Anti-Racism Resources for LGBTQIA+ People of Color
Image description: A new version of the pride flag, include white, pink, lt blue brown and black in a new arrow shape on the left side of the original rainbow striped design. The colors of the flag are: Red represents life; orange, healing; yellow, sunlight; green, nature; blue, peace and harmony; purple, spirit; light blue, light pink and white, trans individuals; black and brown, marginalized QPOC communities; black, those living with HIV, those no longer living and those surrounded by stigma. Superimposed on the flag is a raised fist with stripe colors to represent people of color.
Compiled by Darliene Howell
June is Pride Month! While the LGBTQIA+ community and allies celebrate the month with parades and activism events, gay, trans and queer folx deal with biases and discrimination on a daily basis. Compound that with being a person of color and you add a layer of racism to that. This month's anti-racism resources look specifically at that intersection.
History
16 queer black pioneers who made history from nbcnews.com
A Brief History of Voguing from the National Museum of African American History & Culture at the Smithsonian
The City University of New York, Big Apple Bigotry, shares this history of LGBTQ Discrimination
Resource Guides
The University of Arizona has compiled an extensive list of resources addressing QTPOC (Queer and Trans People of Color) that they share on their website.
stanfordpride.org has put together a list of resources in their Responding to Anti-Black Racism
Black and LGBTQ: Approaching Intersectional Conversations from The Trevor Project
Communities of Color from the Human Rights Campaign
Articles
15 Things LGBTQ People of Colour Want You to Know from stonewallscotland.org.uk
For LGBTQ People Of Color, Discrimination Compounds from NPR
Da'Shaun Harrison writes of The Daily Realities of Being Fat, Black, and Queer in Public Spaces
Video
Meet Radically Fit: Oakland's Queer, Trans, POC, Fat Positive Gym