This episode of Busy Being Black contains references to situations and substances some might find uncomfortable to listen to.

Living in the fullness of our queer Black lives means learning to live in the messiness. This was a lesson I learned as I dealt with my emotional fallout after watching Micheal Rice’s documentary, #parTyboi. #parTyboi explores and exposes the crystal meth epidemic that is ravaging the queer Black community in the US, and the price we, as a community and as individuals, pay living beyond the margins. Micheal's documentary so clearly illuminates the spaces and places where black and white lives collide, and the attendant devastation that results from the purchase of Black bodies to satiate white desires.

facebook.com/partyboidocumentary/
instagram.com/micheal_rice

BlackOut, Team PrEPster and 56 Dean Street have launched a survey to find out how chemsex is affecting queer Black folk in Britain. #chemsexwhileblack

Take the survey and spread the word: 
https://blkoutuk.com/2018/04/06/read-whats-going-onchemsexwhileblack/

If you or someone you know is struggling with addiction, check out the Westminster Drugs Project:
http://www.wdp.org.uk/about-us

To find drug and alcohol recovery meetings in a city near you:
http://www.gayandsober.org/

Busy Being Black is the podcast exploring how we live in the fullness of our queer Black lives.

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Micheal Rice: Black Diamonds in Ice Castles

Busy Being Black means we’re busy building our legacy. What can we create that answers the questions we have today and which provides a manual for those of tomorrow? Topher Campbell is a Jerwood Award-winning director of stage, television and film who creates generous works of art that allow us the space to see ourselves and draw our own conclusions about how we best make the most of our lives.

Rukus! archive: https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/london-metropolitan-archives/the-collections/Pages/rukus.aspx
Fetish preview: https://vimeo.com/251646608
Invisible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaZvdmX0f10
A Raisin in the Sun: https://www.mountview.org.uk/whats-on/show/a-raisin-in-the-sun/

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Topher Campbell: Fetish

Today, I'm in conversation with Lili Ming and Kenny Jones, founders of Transparency, a new video platform centring trans people and their experiences. Drawing from their own transitions, Lili and Kenny have created Transparency to speak to the multiplicities of the trans experience, and as a place where life-saving information and first-person advice is available for those who need it. Among much else, Lili and Kenny discussing measuring their personal success, defining their lives and their existence outside of societal norms and how we own our responsibility to live in service of others.

thetransparencyshow.com
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Lili Ming and Kenny Jones: Transparency

Busy Being Black with Josh Rivers is the podcast exploring how we live in the fullness of our queer Black lives.