Sexuality Archives

Sex work is subject to the same anti-Blackness as every other industry in the US

September 29, 2020
Nuni Snowden
Sexuality

When we say we are committed to Black liberation it must be in service of sex workers’ autonomy. But they are never nuanced beings. The fight for sex worker liberation is the fight for all Black lives, and until that is prioritized, erasure and respectability politics will persist. In every industry.

Police can’t save children from sexual abuse, but we must

August 26, 2020
Ignacio Rivera & Aredvi Azad
Blackness & Anti-Blackness, Gender & Queerness, Sexuality

With inadequate responses to CSA and little trust in police among people of color, relying on cops to address an issue like CSA is questionable, at best.

Dead Black Boy Magic: How mental health stigmas compound with anti-queerness to kill our children

November 12, 2019
Zanta Nkumane
Blackness & Anti-Blackness, Health, Sexuality

I carry a combination of marginal identities that hold an enduring need for self-sufficiency and suffering.

How I found empowerment among Black strippers in an industry that forces us to compete

October 22, 2019
RaceBaitr
Gender & Queerness, Sexuality, Women & Feminism

All of the information that was useful to me came from the Black and non-white strippers I knew, women who the industry set up to be in competition with me.

Zaddy issues: On dating older Black men & being polyamorous

September 5, 2019
Lorenzo
Gender & Queerness, Sexuality

My experiences with dating older Black men have taught me that though some of their actions are inappropriate, they’re often misplaced reactions to the world we live in.

At 20, Lil Nas X is still a child. Why do older adults keep sexualizing him?

Yes, 18 is the legal threshold from childhood to adulthood, but legality has never been something that applied “equally" to Black children, especially Black Queer children.

Why Black people need to explore intimacy within our friendships & non-sexual relationships

May 22, 2019
Amber Butts
Health, Sexuality

White supremacy and cis-heteropatriarchy encourage us to have selective distributions of intimacy, touch and care that are reserved specifically for our sexual partners and family members.

If “interracial dating” isn’t influenced by white supremacy, why does it imply a white partner?

April 17, 2019
Sam Yim
Gender & Queerness, Non-Black POC, Sexuality

For many POC, “interracial” dating is more often than not about scoring a white partner, in an attempt to liken oneself toward a more legible humanity

I went to my high school reunion queer & proud, but still couldn’t shake the fear of being outed

But truth is, from what I can tell, I am the only person who brought a “partner” to this reunion. Sure, there might be other fiances, but partner is the only term straight folks prescribe to gay niggas.

There are no “danger signs” for sexual assault: Lessons from a Hmong survivor

November 14, 2018
Kabzuag Vaj
Gender & Queerness, Sexuality, Women & Feminism

For years, Iâ€™ve blamed myself for not being able to identify â€œdanger signsâ€ in the sexual assault situations.