Beyonc Isnt The Only Black Woman Taking Over The Newsstand This September. Seven Yes, Seven! Black Women

Beyoncé isn’t the only black woman taking over the newsstand this September. Seven — yes, seven! — black women will grace the covers of fashion magazines during the industry’s biggest month in publishing — but Amandla Stenberg’s Dazed cover may be the best of all.  

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Jamaica prepares for its first LGBTI Pride festival this weekend

There will be no parade because of security fears but a flash mob event is planned for this Saturday along with other activities

It is not safe to be LGBT in Jamaica. Same-sex activity between men is illegal, and LGBT people are routinely assaulted and targeted for physical violence. 

But that hasn’t stopped a robust LGBT community from forming. And this weekend, amid security fears, they will host their first-ever Pride event. There will be no parade, but rather a week of events like a flash mob, open mics, an art exhibition, a flag-raising, a “coming-out symposium,” interactions with LGBT-friendly businesses and an acoustic concert for women. 

Pride will take place from August 1-8, overlapping with the annual celebrations for Jamaica’s Emancipation and Independence. 

In a statement to Gay Star News, Nugent, who is co-chair of the Pride committee, said that through the event, ‘We will pause the negative vibrations from anti-gay lobby groups and focus on the strides we have made as a community. More importantly, we will recommit to initiatives that see us moving forward as one community.’

Pride Jamaica has received a video message of support from singer Diana King, in which she asked all Jamaicans to support the event: ‘support freedom, independence and breaking the rules of oppression.’

Amazing. Rock on, friends in Jamaica. I hope you have the most amazing time.

Photo of Gigi taken for the blog https://aswornbygigi.wordpress.com/ shot at the Barbados General Post Office, designed by Mervyn Awon.

Common and John Legend accept the Best Original Song award for ‘Glory’ from Selma.

New photos for my friend Gigi and her Blog AsWornbyGigi

My friend and fellow photographer Adrian Richards channeled Matadors, Saints, flamenco dancers and Spanish classic painters for a recent series he shot of me. Here is one image from that series.

Rusted heart … by Adrian R