Storytelling is a powerful tool. As Afro-Diasporic folk, it's carried our history, our ancestral knowledge, our healing, our various truths and essence. Media can either uplift or erase, and for far too long the agenda has been the latter as it pertains to multilayered Black stories. Even more so for Black queer stories. I'm eternally grateful for the work of Black Diasporic queer leaders like Angela Davis, Audre Lorde, Marielle Franco, and James Baldwin, to name a few. So when the opportunity presented itself to work on Neon, an ongoing digital content series that aims to increase the visiblitiy of Black LGBTQ people and their allies, it was a no brainer. Hosted on @glaad 's platform, Neon's photo series and video interviews will ground our stories in the past, highlight the present, and affirm our future. I hope you'll sit with the stories shared. Much love to @majornmotion for sharing your vision with me and bringing me along for the ride, @akcorlette and @dashawnusher for the the tireless work getting this to the finish line, and @fortifiedlive and @laquanndawson for your creative brilliance throughout it all. [I'll be sharing more in my IG Stories and highlight.] #NEONxGLADD