As a multidisciplinary artist, curator, writer, and archivist, my work is deeply rooted in exploring the intersections of Black queer history, identity, and memory. I feel incredibly fortunate to contribute to preserving and amplifying Black queer narratives. Through digital preservation, community engagement, and historical analysis, I strive to honor the legacies that have shaped these stories.

Working with Other Countries, a Black gay men's writing collective founded in 1986, has been one of the most meaningful experiences of my career. Managing their digital archives and curating their official Instagram account allows me to help share their rich history and ongoing contributions with a wider audience. I’m truly grateful for the opportunity to play a role in ensuring these powerful voices continue to inspire and connect people today.

Re-imaging Home, our web gallery for June-July 2023. In the gallery, curator and artist LaTefy Dolley unpacks the layered meanings and aesthetics of home for people living with HIV and queer and trans people. His gallery aligns with one of the most contentious Pride months where numerous anti-queer/trans laws are rapidly being passed and the idea of home and chosen families are taking on renewed importance. Read below for an excerpt from Dolley's gallery:

How do we navigate desire? How do we find pleasure, how do we experience our bodies? When are the moments that we feel light and at ease?

The exhibition “The Body That Loves You” explores themes of vulnerability, intimacy, and self-discovery. “The Body that Loves You” offers an opportunity to reimagine what a body means, how can it be redefined, and what it can do, through storytelling, self-documenting, self-defining. The work featured is a collection of black and brown queer artists who work with numerous modes of artistic production painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, collage, performance, and video art, that explore the complexities and nuances of black and brown queer experience.

Exhibition Dates:

June 5-18, 2022

Opening Reception:

Sunday, June 5th / 6pm – 9pm

Visual AIDS and The Studio Museum in Harlem present Last Address Tribute Walk: Harlem. Initially proposed by poet, artist, and activist Pamela Sneed, the project honors sites, people, and histories of Harlem critical to understanding the artistic and creative aspects of the AIDS epidemic.

The LGBT Community Center, in partnership with the High Line, is proud to present “Visions of Pride: Paris is Still Burning,” a photography installation in the High Line’s 14th Street Passage. This installation depicts the multifaceted nature of ballroom culture in New York City and nationwide through the lenses of photographers Anja Matthes, Damien Armstrong, and William Isaac Lockhart. These artists’ compelling, intimate photos provide an up-close look at the grandeur of the ballroom community and the stories of its members

There Is No Planet Earth digital archive collective started with DJ Ben Manzone a native of New Yorker currently residing in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. He has been a DJ for the past 15 years, and played at numerous clubs, spaces, and events around the city. There is No Planet Earth is an online audiovisual archive of the underground lightlife in New York, Chicago and Detroit from the 70’s to the 90’s. With content ranging from vintage Ballroom footage to rare House tracks, the archive shares material connected to queer culture, usually with contributions of Black artist.