Satisfaction Month returns
Satisfaction Month holds immense significance for the Black LGBTQ neighborhood in Houston. Texas isn’t essentially the most LGBTQ-friendly state, and lawmakers are pushing dozens of anti-LGBTQ payments and flaring up debates over limiting gender-affirming take care of trans youngsters, passing measures that restrict college classes concerning the LGBTQ expertise, and the faculty sports activities groups trans college students can play.
As an alternative of specializing in the negatives, I feel it’s best to see this month as a platform to have a good time their distinctive identities, amplify their voices, and advocate for his or her rights. This annual remark not solely honors the historic achievements and milestones of the LGBTQ rights motion, but it surely shines the sunshine on the challenges and triumphs confronted by Black LGBTQ people. Let’s use this chance to know and work in the direction of a extra equitable society for everybody.
Black Music Month: New era
It has been over 40 years since Jimmy Carter declared the month of June as African American Music Appreciation Month, celebrating the legacy and impression of Black music in American tradition. There are such a lot of completely different kinds to Black music performed on their airwaves, golf equipment, and lounge spots within the metropolis. From hip-hop, nation to Afrobeats, these kinds are laborious to disregard as occasions change and the genres remodel from one era to the subsequent. Have a look at Tobe Nwigwe, Don Toliver, Fats Tony and Kam Franklin for instance. Their distinctive kinds and artistic expressions are pushing boundaries, difficult norms and are contributing to the wealthy musical legacy of town.
TLC premieres new documentary
Talking of Black Music Month, are you aware how a lot of a blessing it’s to witness a few of the OG Black musicians residing of their function up till their deaths? Tina Turner, Harry Belafonte, Rapper Trugoy the Dove of De La Soul, Freddy White of Earth Wind and Hearth … Shall I’m going on? We’ve acquired to present them their flowers whereas they’re nonetheless alive. That’s why I’m glad 90s lady group TLC’s singer Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins together with Rozanda “Chilli’ Thomas showcased the premiere of their Lifetime documentary “TLC Eternally” chronicling the historic group’s rise to fame and legacy. T-Boz shares about her long-time battle with sickle cell illness and the way she underwent surgical procedure to take away a benign mind tumor in 2006. The truth that she is alive and properly to inform her story, educate us about her well being, and carry out on the age of 53, says A LOT!
