By Cherranda Smith
Feb 10, 2021
The contributions of Black people who identify as LGBTQ are countless. Pioneers, activists, trailblazers whose sacrifices and relentless efforts have freed masses cannot be ignored. Though their identity is often swept under the rug or pushed out of the frame of their due recognition, their impact is undeniable.
The work of Black LGBTQ people has led to changed laws, policies, hearts, and minds. Without the contributions of Black LGBTQ people, much would ve been left undone.
Here, we recognize 13 Black LGBTQ history makers whose unwavering actions and ingenuity impacted multiple industries, led movements, and inspired trends for generations.
S.F. school board strips Lowell High of its merit-based admissions system
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The Lowell Black Student Union hold a press conference to speak out against the recent racist attacks on the Lowell community on Friday, Feb. 5, 2021 in San Francisco, California.Gabrielle Lurie / The Chronicle
One of the top-performing public high schools in the country will no longer admit students based on academic performance, ending more than a century of merit-based admissions.
More than seven hours into a marathon meeting Tuesday, the San Francisco Board of Education voted 5-2 to use the same lottery-based system to assign students to Lowell High as other district high schools instead of maintaining the previous system that used test scores and grades.
Ma Rainey s Screenwriter Ruben Santiago-Hudson: Black Women Were Revolutionary
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But in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” we tell the story of this singular icon, Ma Rainey.
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She was a giant in her field and her time. What a lot of people don’t understand about the 1920s is that there were at least 100 blues women recording records from Paramount to Columbia and with the smaller record labels.
Great women like Ida Cox, Clara Smith and Victoria Spivey were recording. In their own right, they were giants. In the ’20s, Black people were being celebrated all over the world, both artistically and intellectually, because we are talking about the Harlem Renaissance. And there was a celebration of Black culture in many of the urban centers of the United States where our people had migrated.
Emmanuel Mouret s Love Affairs Leads France s Cesar Nominations
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Emmanuel Mouret’s “Love Affairs” (The Things We Say, The Things We Do) is leading the nominations for the Cesar Awards, France’s top film honors. Nominations were announced online on Wednesday.
The film, which was part of Cannes 2020’s official selection, weaves together a series of romantic tales exploring love, friendship and infidelity with an ensemble cast including Camelia Jordana, Niels Schneider, Vincent Macaigne and Julia Piaton. “Love Affairs” earned 13 awards nominations, including for best film, director, as well as nods for Jordana, Schneider, Macaigne and Piaton. The film previously won best film at the Lumieres Awards.
Livable Interview: Réna Bradley
Design is a tool that can be used to develop a sense of well-being, unity and joy in individuals and communities, says the Fort Wayne, Indiana-based architect and community advocate
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Réna Bradley (in yellow shirt) with members of the Tired-a-Lot Summer Studio for high school students interested in architecture and sustainable design.
In a city known for being friendly yet hard to penetrate as an outsider, architect and community advocate
Réna Bradley is simultaneously an enigma for old-school residents and a symbol of change for millennials and Gen Zers. Since arriving in 2015, Bradley’s effort as the community development director for the faith-based nonprofit