AWI Our Stories Our Voices presents: The Colonization of Gender and Sexuality
The Our Stories, Our Voices festival celebrates queer mental health stories told by LGBTQ+ filmmakers and artists. Over three days, filmmakers, mental health professionals, and community leaders will lead insightful, interactive workshops focused on the unique experiences of queer people and their mental health.
The influx of “corporate Pride” shines a harsh light on how thinly-veiled appropriation passes for allyship in a white capitalist society. Combined with cultural and social expectations, it has made navigating the intersection of race, sexuality, gender and mental health an exhausting and confusing endeavor. Filmmakers Campbell X and Victoria Anderson-Gardner will lead this session in conversation with 1990’s Chris to address these topics, and to beg the question of how we decolonize queer love.
You can view the event recording here:
Featured National Resources:
Crisis Text Line
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Trans Lifeline
The Trevor Project
Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective (BEAM)
Black Mental Health Alliance