WORDS SITA BALANI.
PHOTO P FLUGE RRYAN
Black Lives Matter has been at the heart of American politics for the last few years, and its politics of collective action, anti-racism and solidarity in the face of state violence has reverberated around the world. But what many don’t know is that the movement was started and is led by LGBTQ women, whose vision for change is deeply rooted in queer black life.