queerasfact:Happy Black History Month! Learn about these two Black activists to celebrate:Audre Lord
queerasfact:Happy Black History Month! Learn about these two Black activists to celebrate:Audre Lorde described herself as “black, lesbian, mother, warrior poet”.She focussed her activism on fighting for women who, like her, were excluded from mainstream feminism, whether because of class, race, disability or sexuality.[Image: Audre poses next to a blackboard which reads “Women are powerful and dangerous”, 1983. Photo by Robert Alexander.]Marsha P. Johnson spent most of her life living on the streets of New York City. She was one of the founders of STAR - the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries - which provided food, housing, legal aid, and other necessities to homeless trans youth.[Image: Marsha picketing Bellevue Hospital to protest their treatment of queer people c.1970, holding a sign reading ‘Power to the people’. Photographed by Diana Davies.Check out our podcasts on Audre and Marsha to learn more! -- source link