The Queer Renaissance Syllabus draws inspiration from Beyoncé’s renowned album, Renaissance, and the inclusive essence of the LGBTQ+ community. This syllabus aims to amplify diverse voices, empower communities pushed to […]
April 20 through August 4, 2024 Chicago Cultural Center, Michigan Avenue Galleries, 1st Floor East “Images on Which to Build, 1970s-1990s” presents a range of photographic practices that used the […]
A passionate, powerful memoir by a trailblazing Black transgender activist, tracing her life of transformation and her work towards collective liberation. In 2017, Raquel Willis took to the National Women’s […]
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Copy Machine Manifestos, on display at the Brooklyn Museum, gives a voice and visibility to marginalized artists. From an article by Veronica Esposito in the November 28, 2023 issue of […]
Rambunctious radicals form an activist group to confront homophobic politicians in this wild guerilla satire. A spirited collective of queer, self-described “raging, atheist, meat-eating, HIV-positive, colored terrorists” fight back against […]
Duro Wicks, Lori Branch, Juba Kalamka, and Ronald Clark. Hip-hop celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, and the occasion is prompting a lot of reflection on the culture’s legacy. In […]
Stephen Winter, the award-winning filmmaker, writer and artist, photographed Pam Johnson for issue number 4 of Thing back in 1991. He went on to write, produce and direct his 1996 […]
A podcast created and written by Stephen Winter and Tristan Cowen. Adventures in New America is the first sci-fi, political satire, Afrofuturistic buddy comedy, serialized for New Americans in a […]
Known by most as Miss Major, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy is a living icon. She’s a non-binary transgender activist, former sex worker, formerly incarcerated anti-prison advocate, drag performer, a participant in […]
