!

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