The street awoke with the clang of our resilience ricocheting off the blank stares and raised eyebrows: They stared, we marched, they stared, we marched
Cicely-Belle Blain
Cicely Belle Blain is a Black/mixed, queer femme from London, now living on the lands of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. At the heart of their work, Cicely Belle harnesses their passion for justice, liberation, and meaningful change via transformative education, always with laughter, and fearlessly, in the face of resistance. They are the author of Burning Sugar.
How I came to cherish being femme on my own non-binary terms
I spent my teens trying to embrace my identity. When I finally came out there was a whole community of people like me
If you want cops in Pride, you’re missing the next queer revolution
Why Black Canadians are essential to the reclamation of Pride
The political rebellion of being black and non-binary
Within black communities, there is little room for gender non-conformity. For me it’s essential to my survival
Four reasons why queer spaces don’t feel welcoming to many black queer people
And a note to Vancouver party queers: you can’t buy blackness
How Brexit and Trump have validated latent racism
I am black and British. How can I go back to a country that holds no place for me in its heart?
Instead of a happy ending, Moonlight gives into black pain
Damaging tropes about black masculinity overshadow positive narratives about being black and queer