No Shame

Check out the killer/adorable new poster, designed by artist Car Lacho:

During one portion of Brother Outsider, the film on Bayard Rustin that was recently screened at Amherst College, one interviewee noticed that, remarkably, Rustin embraced his sexuality without any trace of shame, even way back the 1950s.  In recent meetings, we have been discussing a poster combating the shame that one might feel as queer individual, especially a queer individual of color.  My initial suggestion was violently worded "We are FAGGOTS, and there is NO SHAME in that."  The sentence had several problems, one of which was summarized by Dexter Padayachee as follows:

 "As a subaltern people we need to reclaim language by which to call ourselves, outside of the patriarchal heteronormative Eurocentric metastructure. By calling ourselves by the name of our oppressor we are reinforcing their sentiments."

He makes a good point.  The poster has now changed to what you see above.  Special thanks to Car Lacho for his heartwarming artwork.

Look forward to more NO SHAME posters on the way, and please give your feedback below.  Also, if you are interested in being part of the NO SHAME project, please contact us at fivecollegepc@gmail.com and let us know how you will be willing to help.