Black Queer DC
@BlackQueerDC
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Documenting & celebrating Black LGBTQ+ life in DC. Preserving our past, honoring our present, shaping our future.
Washington, DC
Joined November 2022
While everyone else is at the Dupont snowball fight, this is your sign to stay inside, grab some hot cocoa, and catch up on some Black Queer DC reading. Catch our new post! https://t.co/0k2uMTbMYl
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Happy Black History Month!! Celebrating Black history by centering Black queer stories, spaces, and people that shaped Washington, DC.
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The forthcoming piece situates Randy Miller’s work within the political moment he navigated, considering what his visibility reveals about Black Queer presence in national politics. Updates and new stories at Black Queer DC: https://t.co/h2VXhPUbfj
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In the late 1980s, Randy Miller served as a liaison between Lesbian & Gay communities and national Democratic presidential campaigns, helping shape early outreach at a critical moment in the National Gay and Lesbian rights movement.
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In 1979, Black and Third World Queer organizers came together in Washington, DC to imagine a future beyond oppression — one grounded in solidarity, power, and community. Read Where We Belong on #BlackQueerDC: https://t.co/50Me80XwvS
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Black Queer DC is dedicated to my Uncle Mason Thomas. He lived freely in a time when freedom wasn’t promised. His life reminds me that joy, style, and love are forms of resistance. This space carries his spirit forward. 🖤 https://t.co/J8i0BF3EQM
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In October 1979, tens of thousands marched on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. What many don’t know is that the same weekend, DC was home to the first Third World Lesbian & Gay Conference. The full story drops October 15. Stay tuned! Subscribe at: https://t.co/qBrtdsH4wr
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🗳️ Found this button from Clarene Martin's 1991 Ward 2 Special Election at Gtown Flea Market. Martin was a labor law attorney and ANC Commissioner who also ran for At-Large in 1990. Love finding local history! #DCHistory #DCElectionHistory
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In 1997 following the death of then Council Chair Dave Clarke, Cropp was named acting chair of the Council serving until 2007. To this date Cropp is the only woman to have served as Chairperson of the Council of the District of Columbia. (3/3)
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In 1988 Cropp unsuccessfully ran for Ward 4 Councilmember but was later elected in 1990 to serve as an At-Large member of the Council after Councilmember Betty Anne Kane announced she would not run for re-election. (2/3)
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Today we wish former DC Council Chairwoman Linda W. Cropp a Happy Birthday! Serving as a public school teacher for eight years in Ward 4, Linda Cropp first ran the DC Board of Education in 1979. While on the Board Cropp served as Vice Chair and later President in 1989. (1/3)
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He moved to DC in 1969 and was elected the first Ward 2 Councilmember in 1974. In 1990 Wilson was elected Chairman of the Council. Serving until his death in 1993. A year following his death, the District Building was renamed in his honor to the John A. Wilson Building. (2/2)
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Today we wish a Happy Birthday to former Ward 2 Councilmember and Council Chair John A. Wilson! Born in Baltimore and raised on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Wilson began his journey in civil rights working in New York with Malcolm x and later landing at SNCC. (1/2)
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Today we wish former Ward 3 Councilmember and former @DukeEllingtonDC teacher Jim Nathanson a Happy Birthday! Elected in 1986, Nathanson served on the council from 1987 to 1995. There he focused on education, public parks and city finance policy.
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Happy Birthday to former At-Large Councilmember David Grosso! Before being elected to the Council in 2012, Grosso served as a Committee clerk for Sharon Ambrose and as the Chief Counsel to Congresswoman Norton. He served on the Council from 2013 until 2021.
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After serving 16 years Dr. Smith transitioned to building the African American Civil War Memorial Museum. (2/2)
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Happy Birthday to Former Ward 1 Councilmember Frank Smith. Dr. Smith first got his start in activism through SNCC in Mississippi. Moving to DC in 1968, Dr. Smith was later elected to the Council in 1962. (1/2)
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There’s a new street sign honoring the first elected Ward 5 Councilmember William Spaulding! Have you had a chance to take a look?
It was an honor unveiling William R. Spaulding Way to celebrate Ward 5’s first Councilmember alongside @MayorBowser, Councilmember Spaulding’s family, and community students and leaders. Today’s ceremony was a small gesture to honor a man who gave us all so much.
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Today we wish former Ward 6 Councilmember Sharon Ambrose a Happy Birthday. Ambrose served on the council from 1997-2007.
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