{"id":2944,"date":"2015-10-05T14:01:06","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T13:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/j-applebee.tumblr.com\/post\/130546712203"},"modified":"2015-10-05T14:01:06","modified_gmt":"2015-10-05T13:01:06","slug":"its-october-so-that-means-in-the-u-k-its-black-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/2015\/10\/its-october-so-that-means-in-the-u-k-its-black-history-month\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s October, so that means in the U.K it\u2019s Black History Month&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/41.media.tumblr.com\/36f68d3d295533fd800a53bc7553fa0b\/tumblr_nvr05uiPxn1qd3j1wo1_500.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s October, so that means in the U.K it\u2019s Black History Month. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk\/\" >http:\/\/www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have a look at LGBT History website, and spot all the bi-erasue on it:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lgbthistorymonth.org.uk\/history\/blackhistory.htm\" >http:\/\/www.lgbthistorymonth.org.uk\/history\/blackhistory.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m quite disappointed by the lack of LGBT+ content this month, but there are a few queer things happening.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>LGBT Foundation in Manchester are celebrating\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lgbt.foundation\/bhm\" >http:\/\/lgbt.foundation\/bhm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And you can always read about the experiences of Bisexual people of colour here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bisexualresearch.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/06\/bis-of-colour-survey-report.pdf\" >https:\/\/bisexualresearch.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/06\/bis-of-colour-survey-report.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What makes me particularly sad is that due to illness &#038; clashes, there won\u2019t be a Bi\u2019s of Colour meetup this month. \u00a0In Black History Month queer people are often ignored. \u00a0In LGBT History Month, Black people are often ignored. \u00a0LGBT People of Colour deserve better than this. \u00a0Our lives matter too.<\/p>\n<p>PS- Something I left off the illustration, but is important to know: Black Lives Matter OUTSIDE of United States too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/41.media.tumblr.com\/36f68d3d295533fd800a53bc7553fa0b\/tumblr_nvr05uiPxn1qd3j1wo1_500.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s October, so that means in the U.K it&rsquo;s Black History Month. &nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have a look at LGBT History website, and spot all the bi-erasue on it:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lgbthistorymonth.org.uk\/history\/blackhistory.htm\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.lgbthistorymonth.org.uk\/history\/blackhistory.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;m quite disappointed by the lack of LGBT+ content this month, but there are a few queer things happening.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>LGBT Foundation in Manchester are celebrating&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/lgbt.foundation\/bhm\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/lgbt.foundation\/bhm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And you can always read about the experiences of Bisexual people of colour here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bisexualresearch.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/06\/bis-of-colour-survey-report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/bisexualresearch.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/06\/bis-of-colour-survey-report.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What makes me particularly sad is that due to illness &amp; clashes, there won&rsquo;t be a Bi&rsquo;s of Colour meetup this month. &nbsp;In Black History Month queer people are often ignored. &nbsp;In LGBT History Month, Black people are often ignored. &nbsp;LGBT People of Colour deserve better than this. &nbsp;Our lives matter too.<\/p>\n<p>PS- Something I left off the illustration, but is important to know: Black Lives Matter OUTSIDE of United States too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":1211,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}