Blaque/OUT Magazine June 2023

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BROTHER 2 BROTHER: REAL TALK ON REAL ISSUES E.L. Winston and Mr. Amari L. Leach Winston: We better recognize that it is happening all over the place. One part of society having their rights removed is not just an isolated part; it is evidence of a much larger problem. Mr. Leach: The recent murder of Banko Brown is another example of how the system continues to fail us. A black man killed for needing basic human necessities. Living on the streets, barely able to find any help from a system who said his life wasn’t worth it. But every American ‘life’ is to be protected right? Winston: You can say that again, brother. I keep saying that hunting season is upon us. When I look at what's going on in Florida, it is an all out assault on Trans youth and the LGBTQIA community as a whole. How is it that a state with a broken child protective system has the audacity to take Trans children from their parents because they support them in their transformation? Let's look at Missouri and the state attorney general who tried to not only restrict care for Trans Both: Hey, what's going on, brother? Like always, let's youth but Trans adults as well. All the time knowing full well he have some real talk about what’s going on in the didn't have the authority to do so. Don't get it twisted though, world. Let us shed light like only we can! the people in power in that state have passed bill SB49 which

Winston : Remember this time last year when I said the overturning of Roe vs Wade had far more implications than just women not being able to have abortions? Well, here we are. It has become hunting season on our community. We’re still playing checkers while everybody else is playing chess. We still have not grasped the true way in which the government works so we're always playing catch up instead of being ahead of what's going on. Mr. Leach: Oh yeah, brother, it is always an end game to their agenda. It’s all in the power, control, and fear. Gotta get the masses to agree with their attacks on innocent communities and then it’s easy from there. They refuse to protect the children who are already here. They wanna throw in religion as their biggest weapon. What's crazy is everyone does not have the same beliefs, so how do they know what God doesn’t approve of? All I know is we were put here to live a free and blissful life. There is no right or wrong way to do that as long as you don’t bring harm to anyone. What they fear and don’t understand or can’t control, they do everything in their power to destroy. SMH.


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