BLAQUE/OUT MAGAZINE WAS CREATED IN 2020 IN ROCHESTER, NY AS AN ANSWER TO A SOCIETY CRUMBLING UNDER THE WEIGHT OF THE ONSET OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC, RACIAL TENSIONS ON HIGH AS BLACK BODIES WERE BEING RIDDLED BY BULLETS AT THE HANDS OF THE POLICE AND BLACK AND BROWN QUEER FOLKS STRUGGLED TO FIND SAFE SPACES THAT EMBRACED ALL SIDES OF THEIR INTERSECTIONALITY. WE WERE TOO BLACK TO BE QUEER AND TOO QUEER TO BE BLACK.

FOR YEARS AND 50+ ISSUES, WE HAVE CREATED A PLATFORM TO HIGHLIGHT EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL ABOUT BLACK QUEER CULTURE, TOLD THE STORIES OTHER NEWS OUTLETS WON’T TELL AND BROUGHT YOU THE ACTIVISTS, EDUCATORS, ARTISTS, ENTREPRENEURS , CELEBRITIES, NEWS AND INFORMATION THAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS AND DESERVES.

AS WE ENTER A NEW CHAPTER IN THIS COUNTRY’S HISTORY, ONE THAT IS BOTH VERY DIFFERENT BUT ALL TOO FAMILIAR, WE PREPARE TO CONTINUE TO BE THE HOME FOR BLACK QUEER AND TRANS CULTURAL EXCELLENCE, A PLATFORM, A SPOTLIGHT AND A SAFE SPACE. BLAQUE/OUT WAS BORN FROM THE FIRE, WE WERE BUILT FOR THIS.