This Black Lesbian Bookstore Grand Opening is What We Need Right Now
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This Black Lesbian Bookstore Grand Opening is What We Need Right Now
"Miss Major Griffin-Gracy has died at the age of 78. She was a Black trans elder who has been fighting for the community for decades and was a veteran of the Stonewall Riots. She worked for the Mattachine Midwest gay rights' organization, started Miss Major's Angels of Care to take care of gay men dying of AIDS in the 1980s, was the executive director of the Transgender Gender-Variant and Intersex Justice Project, and built a safe haven for trans people called tilfi."
"In September 2024, Tiffany Dockery was laid off from her job at Google. It was a turning point. She said, "I felt like God was saying, 'All right, at what point are you going to actually do something that you believe in?'" Her answer? She cashed out her 401(k) to open a bookstore and wine bar for Black lesbians in Brooklyn, called Gladys Books & Wine."
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy died at 78. She was a Black trans elder, Stonewall Riots veteran, founder of Miss Major's Angels of Care, and executive director of the Transgender Gender-Variant and Intersex Justice Project who created a safe haven called tilfi. Her memoir is Miss Major Speaks. Tiffany Dockery cashed out her 401(k) to open Gladys Books & Wine, a bookstore and wine bar for Black lesbians in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Bedford-Stuyvesant's Black population fell from 75% in the 1990s to 40% in 2023. The final Heartstopper volume release date was announced. Links to queer book recommendations, reviews, and listicles are provided.
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