Generation Rebel Talks: Say Their Names

Due to the COVID-19 crisis this is an online virtual event. See below to join.

Monday, June 22nd from 5 to 5:30 PM

Cumbe Dance, GRIOT Circle, and Brooklyn Community Pride Center invite you to join us for Generation Rebel Talks, a series of intergenerational conversations Celebrating Queer Spaces as a Source of Subversion and Solidarity.

Say Their Names:
On LGBTQ+ Voices In A Time of #BLM

When frustration with violent over-policing boiled over at the Stonewall Inn on June 27, 1969, Black and Brown transwomen were on the frontlines, leading the charge in six days of rioting. The fight for LGBTQ+ lives has always been Black and Brown. The fight against state sanctioned violence has always been Black and Brown.

When people talk about Black Lives Matter as they’re marching through the streets this summer, the names of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor ring out. But what of Nina Pop, Monika Diamond and Tony McDade, and other Black Trans individuals who were victims of violence? A spirit of rebellion lives at the crux of contemporary LGBTQ+ culture.

In this time of civil unrest, are the voices of LGBTQ+ black people contributing to, disrupting, or being erased by the Black Lives Matter Movement?

Join this session via Zoom (Meeting ID: 852 7196 3872)

If you have any questions or need more information, please email Jako Douglas-Borren.