http://www.blackandpink.org unfortunately mainstream gay and lesbian organizations have forgotten about people in prison and prison reform/abolition organizations have forgotten about queer folk. thus this website provides an oppotunity for us to bring these issues together. prison, queers, and so much more. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:45:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I hope everyone enjoyed the February issues of the Black and Pink Newsletter. This version has more writing from currently incarcerated queer and trans prisoners as well as some art. Many thanks to the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition for paying for copies. If you want to be ... http://www.blackandpink.org/revolt/march-2010-black-and-pink-newsletter/ The Black and Pink Newsletter has been reborn. This will be a monthly newsletter sent to all pen-pals listed on the website as well as other queer/trans prisoners who have asked not to be listed online but want to receive these resources. You are welcome to print this ... http://www.blackandpink.org/revolt/february-black-and-pink-newsletter/ I had the great pleasure of getting to know Esmerelda a number of years ago at a summit for survivors of sexual violence in prison. She is brilliant, brave, and inspiring. We must prioritize the abolition of the prison industrial complex as an essential part of queer/trans liberation. ... http://www.blackandpink.org/revolt/esmeralda-a-transgender-detainee-speaks-out/ Reported by USA Today Back in July we reported a horse-and-buggery story involving a South Carolina man caught on video having sex with a mare named Sugar and then held at gunpoint by her owner when he returned for another stable tryst. Today, Rodell Vereen, 50, was sentenced to three years in ... http://www.blackandpink.org/revolt/a-man-pleads-guilty-to-buggery-in-south-carolina/ http://www.lgf.org.uk/how-do-we-make-cruising-grounds-safer/ As Boston police continue to increase their presence in the fens (a long-time popular public sex space) the question of public sex is coming up over and over again. The mainstream gay press in Boston (Baywindows) has done an embarrassing job of covering the issue and speaking out in ... http://www.blackandpink.org/revolt/making-cruising-safer/ Corpus Christi, TX – Prison Legal News (PLN), a non-profit monthly publication that reports on criminal justice-related issues, filed suit today in federal district court against Brad Livingston, Executive Director of the Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), and other TDCJ officials. According to PLN’s complaint, TDCJ has inappropriately censored books ... http://www.blackandpink.org/revolt/prison-legal-news-sues-texas-dept-of-criminal-justice-for-censoring-books/ Queerness, Prisons and Activism: Making the Links Sarah Lamble is a queer activist who has been involved in struggles around prison abolition, antiracism and globalization issues, both in Canada and the UK. As part of her PhD, she is working on a project called Transforming Bodies of Knowledge: legal institutions, queer and ... http://www.blackandpink.org/revolt/radio-discussion-on-queertrans-prisoner-liberation/ I have had the great pleasure of being included in some emails about the future of some boxes of papers from Mike Riegle. Mike was a radical queer writer for Gay Community News in the late 70's to 80's and died of AIDS at the young age of 48. ... http://www.blackandpink.org/revolt/remembering-mike-riegle/ As everyone is dancing thriller I thought I would repost this as it was removed before. Enjoy http://www.blackandpink.org/revolt/michael-jackson-they-dont-really-care-about-us/ PRISON ABOLITION IS NECESSARY FOR QUEER LIBERATION Organizations all over the country like Queers for Economic Justice in NYC, are working hard to fight for racial and “economic justice in a context of sexual and gender liberation.”4 Queer people in Philadelphia have a vast and vibrant history of resistance to ... http://www.blackandpink.org/revolt/new-article-from-queersagainstprisons-philly/