Exploring LGBTQ Contributions to and Inclusion in the BLM Movement: Opportunities and Challenges

Session Submission Type: Virtual Roundtable

Session Description

This roundtable discussion will consider the ways in which intersectionality presents an opportunity for social movements. Individuals who find themselves at the intersection of multiple marginalized identities are most vulnerable to, and targeted by, hate crimes, police violence, and discriminatory legislation. In this panel, we consider the intersection of LGBTQ advocacy and the Movement for Black Lives. Public events such as the 15,000-strong march for Black Trans Lives in Brooklyn last summer illustrate the potency of integrating intersectionality into social justice movements. What can we learn from this form of mobilization? What challenges remain to fostering this type of movement?

Sub Unit

• APSA Panels and All Meetings and Receptions

Chair

• Erin Mayo-Adam Hunter College, CUNY

Presenters

• Jordie Davies Johns Hopkins University

• Kareem Willis School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers University-Newark

• Celeste M. Montoya University of Colorado, Boulder

• Jerome R. Hunt Long Beach City College