(Thanks to Nicolette Bethel for sourcing this important statement and sharing it.) “I have an old debt with Haiti. We all have. Haiti is the first womb, the place where the Caribbean was born, it’s the Africa from within, the unnamable pain, the scar. It was the first country in America where a black person dared think of himself as …
One blanket and one sheet for Haiti
I am inviting everyone who plans to attend my reBirth party (Nassau, Bahamas) on Sunday to carry with them one blanket and one sheet as a donation to the Haitian relief effort for our brothers and sisters in Haiti. I am also collecting garbage bags and tents. For my friends across the waters, I encourage you to organise your own …
When are we going to do right by Haiti?
I am feeling helpless and overwhelmed by the situation in Haiti, and not just since the earthquake. When are we going to do right by Haiti? World news talking about decades of hardship, try centuries. Cold and in the dark, tonight many babies will be crying. I cry with my people. African people, Haiti was the sacrifice for our freedom. …
Happy ‘I’m glad you were born’ day!
I’m having an ancestor party today and the guest of honour is the light of my world: Roan Kirk Anthony Steele, BORN 01.08.77, TRANSITIONED 04.17.09. I lift you up and in so doing lift up myself. Born to die. Died to live. The cycle continues. I see you. I’ve got the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart, down …
Happy reBirthday to me: Noelle Khalila is Coming Out!
Ready or not, here I come! It’s a party to celebrate the woman I am and how far I’ve come. I am the living dead rising from the grave: It’s my coming out party. I am a Goddess arising to assume the throne: It’s my ascension ceremony. “I’m having a private party, learning how to love me, celebrating the woman …