While being in the midst of Black History Month, this author highlights the importance of honoring Black queer icons who fought for everyone's liberaiton. Read on
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It’s hard to tell if a company genuinely cares about the LGBTQ+ community or just wants to exploit it. Often companies just change their logos to rainbow logos. Read on
VOXCast: Franklin Ayzenberg on Weaponizing White Privilege and Defending the Trans Community
Franklin Ayzenberg is a white transgender man and social media activist who’s living in New York City. When I asked to interview him, it was late May, and the political atmosphere of our country was unbelievably different.
In fact, part of me is cringing at highlighting a white voice, when now is the time, more than ever, to be uplifting Black voices. But as a Black voice myself, I have decided I wanted to take a second to view the movement through a different lens.
How can I as a Black man help white people learn about weaponizing their white privilege? Franklin Ayzenberg was an excellent person to discuss this with. He runs two Instagram accounts, his main one, where he has over 16,000 followers. A second, newer one @reallyhotandstrongboys is where he beautifully uplifts and celebrates a diverse range of individuals assigned female at birth, who have ventured into masculinity and maleness as varying proximities. Some have had top and bottom surgery, others have had neither and feel just as comfortable that way.
In this interview, we discuss everything from the Black Lives Matter protest, to the hypocrisy of white liberals, to how everyone can come together to uplift trans voices during Pride month. Enjoy!
Editor’s Note: There are SPOILERS ahead. This opinion piece about the new Netflix original series “Hollywood” is best understood after watching the show in its entirety. There are spoilers below… Read on
Hip-Hop has gone through many changes that have shaped into different stages and categories. But with recent movements to respect peoples’ sexuality and new laws that allow same-sex marriage, will… Read on
VOX On the Block: Are Companies Taking Advantage of PRIDE?
A team of VOX ATL reporters took to the streets of Atlanta to ask teens and other young people if they thought some companies are creating PRIDE products just for monetary gain.