Happy Queer Women’s History Month! Yes, March is officially Women’s History Month. But here at One+Love, we’re putting the spotlight on the fierceness and fabulosity of queer women! The month’s celebration kicked off with a feature on Chef Fresh, who…
Born and raised in eastern North Carolina, Sharonmelissa Roberson (aka “Chef Fresh”) started remixing southern culinary traditions as soon as she could walk and hold a whisk. Fresh is a fat black poly dyke who now calls Chicago home,…
Monica Roberts, aka the TransGriot (pronounced “gree-oh”), is a native Houstonian and a trailblazing award-winning trans community leader. She has lobbied since 1998 for trans human rights protections at the federal, state, and local levels in Kentucky and Texas. In…
On this anniversary of Audre Lorde’s birth, we celebrate Black History Month and all of our black LGBT forebears. She called herself “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet” — and so many of her words continue to testify that intersectionality, like…
Dear A, As you fight for your life in a CCU hospital room too many miles from me, I think of you on this Valentine’s Day. Not because we are romantically involved, although we have been. Like so many other…
When One+Love went in search of a male couple of color to feature for Valentine’s Day, we were told to look no further than Deondray and Quincy Gossfield (formerly known as Deondray Gossett and Quincy LeNear). Often billed as a…
Maisha Najuma Aza is a radical, magical, sex-positive, body-positive, black, fat, queer, femme, healer, writer, and priestess in Atlanta, with a Master’s in social work from the Smith College School for Social Work. She provides sacred sex and body love…
Happy Queer Valentine’s Day! Yes, we’re kicking off the day-of-candy-and-hearts a little early, but with a kweer, kreative twist. The next two weeks will be drizzled with sweetness, here on the blog and on our tumblr. So bring your spoon…
Alexis Pauline Gumbs’ bio immediately initiates you into her mysteries. So it begins: “Alexis is a self-identified queer black trouble maker, love evangelist and space cadet. So, that means time and space manifest in prolific and polyphonic ways.” And it’s…
Natalya Brusilovsky loves to cook to music. And as you’ll see below, she recommends dancing as a way to enliven a cook’s mood–and her dish! (Call it kinetic spice.) And this community-based theatre artist and pop-up restaurateur knows how parlay…
Happy Queer Women’s History Month!
Happy Queer Women’s History Month! Yes, March is officially Women’s History Month. But here at One+Love, we’re putting the spotlight on the fierceness and fabulosity of queer women! The month’s celebration kicked off with a feature on Chef Fresh, who…
Chef Fresh Serves Up Fresh Insights on Food, Fat, and Fun
Born and raised in eastern North Carolina, Sharonmelissa Roberson (aka “Chef Fresh”) started remixing southern culinary traditions as soon as she could walk and hold a whisk. Fresh is a fat black poly dyke who now calls Chicago home,…
TransGriot Monica Roberts On Black Trans History
Monica Roberts, aka the TransGriot (pronounced “gree-oh”), is a native Houstonian and a trailblazing award-winning trans community leader. She has lobbied since 1998 for trans human rights protections at the federal, state, and local levels in Kentucky and Texas. In…
Happy Birthday, Audre Lorde!
On this anniversary of Audre Lorde’s birth, we celebrate Black History Month and all of our black LGBT forebears. She called herself “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet” — and so many of her words continue to testify that intersectionality, like…
A Love Letter To My Queer Family
Dear A, As you fight for your life in a CCU hospital room too many miles from me, I think of you on this Valentine’s Day. Not because we are romantically involved, although we have been. Like so many other…
“Meet the Gossfields”: Power Couple Riffs on Love, Art, & Getting Married At the Grammys
When One+Love went in search of a male couple of color to feature for Valentine’s Day, we were told to look no further than Deondray and Quincy Gossfield (formerly known as Deondray Gossett and Quincy LeNear). Often billed as a…
Maisha Najuma Aza On Sex, Sensuality, and Self-Connection
Maisha Najuma Aza is a radical, magical, sex-positive, body-positive, black, fat, queer, femme, healer, writer, and priestess in Atlanta, with a Master’s in social work from the Smith College School for Social Work. She provides sacred sex and body love…
Valentine’s Day Dates…Remixed
Happy Queer Valentine’s Day! Yes, we’re kicking off the day-of-candy-and-hearts a little early, but with a kweer, kreative twist. The next two weeks will be drizzled with sweetness, here on the blog and on our tumblr. So bring your spoon…
Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Space Cadet From A Black Feminist Future
Alexis Pauline Gumbs’ bio immediately initiates you into her mysteries. So it begins: “Alexis is a self-identified queer black trouble maker, love evangelist and space cadet. So, that means time and space manifest in prolific and polyphonic ways.” And it’s…
Natalya Brusilovsky, Culinary Choreographer
Natalya Brusilovsky loves to cook to music. And as you’ll see below, she recommends dancing as a way to enliven a cook’s mood–and her dish! (Call it kinetic spice.) And this community-based theatre artist and pop-up restaurateur knows how parlay…