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I always tell people that I grew up here. Facebook 0 LinkedIn 0 Pinterest 0 0 Likes. S/O to special guests Arjai Snoddy and Kevin Stiles. On February 15, Muhsin Hendricks, an openly gay imam, Islamic scholar and LGBT rights activist was shot and killed in Gqeberha, South Africa as he was leaving to . This film sheds light on the vital role barbershops play within the black community while examining the often complicated relationship that black gay men have with these spaces.

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This month’s episode of Chop it Up takes a deeper look into Black LGBT identity and finding community in the barbershop space. Municipal officials in the town of Łańcut, Poland, have abolished the country’s last remaining “LGBT Ideology Free” zone, righting more than five years of political assault on . During its Universal Periodic Review cycle, the United States of America (U.S.) received recommendations from Iceland, Belgium, France, and Malta regarding .

The documentary follows black gay men, both clients and barbers, into barbershops in Harlem, New York, as they try to find a place there without sacrificing their identity. Now we have a place where we can do that here. Elijah Sanders , 25, an Atlanta transplant from Minnesota, has been cutting hair for three years and is a new addition to the team of professional barbers at The Grain. A ground breaking documentary is exploring the experiences of queer men in black barbershops in the United States.

Content About Us Donate Shop. 'Shape Up: Gay in the Black Barbershop’ follows the experiences of barbers and their clients in Harlem, New York. Shape Up: Gay in the Black Barbershop: Directed by Derrick L. Middleton. Derrick L. Middleton’s Shape Up: Gay in the Black Barbershop explores the hypermasculine attitudes that keep so many young gay black men from living their authentic lives in this critical space.

With Michael Arceneaux, Clay Cane, Wade Davis, Derrick L. Middleton. This month’s episode of Chop it Up takes a deeper look into Black LGBT identity and finding community in the barbershop space. So I would be like, Oh my God, are we done yet? The negative experiences his clients have had is one reason why Meeks has been intentional about creating an environment, complete with comfortable couches, and a movie-sized projector screen in the middle of the shop to enhance the client experience.

The documentary follows black gay men, both clients and barbers, into barbershops in Harlem, New York, as they try to find a place there without sacrificing their identity. Back Articles Videos Podcast. This doco looks at gay and queer men in black barbershops 'Shape Up: Gay in the Black Barbershop’ follows the experiences of barbers and their clients in Harlem, New York. View fullsize. Smalls also tells The Reckoning that he was motivated to cut his own hair in high school because of the negative experiences he had inside of Black barbershops, which he says makes a shop like The Grain that much more important.

Life is too short. Middleton is the director of Shape Up: Gay in the Black Barbershop, a documentary that explores how gay black men face discomfort and discrimination in one of the few safe spaces for. Meeks says Atlanta is where he became a man. Sanders tells The Reckoning that his experience as a client and in some cases as a gay barber has been less than pleasant.

We spend more time here than we do at home Not only because I was not as masculine as the other people in the shop, but also because I was half white and half Black, so my hair was always different in the barbershop. With Michael Arceneaux, Clay Cane, Wade Davis, Derrick L. Middleton. This film sheds light on the vital role barbershops play within the black community while examining the often complicated relationship that black gay men have with these spaces.