This panel discussion explores attitudes towards black beauty as they relate to being black and queer.

Organized by LGBTQIAA+ Programs at Queens College

So Black. So Queer. So Beautiful.

On Wednesday, February 21st, at 6pm, a hybrid panel discussion at Queens College/CUNY led by Connect + Commune will focus on mainstream standards of beauty shaped by the patriarchy, racism, sexism, homophobia and transphobia.

What are they? Where do they come from? What is the impact on physical health and psychological well-being? How does it specifically impact queer and trans people, specifically of color, and influence their ability to express themselves authentically?

Food will be served.

Visit our photographer at our Black History Month photo booth featuring our guest stylist.

Sponsored by the Office of LGBTQIAA+ Programs at Queens College. This event is made possible through the generous support of the CUNY LGBTQIA+ Consortium in partnership with the New York City Council.

Co-sponsors: The Africana Studies Program at Queens College, the Queens College SEEK Program, the Center for Racial, Ethnic and Religious Understanding/CERRU at Queens College, the Black Student Union at Queens College, Queens College Caribbean Student Association, the Queens College Committee for Disabled Students, the UBUNTU Program at Queens College, the Crear Futuros Program at Queens College, the Queens College Gender, Love and Sexuality Alliance/GLASA, the Alliance of Latin American Students at Queens College/ALAS, the Queens College Hispanic Club, the Arts Club at Queens College, the UBUNTU Program at Queens College, the Crear Futuros Program at Queens College, the Women and Gender Studies Program at Queens College, and the CUNY Office of Student Inclusion Initiatives

This event will be recorded and preserved in the CUNY LGBT Public History Project at the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives/CUNY.