Ken Houston’s homeless camp policy passes, after months of debate Oakland can tow more RVs and close camps without always offering shelter. But people can’t be arrested for being homeless.

This is so fucked up. If you want to get an eyeful of some of the most disgusting wealth disparity the U.S. has to offer, came visit the SF Bay Area.

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A Black man in a gray hoodie leans back in an armchair with his arms spread along the sides, staring straight ahead in a dim, tense living room, evoking the hypnotism ‘sunken place’ scene from the horror film Get Out.

Vintage magazine ad showing a red box of Aunt Jemima Pancake Flour on a kitchen counter beside a mixing bowl and measuring cup, with the stereotyped smiling Black “mammy” mascot on the box and the headline text reading “All you need for perfect pancakes.”

I’m reading The Conjuring of America. Once you find out Aunt Jemima was based on a happy slave mammy feeding Confederate soldiers, that box feels less like brunch and more like a prop from "Get Out.”

Fighting prefixes while answering to "bitch" is crazy work.

Pay It No Mind Catching up with Jade, caring for your mind, and sitting with Marsha P. Johnson’s messy, holy legacy

Black and brown trans lives deserve to be recorded while we’re alive and messy, not after someone decides we’re “history.” I went back to Jade from the original Assigned Sex doc to sit with that, next to Marsha P. Johnson’s legacy. #BlackSky

Some of the worst things in history were done by people who said they were just doing their job.

Assigned Sex Was Never Just a Film On burying a film, surviving tech, and coming home to Black trans and genderqueer community as my real audience

I made a Black trans documentary, got scared of my own work, disappeared into tech for 8 years, and then came back for the people I actually made it for. #BlackTransLivesMatter #BlackSky

The 5 Black Women Directors Reshaping Cinema | Black Girl Nerds Meet the five Black women directors reshaping modern cinema through bold storytelling, cultural impact, and visionary filmmaking

The movie industry has always had a knack for stifling creatives of color, particularly Black women. Now, newly in powerful positions, Black women directors have been presenting fresh narratives and taking their rightful place in the industry.

When you realize that Warner Brothers said "Delete that shit" and the BBC chose to keep it...baby this is why I'm not debating nothing about modern racism. Full grown adults made a lot of choices

I never see my kind of weird on screen, so I’m building it. Black. queer. poly. chaotic. healing. Brooklyn. Animated Series.

No AI here. Just artists who love the process. Consider this the first look 🎬 Stay tuned...#Blacksky

11 Queer Black Characters Who Deserved A Spin‑Off Hollywood keeps recycling the same ideas while queer Black characters are sitting right there waiting on their own shows, so I went ahead and did the work. Here are 11 queer legends who still live in ...

Who’s a queer Black character you wish had their own spin‑off show, and what would it be called? #lgbt

Being Black with ADHD can feel like a full time performance. The masking, the code switching, the overachieving so nobody calls you lazy, until you finally break down and realize your whole personality was built around hiding your symptoms.

What Makes the Man? Black Trans Masculinity, Passability, Fetishization and Building Manhood on Your Own Terms

If you're a #Blacktrans man and read as a cisgender man in most rooms, what defines your manhood? I unpacked this with a friend recently. Here's a recap 👇🏾 #lgbt

'Don't Come At Me' — Naomi Campbell Breaks Her Silence As Epstein Files Mention Her Nearly 300 Times Naomi Campbell returned to Instagram Feb. 15 to address scrutiny over past ties to Jeffrey Epstein after newly unsealed documents mentioned her nearly 300 times.

Naomi Campell hit us with the "I knew him but I didn’t know him, I was there but I wasn’t there, don’t come at me but also leave me alone."

Federal Prisons Bar Gender-Affirming Care for Trans People ‘People will die,’ an advocate warns, as standard treatments for gender dysphoria are replaced with therapy and antidepressants after Trump’s order.

The state uses prison to test drive the harshest anti‑trans rules first, on people who have the least ability to fight back. #lgbtnews

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

8 Times ANTM Chewed Up Its Black And Queer Contestants, Then Smiled For The Camera The Netflix Reality Check documentary is finally here, but Reddit’s r/ANTM community has had the receipts for years. Here are 8 moments that proved America’s Next Top Model was never built to protect ...

The Netflix Reality Check documentary just dropped, but Reddit has had the receipts for YEARS. The internet is forever. #ANTM

Deliver Us From Gender Two PKs and a minister-of-music’s kid tell the truth about Black faith, trans and queer bodies, and what happens when the church that raised you cannot hold you anymore.

Black queer and trans church kids who deconstructed their faith but still know every gospel run, this is for you.

In Episode 1 of Assigned Sex, I sit with 2 PKs and a minister-of-music’s kid to talk faith, gender, and what happens when God’s house can’t hold your whole self. #lgbtq #blacksky

The Nod: Black Trans Men, Recognition, and Brotherhood What it means for Black trans men to be recognized as men. Exploring hypervisibility, belonging, and the power of simple recognition in navigating Black manhood.

Friendly Reminder: Anti-trans and pro-Black can’t coexist. Being pro-Black includes all Black people. Yes, even the ones you pretend not to see.

#BlackTransMen #LGBTQ #BlackSky

Launched a Black History Month series on Black trans and genderqueer history and the folks doing the work right now. Read, repost, and tell me who deserves their flowers next 👇🏾
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Either We All Eat or We All Starve: Why Trans Liberation Is Black Liberation On the shared roots of white supremacy and transphobia, and the lie we inherited

Racist white people and transphobic Black people speak the same language. Both terrified of difference. Both addicted to control. Both using scripture to hide insecurity. assignedsex.substack.com/p/either-we-...

I know there’s enough Black engineers, PMs, UX designers to build a TikTok alternative that stays independent. The REAL question is: Can we keep it from getting bought out? Or is capitalism just gonna capitalism?

If you’re #blackintech & interested or know someone, drop their @. #Blacksky

Facebook spies too, but TikTok’s algorithm tracks your face, voice, movements.
Aug 2024: they updated the policy to collect data on trans, nonbinary, and citizenship status. Most people missed it.
NOW people tied to the current admin own it.
So I had to tap out. 🤷🏾

The kidnappings of Black, Latine, Indigenous, and Asian US citizens are not an accident. They are the leading edge of a wide-scale ethnic cleansing campaign with centuries-old roots that is intentionally targeting not just non-citizens but all people of color.

All. People. Of. Color.

Trans joy is not an attack on you.
Trans existence is not a debate topic.
Trans life is not your moral emergency.

Trans Joy Is Not an Attack on You Explore why trans joy threatens oppressive systems. This essay analyzes the real reasons behind transphobia and how trans liberation challenges patriarchy, control, and fear.

5 reasons Black trans joy gets treated like a crime:
1. You’re proving their beliefs aren’t solid
2. You’re a mirror they never asked for
3. You’re revealing their real fears
4. You’re showing what control costs
5. You’re proof freedom is contagious

#lgbtq #transisbeautiful

Full piece: 👇🏾

This iPhone update got my ADHD brain fighting for its life.

I’m cutting back on coffee and honestly this might be my villain origin story.

For everyone doing quiet, unglamorous healing in the background: what’s the title of this chapter of your life?

I’m in my “Learning to Receive” chapter and it’s real uncomfortable.

#Blacksky

I’m dating my body with consistency, and my body is showing up with results.