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WHO will no longer consider transgender identity a mental disorder: Here’s what it means and why it matters
Editor’s Note: June is LGBTQ Pride Month. At Black Youth Project, we will be exploring gender, sexuality, transgender issues and queer theory, and we are interested in publishing works that address these topics and the things surrounding them. by Jamila Dawn Mitchell Transgender identities will no longer be considered a mental health disorder by the […]
Why we need to stop excluding Black populations from ideas of who is “Indigenous”
*Editor’s note: This piece has been deeply informed by conversations with my friend and colleague Preston Anderson through the years, among other things. A few months ago, I posted a Facebook status regarding a viral meme featuring Disney’s cartoon version of Pocahontas and John Smith, arguing that it promoted white supremacist ideas of interracial relationships […]
For Black women and girls who aren’t “autistic enough”
by Jo (Foderingham) Brown I remember sitting in the cafeteria in kindergarten when something made me feel anxious. When I was around this age, if I felt that way, I would physically ground myself: I’d clench my fists really hard or get up and move around. This particular day while my empty lunch box was […]
“Allyship fatigue” is an insult to Black folks who never get to rest
I’ve been nursing the same headache for over a week and my right eye has been twitching for days on end. My eyes burn as I write this. Sometimes my eyelids feel so heavy it hurts to blink. I might be on the verge of tears, but I honestly can’t even tell anymore. There are […]
Crisis makes clear who can afford to survive (and who cannot)
“That’s all anybody can do right now. Live. Hold out. Survive. I don’t know whether good times are coming back again. But I know that won’t matter if we don’t survive these times.” – Octavia E. Butler While on a hike today, I spoke with two folks about how our bodies are shaped by the […]
The quiet call of ghosts: Dusting my grandmother’s photo reminds me of who I am
by Tiffany Hobbs She has her eyes. It was the first time I’d looked longer than a few seconds into the eyes of the woman in the photograph on my bookshelf. Looking longer introduced me to the inevitability of dying and death. I was hiding from her eyes, playing a game I was determined to […]
“Who taught you to love yourself?”: How political education moved me to leave academia
By Deria Matthews “The university was not created to save my life. The university is not about the preservation of a bright brown body. The university will use me alive and use me dead. The university does not intend to love me. The university does not know how to love me. The university in fact, […]
5 tips for supporting a loved one who has survived sexual assault
Editor’s Note: April is Black Women’s History Month. Throughout this month, Black Youth Project is celebrating Black women. This month is also National Minority Health Month, Autism Awareness Month, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Child Abuse Prevention Month. We are interested in publishing works that address these topics and the things surrounding them. We want to […]
80+ arrested during protests after D.A. refuses to charge officers who killed Stephon Clark
According to ABC-10, a protest stemming from the Sacramento District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert’s decision not to charge the police officers who shot and killed Stephon Clark resulted in the arrests of over 80 people. The Sacramento Police Department took credit for over 80 arrests on social media, with Captain Norm Leong tweeting out late […]
Man who served 15 years for killing cop exonerated after witnesses & evidence tampering revealed
According to ABC-13, Alfred Brown, who was convicted of the murder of a woman and a Houston Police Department officer in 2005, has been exonerated after special prosecutor John Raley gave a report explaining how the grand jury that tried Brown’s case had been compromised, with one woman even being threatened with sexual assault in […]
Amid protests, Haiti arrests 5 Americans who claimed to be on a “government mission”
Haitian police arrested eight men this week in Port-Au-Prince, claiming they carried weaponry and said they were on a mysterious “government mission.” Police charged them illegal possession of firearms after they saw their cars had no license plates. Five of them are Americans, and three of the Americans are military veterans. This comes as Haiti has […]
21 Savage faces deportation after being arrested by ICE, who allege that he is a British National
According to Complex, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested Grammy nominated rapper 21 Savage on claims that the rapper, whose real name is Sha Yaa bin Abraham-Joseph, is not an American, but a British national who has overstayed his visa. In their statement to the media, ICE also noted incorrectly that Abraham-Joseph is a […]