Queer people of all shades and identities showed off their brilliance this past Sunday as part of a social media initiative called #QPOCVisibilityDay, a whole day used to throw a flawless wrench into all of the erasure that tends to happen on a daily basis.
From microaggressions to systemic discrimination, it's real out here for queer folks of color. Just showing up in your full glory and being celebrated is important, and that's exactly what folks did...
Cass got the ball rolling about a week before.
March 20th will be the date for #qpocvisibilityday pic.twitter.com/OuJgTirn8r
— cass (@sandrabunni)
Then on Sunday, queer people of color from every corner of the world got together...
London represented.
\u201c#qpocvisibilityday mixed Afro-Bajan \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\udde7 / British \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 cis gay guy in London\u201d— MARCUS. \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 (@MARCUS. \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08) 1458518967
Canada was in full effect.
Yay for #qpocvisibilityday! 23, gay, indo-Trinidadian in Canada. he/him pic.twitter.com/mS8G6ozLQY
— Ryan Persadie (@rpersadie)
And Mexico chimed in!
None— xavier (@xavier) 1458532525
There were pansexual peeps...
\u201cBeautiful \ud83d\ude0d // Maldivian, pansexual, he/him #qpocvisibilityday @prayingfodick\u201d— LGBTQIAP PoC Beauty (@LGBTQIAP PoC Beauty) 1458522907
Lovely lesbians.
\u201cBlack, lesbian, she/they @sadgirlusa #qpocvisibilityday\u201d— LGBTQIAP PoC Beauty (@LGBTQIAP PoC Beauty) 1458523788
Awesome asexuals.
\u201chello, it's me :) ur average asexual queen\u2122 #qpocvisibilityday\u201d— della b. (@della b.) 1458518581
Amazing agender folks.
Black, agender, bi, with bonus cat #qpocvisibilityday pic.twitter.com/k7lETL0e7k
— (@SsRP5)
Bisexual bosses.
\u201cBisexual Haitian(and Russian on my dads side) dude #qpocvisibilityday\u201d— Big Sodomy\u2122 Stan (@Big Sodomy\u2122 Stan) 1458519148
Genderfluid gems.
\u201c@LGBTQIAPoC Filipino, Genderfluid, They/Them, Pansexual #qpocvisibilityday \ud83d\udc95\ud83d\udc95\u201d— LGBTQIAP PoC Beauty (@LGBTQIAP PoC Beauty) 1458520573
Trailblazing trans folks.
\u201cBlack trans trippy yung gawd. #qpocvisibilityday\u201d— zipper tits (@zipper tits) 1458535714
A Chicanx in love with the cutest trans boy but let's not ignore my love for women, (she/her)#qpocvisibilityday pic.twitter.com/YtfmgfGaP1
— yesi (@nirvanaaflowers)
#qpocvisibilityday couples edition!!
— 2 star restaurant (@slack_errr)
Mexican and West Indian trans queers :-) pic.twitter.com/ZqPuA4fnLm
Those with funky hair participated...
And headwraps...
\u201cagender nb & asexual ball of cuteness #qpocvisibilityday \u2728\u201d— donkey brains (@donkey brains) 1445108547
And caps.
People showing off everybody’s favorite Snapchat filter…
Even Janet Mock got in on the fun!
\u201cFor #qpocvisibilityday I rewatch this black feminist convo w Barbara Smith @aintgonnalet @ReinaGossett @CharleneCac https://t.co/yiyHsizGGo\u201d— Janet Mock (@Janet Mock) 1458583600
And Wade Davis!
\u201c#QPOCVisibilityDay with @Wade_Davis28 of @YouCanPlayTeam at @GC_CUNY! #Intersections\u201d— Kevin Nadal, Ph.D. (@Kevin Nadal, Ph.D.) 1458600042
And even those who joined the fun a day late managed to participate in all of the inclusiveness and visibility!
If you missed the big day, don't be sad. Yes, it’s elusive, but there's no doubt there will be another #QPOCVisibilityDay soon enough.
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