“It’s about the history of us.” In an interview, K Bailey Obazee describes a core principle of PRIM, the platform she founded to archive and amplify inclusive Black storytelling. As a queer Black British woman and multi-faceted creative, K was dissatisfied with only having limited access to narratives she could relate to and says: “If […]
Ironically, this article starts with a celebrity news hook. In February, rapper and poet Noname explained her refusal to feature on the soundtrack of the film ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’, about activist and Black Panther Party leader, Fred Hampton. Pointing out that the film missed out on Hampton’s anti-imperialist politics, as well as the […]
Last weekend, a group of drunk, white men passed me on the quiet end of a road in Shoreditch. “Afro head,” one of them shouted as we passed each other. My first thought was fury. A disproportionate, unadulterated rage and an urge to jump at him, pulling his own hair from his scalp in a […]
June was named Pride Month in remembrance of the Stonewall Riots of June 1969 and it promptly became a month for LGBT+ people to exist loudly and visibly in all shades of the rainbow, across the whole world. President Bill Clinton was the first President to recognize the month of June as the ‘Gay and […]
For being Pride month we want to highlight some fundraisers, so we’ve put together a list of individuals and organisations who are currently raising funds, whether it be for a better life for themselves or for our community. Please share and donate if you can. *Please note all words and photos below are that of […]
Set in Dublin, Ireland, Adiba Jaigirdar’s YA romance novel holds the story of Humaira “Hani” Khan and Ishita “Ishu” Dey. The two teenage girls attend the same all-girls school and, like many other immigrant children, are expected to befriend one another. Despite ethnicity, the girls share little else in common. Hani is easy-going, extroverted and […]
Last year AZ announced our first ever creative fund. The first five fund recipients were announced in June and amongst them was budding techno-rap musician, James Indigo. Today, James releases the brand new video to his single, Van Gogh- an experimental dance track with drum and bass-inspired beats, bolstered by beautifully bizarre visuals that give […]
Family life can be said to provide young children with the parameters of self-consciousness. A child exposed to one dominant culture comes to consciousness with an idea of who constitutes his or her family and uses this knowledge to situate themselves within their local world. For ‘British South Asians’ or ‘Indian diaspora’ youth with cross-cultural […]
As a queer Muslim woman of colour witnessing a raging pandemic and racial reckoning, I’ve frequently been left wanting when it comes to stories of heroism. Finding characters who are even remotely like me (queer and/or BIPOC) is difficult. Finding heroes who fit this bill is even harder. I noticed that so many of these […]
Religion has been a tool used in the oppression of LGBTQ+ people around the world. From Christianity to Islam, we read and hear of the atrocities committed against queer people simply because they do not conform to heteronormativity. In the past few years, young people have left organised religion because of the anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric. While […]
