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  1. Black,  Trans  and  Indie   Kortney  Ryan  Ziegler,  Ph.D.  

    @fakerapper  

  2. Black  trans*  people  are  the  most  visible   figureheads  of

     mainstream  trans  visibility  

  3. Different  backgrounds=   Independent  ArGst  

  4. Making  our  own  way  is  part  of  our   Black

     Queer  History  

  5. Harlem  Renaissance     Black  people  asserted  their  own  agency

     to  control  their  image  

  6. Gladys  Bentley   Like  many  queer  arGsts,  Bentley  performed  

    independently  in  Speakeasies  and  clubs   before  securing  a  record  deal  

  7. Bessie  Smith   Performed  in  black  owned  vaudeville  theatre  

    troupe  and  on  the  streets  before  securing   record  deal  with  Columbia.  

  8. Post  Black  Arts  Movement  

  9. Black  Queer  Women  Writers  and  Self  Publishing  

  10. 90’s  New  Queer  Cinema  

  11. Self  produced  groundbreaking  films  

  12. Contextualize  Current  Black  Trans   RepresentaGons