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Capstones
Graduation Date
Fall 12-19-2015
Grading Professor
Dana Robinson
Subject Concentration
Arts & Culture
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Abstract
Commodore Barry Park is an unappealing mid- sized space on most days. It sits next to Farragut Projects, tucked a few blocks away from Fort Greene Park andits neighboring brownstones. But today is Aug. 22, Day 1 of the Afropunk Music Festival. It’s 5 p.m — the hundreds of attendees gathered under the hot sun press against the barricade separating them from the empty main stage. No one wants to miss a moment of Ms. Lauryn Hill, who’s scheduled as the next performer. But Ms. Lauryn Hill isn’t the performer who gets on stage next. Transgender activist Cherno Biko leads a cavalcade of fellow protesters on stage to speak out against the violence wrought against black transgender bodies. Shagaysia Diamond, a redhead dressed in all black, is one of the protesters on a stage that promotes freedom; the banners that border it reads, “NO HOMOPHOBIA NO FATPHOBIA NO TRANSPHOBIA"
Recommended Citation
Josephs, Brian C., "Transgender and Black, Looking for an Audience" (2015). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gj_etds/108
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