It’s a joyous occasion, this whole month of June: Pride Month in many parts of the world. I am ready to be giddy; ready to don all the rainbow and now, with fewer restrictions, attend all of the (responsibly socially distanced) festivals, parades, panels, lectures, brunches, picnics–I am here for all of it.  There were … Continue reading Pride Month and the Erasure, Co-Optation, and Appropriation of the Black Liberation Struggle