Names like Bayard Rustin, Frances Thompson and William Dorsey Swann have been largely erased from US history, but they and other Black queer leaders played central roles in monumental movements like emancipation, civil rights and LGBTQ+ pride, among others.
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Tommy Stevenson
February 2, 2023 at 5:28 pm
America is a backwards country 😂
HIMMBelljuvo
February 2, 2023 at 5:40 pm
Black queer people were instrumental in black liberation, but not black queer culture per se. That’s a mostly, if not wholly, an American invention. There have been elements of black culture that can be traced back to Africa, that could be considered queer according to modern sensibilities. But there’s never been a case where queerness has ever largely characterized African or black subcultures. There just isn’t enough historical precedent for that. (Or none that I’m aware of.) Queerness was tolerated and accepted but was relegated to the fringes of most African societies or capitalized on for specific functions, eg. Gay bodyguards and eunuch servants for female members of royal families. Outside of those contexts, it’s never really been a thing for black people culturally until our identities got wrapped up in American and eurocentric societal contexts
Max X
February 2, 2023 at 6:01 pm
A lot of the time people talk like this, they are only referring to American History, which is just dumb. They’re acting like American history is the only history worth talking about.
Ox Horn
February 2, 2023 at 5:42 pm
Gross
Angela Chicken
February 2, 2023 at 5:44 pm
Thankyou for sharing this information.
Sw33t iAlucarD
February 2, 2023 at 5:54 pm
Eww. I’m black and this is so stupid, thumbs down TED!
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February 2, 2023 at 8:27 pm
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Old skies New world
February 2, 2023 at 6:15 pm
The mentally ill are taking over and are trying to convince us to join them lol, remember you care about our opinions as must as we care about yours and us black people especially don’t…
SaveDemocracy
February 2, 2023 at 6:19 pm
Speak for yourself. Not everyone thinks like you do.
Faruk Kalyoncu
February 2, 2023 at 6:35 pm
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February 2, 2023 at 8:27 pm
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zmmm88
February 2, 2023 at 7:00 pm
Disgusting 🤢
Aergaia
February 2, 2023 at 7:36 pm
looks like that ideology infiltrated this channel too smh wtf?
Jai Nahh
February 2, 2023 at 8:16 pm
anything gay
y’all: PROPAGANDA! I REBUKE! THEYRE TRYING TO TAKE OUR KIDS!
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February 2, 2023 at 8:26 pm
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Robin Webster
February 2, 2023 at 8:26 pm
Here in defiance of fascists.
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February 2, 2023 at 8:28 pm
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DAVID SMITH
February 2, 2023 at 11:17 pm
Bet you don’t know what a fascist is
Robin Webster
February 2, 2023 at 11:23 pm
@DAVID SMITH sure I do, do u?
SaveDemocracy
February 3, 2023 at 12:16 am
@Robin Webster What is a fascist?
Jan Urbánek
February 2, 2023 at 8:41 pm
Unsubscribed..
DAVID SMITH
February 2, 2023 at 11:16 pm
yay!
Eric Johnson
February 2, 2023 at 8:42 pm
Damn shame
Kris
February 2, 2023 at 8:51 pm
Hard to show respect and understanding when you show up nude on stage…
Stacy Litwin
February 2, 2023 at 8:57 pm
Love this, such an important part of history that people have tried to erase. Wonderful talk
Spark
February 3, 2023 at 12:52 am
looooooooooooool
Alex
February 3, 2023 at 1:01 am
Can’t erase what never existed
James Brandon
February 2, 2023 at 9:17 pm
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DAVID SMITH
February 2, 2023 at 11:15 pm
Those emojis need eyelashes sweetpie
James Brandon
February 2, 2023 at 9:17 pm
Bruh if I went to a random Ted talk and this was the presentation I would be so heated💀💀💀
sc
February 2, 2023 at 9:51 pm
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FMV Reviews
February 2, 2023 at 9:54 pm
Reality clearly shows that Humanity is a gradient expression of diversity and creation
Shalom Shabbat
February 2, 2023 at 10:13 pm
And unsubscribed.
DAVID SMITH
February 2, 2023 at 11:18 pm
Oh we’re so sorry
Mohanad Roby
February 2, 2023 at 10:15 pm
Mental illness, delusions.
J Boss
February 2, 2023 at 10:42 pm
The ppl in the comments are upset because real history is being told.
Spark
February 3, 2023 at 12:52 am
hahahahahahahahaha
Alex
February 3, 2023 at 1:04 am
>real
Sandipan Naskar
February 2, 2023 at 10:42 pm
Churchill was a queer, unfortunately you didn’t know that.
DAVID SMITH
February 2, 2023 at 11:14 pm
Sorry honey, we did.
Milton Bayne
February 2, 2023 at 10:43 pm
Wow, TED has become a laughing stock of thinking people. Such a joke. Bye TED.
Milton Bayne
February 2, 2023 at 10:45 pm
The numbers prove my opinion out. 22.5 million subs and less than 10,000 views in six hours, lol !!!!
A Hungry Rat
February 2, 2023 at 10:50 pm
All black guys should aspire to be like him , such courage and bravery doing this talk with his raspberry ripples showing through his shirt 🤣🤣
Spark
February 3, 2023 at 12:52 am
hahahahahaha
AntiMogul
February 2, 2023 at 11:05 pm
This video is like a nice tall glass of 🧊 cold water. It’s so much truth being told. the reactionaries in the comment section cant take, like at all!! 😅😅 proud of the speaker as well, you did very well telling our real Tea ☕️, not only is this video highly informative, but it sets the record straight on a lot of ish.
Despite the blatant anti-blackness and constant leaching off/whitewashing of black queer culture, mannerisms, and phrases by non-black queer people, queer culture was created and is still maintained by Black American LGBT.
Without us, the black community cannot move forward
Without us, the queer community cannot move forward
Black queer ppl are the source to the art of drag, queer political organizing, ballroom, and all the culture that anti-black queer people love to indulge in and falsely claim as their culture but not using 1 ounce of privilege to dismantle systems of oppression that black, brown, and yellow counterparts face
We the moment!
DAVID SMITH
February 2, 2023 at 11:20 pm
Well presented and stylishly delivered. To all black drag queens, use this truth of history as your strength, then go slay! Thanks heaps Channing.
Spark
February 3, 2023 at 12:52 am
hahahaha
WAHNANO
February 2, 2023 at 11:48 pm
No comment :I
JRESHOW
February 3, 2023 at 12:47 am
Now it’s time to get one of the first lads on here. Maybe Michelle? Anyone seen the bee movie? They are all queer.
JRESHOW
February 3, 2023 at 12:48 am
Just identify as a foreigner and stop paying taxes. 👊🏻
parkadiy
February 3, 2023 at 1:13 am
что называется: оденусь в то что у бабушки в гардеробе весело лет 30 назад 🤦♂(юбка с небриты ногами и торчащим членом выглядит устрашающе во все времена )
Melissa
February 3, 2023 at 4:04 am
Phenomenal ❤
Baz McLaughlin
February 3, 2023 at 4:53 am
Recorded at a mental institution.
James Dignan music
February 3, 2023 at 6:06 am
Fascinating – so much history has been swept under the carpet. The few well-known queer Black icons are just the tip of a grand iceberg of legacy – a legacy which extends across cultures worldwide. For example, as a straight white musician on the other side of the world in New Zealand, I am forever grateful for rock music, at least partly the legacy of pioneering musician Little Richard. How many equally important names are unknown to the many?
Andy Cordy
February 3, 2023 at 8:24 am
Just to hear these histories is near miraculous in the context of the suppression of Black History more broadly. I am delighted to witness this champion of research and applaud the effort that has been made in bringing these cultural tributaries into the mainstream of history.
One thing troubled me though, that a great man like James Baldwin was not sited among the names in this all too brief exploration of Black, Queer History. I am so ignorant of the state of contemporary Black history presentation that I really need to see a broader perspective. Queer culture has always focussed on the visible, the show, the attention seeking behaviour. What of life for those who did not dress in camp outfits but tried to challenge the oppression with their intellect, their art. Is their effort not of value in the broader, all erasing sweep of history which leaves only the most doggedly persistent, the most flagrant and uncomfortable for historians to find and faithfully represent?
bboy Panda
February 3, 2023 at 11:14 am
I subscribed to this channel a few weeks ago…and the whole time I haven’t seen a single video that would seriously spike my interest. Maybe more male nipples next time? 😀 Well, there will be no next time for me.. Bye Bye Ted! Go subscribe to Veritasium or V-Sauce, folks.
BlaZé
February 3, 2023 at 8:47 pm
I’m sorry, with all due respect to the talk itself, I just can’t take someone that “dresses” like that seriously. You can show off your culture through fashion without being virtually half-naked on a speech stage. This isn’t the time nor the place to wear something so vulgar. Same reason why don’t show up in a classroom or an office wearing a swimsuit. And just imagine the outrage if it was a woman instead…
Hubert Nicolas
February 3, 2023 at 10:16 pm
u’re missing the whole point congrats <3
BlaZé
February 3, 2023 at 10:46 pm
@Hubert Nicolas At least I made the effort of listening anyway, I’d be curious to know how many people simply didn’t click for the thumbnail alone. I’m technically LGBTQ+ too, and the way these people present themselves is exactly why I and many others want nothing to do with them at best. It’s so unnecessary, yet here we are.
Alperen
February 3, 2023 at 9:05 pm
clown
Bloody Cloud
February 3, 2023 at 9:22 pm
🤢🤮
JJ Maguire
February 3, 2023 at 10:27 pm
Sucks they were forced by their own people to be slaves. I heard they are still being enslaved and killed to this day.
Anonymous_LeaksX
February 4, 2023 at 3:37 am
Mans forgot to sound gay
Mykzll
February 4, 2023 at 6:10 am
ate
Bingham Guevara
February 4, 2023 at 9:20 am
1:28. “Genealogy is heterosexual”. Vile. I can see why LGBT were repressed for thousands of years.
Boundedgod
February 4, 2023 at 11:12 am
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha
عبوود ع الحدوود
February 4, 2023 at 11:16 am
This guy people will make earth is empty of people
putra
February 4, 2023 at 4:41 pm
🤡
Enri Ib
February 4, 2023 at 8:00 pm
Pass, man I’m glad I was born in the 70s this nonsense is out of control .
Free Yt
February 4, 2023 at 8:12 pm
no one cares about tjhat
Shane Bro
February 6, 2023 at 6:46 am
So many stories of so many peoples around the world have been erased. What could we find out about our entire world. This one story is eye opening.
GREENBAY
February 6, 2023 at 7:23 am
A little bit to gay and strage