Handbook: Black folks supporting other Black folks

I have made a handbook for Black people who want to better support other Black people. We are not a monolith: some of us need more help than others, and some of us need very different kinds of help. This handbook is a conversation starter – some ideas to consider if you want to ensure ALL Black Lives Matter, not just the ones currently trending. A Trans and disabled Black person is going to have different needs than a young cisgender Black person living in a predominately Whyte country. We Black people are all individuals and our identities don’t stop after others see the colour of our skin. Included in the handbook is a list of resources for more information on each of the points.

This handbook is also useful for Whyte people and Non-Black Indigenous people or Non-Black People of Colour. I hope you can learn about the complexities of living as a Black person, and all the battles we have to fight on multiple fronts. I hope you can gain an increase in empathy and understanding, because we need as much help as we can get.

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New Group for Fat, Queer BIPOC Folk!

A new meetup group for BIPOC fat queer intersectional feminists.

Check out BIPOC Fat Intersectional Feminist Queer Group UK On meetup:

If you know anyone who would be interested. Please pass on the info

Li Shang – Mulan’s bisexual icon is missing!

Here’s some more info on the removal of Li Shang if anyone needs it: https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/04/18/mulan-disney-bisexual-icon-removed-from-new-film/

Mimi Launder is looking for opinions from bisexual People of Colour on this character being written out of the live-action version of Mulan.  Please answer these questions below, and email  them to Mimi.Launder@independent.co.uk

If you feel happy to comment or know much about the film: 

1: How did you feel when you heard Li Shang, a bi icon, was erased from Mulan live action remake? 

2: What are your thoughts on Disney’s decision and do you think it says anything about Disney’s attitudes to LGBT+ characters? 

On bi erasure more generally:
3: How and in what ways does bi erasure impact your life?
4: Do you think the conversation on bi erasure/bisexuality excludes or ignores bi people of colour?
5: How important do you think it is to increase the representation of bisexual (and all LGBT+) people of colour in the media? Why is that important to you personally?