LGBTQ

Local leaders and activists aim to change the narrative between the LGBTQ+ community and Black civil rights groups

Since immigrating to Boston from Haiti 11 years ago, Jean Dolin has loved visiting local museums. But he’s noticed that they rarely include exhibits that showcase LGBTQ+ art.

The evening of Aug. 1 was clear as the full moon hovered over the fashionable crowd at a packed Gillette Stadium. Fans screamed, vogued and sang along with Beyoncé as she performed hits from her 25-year career during the Massachusetts leg of her Renaissance World Tour.

Lyndsay Allyn Cox has 16 years of receipts championing Black artists and stories in Boston in her pioneering work as a producer, actor and director in the theater community. That work was recognized last month when Cox was appointed the new producing director at The Huntington.

Inspired by the racial reckonings of 2020, The History Project, New England’s largest archives of LGBTQ materials, is working to flesh out its collection related to Black queer history.

A classic story gets a celebratory queer twist at the American Repertory Theater’s virtual OBERON stage this month. On June 10, “Alice in Rainbowland” reinvents Lewis Carroll’s fantasy world to celebrate queer experiences and provide a peek into a world free of the discriminatory practices that plague the LGBTQ community.