HBO’s four-Emmy-winning televison biopic about blues singer legend Bessie Smith is gorgeous, moving, and deliciously queer.
I’m sorry, have you really not watched this film? Because you need to get on it right now. Be inspired by the QTPOC who came before us and those making history today in these 15 films. So make some popcorn and put your learnin’ pants on. I’ve curated a whole month’s worth of really excellent films to get you started. But it’s not always easy or accessible to find those stories. Everyone should know the stories of the lesbian, bisexual, queer and/or trans women of color who’ve been the backbones of LGBT communities forever and ever. QTPOC often get written out of the retellings of our own LGBTQ history, even within our own communities. Zero of them knew anything about Marsha P. I recently did a poll of a class of undergraduate students and literally, like, five of them had heard of the Stonewall Riots before college or in an educational setting at all. And y’all all know it’s not just white women’s history that’s left out of our high school textbooks. March is Women’s History Month! Women’s History Month is a nationally recognized month in the United States to “write women back into history,” according to the National Women’s History Project website.
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