Intersectionality is a term we hear increasingly often these days – usually in reference to the double discrimination faced by Black women fighting against misogyny and racism. But it can also be faced by men – gay Black men facing both racism and homophobia.
To examine these issues, I interviewed Dr Rob Berkeley in one of the episodes of the Cremé Project Podcast.
Rob founded BlackOut UK in 2014 to promote the voice and visibility for gay, bi and queer men of African descent in the UK.
He has worked at the UK’s leading race equality think tank The Runnymede Trust and he was previously a strategic advisor to the BBC on accountability and audience engagement before founding BlackOut UK.
We discuss homophobia in the Black community, racism and media – with a look at how things have been evolving over time and what needs to be done now.
It’s about empowering Black queer men to own their stories. To use those stories to build a future which suits their needs. To be centred rather than being marginal to Black communities and to LGBT communities
Dr Rob Berkely
Listen to the podcast
Cremé Project Podcast
The Creme Project Podcast is part of the Créme Project, a joint project/collaboration between Race On The Agenda (ROTA), The Black Training and Enterprise Group (BTEG) and the Runnymede Trust.
CRÈME is an acronym – it stands for Communicating the Race Equality Message Effectively.
In each episode, we interview someone from some of the organisations fighting for racial equality in Britain. But this will not be just a dry discussion on policy – this is about the people behind the campaigning and the experiences that shaped them.
