News Is Out and our partner publications are featuring profiles of BIPOC LGBTQ+ artists across the country. These stories are made possible with support from Comcast Corporation.

Roadwork reflects on its herstory to plan its future

In 1978, amid the second wave of feminism in the aftermath of Roe v. Wade, Roadwork – a multiracial coalition – put women’s art, particularly that of women of color, on the road. Building the roads where they didn’t already exist, Roadwork created an intersection of opportunity and social change, wherein artists from diverse backgrounds…

Robert Moses Kin: Bootstraps Initiative connects choreography and community

For more than 25 years, Robert Moses has been a powerful force in the Bay Area arts community. His choreographic work for his own San Francisco-based troupe, Robert Moses Kin (RMK), and companies worldwide has attracted both praise and controversy, as it often deals with subjects such as race, identity, social justice and power. Beyond…

Author De’Shawn Charles Winslow on his latest novel, “Decent People”

Readers know that a writer has created an effective murder mystery when they are kept guessing, and then are utterly surprised by the revelation of the guilty party. Prize-winning gay author De’Shawn Charles Winslow does precisely that in his second novel “Decent People” (Bloomsbury, 2023).  Like his debut novel, “In West Mills,” the follow-up “Decent…

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