by Akilah Monifa
I am a blesbian (black lesbian) blogger. I am a Baby Boomer and as co-publisher/founder and Editor-In-Chief of an online start-up, Arise 2.0, I am weary of the alphabet soup.
I am a member of NLGJA (National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association), insiders call it neglige or even before our President-elect, simply “the gays”; I am also a member of NABJ (National Association of Black Journalists) and locally BABJA (Bay Area Black Journalists Association) pronounced just as it is spelled. BTW, we never call ourselves “the blacks”.
I know that one time LGBTQIA (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Questioning/Queer, Intersex, Allies) was all the rage.
I was never down with the NAACP (National Association of Colored People) but I was colored, then black, then African-American, then of African descent.
The N word did and still does bother me. The Q word does not. I am all about reclaiming and declaring my own identity.
So enough with the alphabet soup, I am not down with O-P-P either. You know me.
So for simplicity, this blesbian blogger is down with QOC (Queers of Color) pronounced COCK my friend and Film Editor for Arise 2.0, Lucho Ramirez, and I have decided.
What say you, are you down with QOC?
Peace, love, gratitude, compassion, and blessings.
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