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It took a global pandemic, but the original spirit of Pride is finally being honored

The corporatization of Pride (also known as Pink Capitalism) has long been an issue that led to my disillusionment with most Pride events years ago.

by Marq M

My mother proved protection is possible without police, even if she doesn’t know it

When the Ancestors tell you to go to therapy

Trauma doesn’t turn you into a bad person

Choosing Play is Black radical parenting

For Black people in the face of all this death, sadness is the work

How I use ancestor veneration to navigate my Mother’s Death

Lower-Class Artist Imagines

COVID-19 shows how little we learned from the AIDS Epidemic

“Believe survivors” is inadequate for confronting the power dynamics that fuel sexual abuse

There will never be a “Sexual Revolution” under capitalism

Calling Cards: Revolution means building towards a national movement of uncompromising politics

Black people aren’t resistant to mental health treatment. We’re resistant to framing it as a cure

The Revolution of Black Mothering: Confronting a future that doesn’t always include us

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