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Category Archives: Queer Power

D’Angelo Vogues Down: A Memorial

March 16, 2016by Benji Hart 8 Comments

This very short story is written in memory of a youth member of the Chicago queer community we lost in the summer of 2015, and will appear alongside other pieces in the forthcoming zine honoring […]

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Queer Power, The Arts, Vogue Studies

In the Wake of ‘Formation’: Reflections on Misogynoir and Community Healing

March 4, 2016by Benji Hart 7 Comments

Last month I wrote a response to the song and video ‘Formation,’ after being asked my thoughts repeatedly throughout the week of its release. I was angry—in ways I couldn’t describe […]

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Ethnic Studies, Queer Power

My (Apparently) Obligatory Response to ‘Formation’: In List Form

February 10, 2016by Benji Hart 123 Comments

1. I have actively avoided saying anything about Beyoncé’s new song and video. I don’t think they are interesting, important or deserving of my commentary. That as a Black, queer person […]

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Liberalism, Queer Power, The Arts

Misogyny on the Mag Mile: A Turning Point

December 2, 2015by Benji Hart 23 Comments

Several prominent Chicago youth organizers—all of them Black women, and the majority of them queer—were physically assaulted on Black Friday during the hugely successful shutdown of the Magnificent Mile in […]

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Ethnic Studies, Queer Power

Four Unexpected Things We Learned In Lockup: Reflections on the IACP Shutdown

November 11, 2015by Benji Hart 6 Comments

On Saturday, October 24th, I spent nine hours in lockup, along with more than sixty-five of my Black comrades and our allies, at the District 8 police station in Chicago. […]

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Ethnic Studies, Queer Power

#FundBlackFutures Action Shuts Down IACP Conference

October 24, 2015by Benji Hart 2 Comments

Happening Now: BYP100 is shutting down the IACP Conference in Chicago. A smaller cohort of allied affinity groups is supporting the action by blocking the major streets in front of McCormick Place. […]

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Ethnic Studies, Queer Power

Profane and Sacred: A Review of lil BLK

September 30, 2015by Benji Hart 2 Comments

In the spirit of the Black Arts Movement reimagined in the era of Black Lives Matter, lil BLK, a solo performance by Nic Kay which premiered last weekend at Links […]

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Ethnic Studies, Queer Power, The Arts, Vogue Studies

Radical Gentry: Activism and Displacement

September 16, 2015by Benji Hart 4 Comments

I’m Black. I’m queer. I’m from a wealthy family. I’m formally educated. I did not grow up in the city in which I currently live. I work for a nonprofit […]

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Economic Justice, Ethnic Studies, Liberalism, Queer Power

Guest Post–The Real Barriers to Care: What We Truly Need to Combat HIV

August 22, 2015by Benji Hart 3 Comments

Cassie Warren is a health educator, activist and youth worker dedicated to radical access to affirming health services, especially for trans and queer young people. She works at the Broadway Youth Center […]

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Education, Ethnic Studies, Queer Power

Who Represents Us?: On Pop Culture and Social Justice

July 24, 2015by Benji Hart 6 Comments

One of my least favorite situations to find myself in is at a party, a bar, or a club, cornered into a conversation about a pop song, a music video, […]

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Ethnic Studies, Liberalism, Queer Power, The Arts

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Benji Hart

Benji Hart

Benji Hart is an author, artist, and educator living in Chicago. Their writing has been featured at Teen Vogue, The Chicago Reader, Socialist Worker and others. See more of their work at BenjiHart.com

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