JOY IS OUR BIRTHRIGHT: SYNOPSIS
Joy Is Our Birthright is a collaborative video project by Lydia Collins and UNILEARNAL inspired by the poem “Joy Is Our Birthright” in Collins’ latest collection of poetry, To Everyone We’ve Ever Been. This project aims to capture Black joy, with a particular emphasis on Black queer and trans folx. Lydia Collins is a Black, queer Author, Creator, and Sexual Health Educator from the Niagara Region. She published her first chapbook of poetry titled Angry. Black. Woman. in January 2019. Collins’ work is often inspired by the intersections of Blackness and queerness, the overall complexity and multifacetedness of Black life and experiences, and the importance of community.
LYDIA COLLINS
Lydia Collins is a Black, queer Author, Creator, and Sexual Health Educator from the Niagara Region. She published her first chapbook of poetry titled Angry. Black. Woman. in January 2019.
Collins’ work is often inspired by the intersections of Blackness and queerness, the overall complexity and multifacetedness of Black life and experiences, and the importance of community.
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JOY IS OUR BIRTHRIGHT
