What to watch
What’s Underneath: Black Voices
The mother-daughter led multimedia platform StyleLikeU has debuted an intimate docuseries titled, What’s Underneath: Black Voices. The second episode of the series, released on Feb. 11, stars biracial queer actress Kiersey Clemons, who opens up about dealing with her bipolar diagnosis while working in Hollywood. The series previously featured gender nonconforming BLM ambassador Janaya Future Khan, who discussed their journey from experiencing homelessness to their groundbreaking activism. New episodes of the docuseries are being released every Thursday on Instagram and YouTube until April.
The second episode of the docuseries What’s Underneath: Black Voices will be available on StyleLikeU’s YouTube and Instagram on Feb. 11.
What to read
Let’s Get Back to the Party by Zak Salih
Washington-based author Zak Salih is releasing his debut novel Let’s Get Back to the Party on Feb. 16. Set in 2015 after the legalization of same-sex marriage in the U.S., the novel follows a newly-single gay high school teacher, Sebastian Mote, who dreams of settling down. The art history teacher finds himself envying his openly queer students who are experiencing the youth he lost to shame. While attending a wedding in Washington, Sebastian runs into his childhood friend Oscar Burnham. Is this his second chance?
Let’s Get Back to the Party by Zak Salih will be available for purchase on Amazon in the U.S. and Canada on Feb. 16.
What to listen to
“Messed Up” by Furillostar
Michigan-based genre-bending R&B artist Furillostar released his newest single “Messed Up” on Feb. 11. With relationship dynamics changing amid the pandemic, Furillostar looks at what relationships and love look like in 2021 in this feel-good pop track with an early-2000s sound. Touching on topics like online dating, ghosting and modern dating frustrations, the singer hopes to retell experiences many listeners connect with.
Furillostar’s new single “Messed Up” will be available on Apple Music and Spotify on Feb. 11.
What to look at
Influential Black New Yorkers
The NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project presents an online collection of historic sites titled Influential Black New Yorkers, that map the residences of influential Black writers, performers and activists. The collection documents the involvement these individuals had in the nascent civil and gay rights movements. Included in the collection is the residence of Black LGBTQ2S+ rights activist and lesbian Ernestine Eckstein. Acclaimed Black lesbian feminist, writer and activist Audre Lorde’s house is also featured, among many others.
The Influential Black New Yorkers online collection and tour is available on the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project website.
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