So, please join us to think and work across this wave of pleasure and grief, and most importantly, to exist in solidarity as we continue to build the communities to fight and resist forces that would seek to deprive us of our pleasure and our power.

But, that is of course part of the message, that queer, crip, and Black Joy and pleasure are not in opposition to grief or rage or mourning, but deeply connected. This connection is beautifully underscored by the profound work of Jennifer Bastian, whose exhibition “Grief Wave” will be shown in an

in 2020 when Ann Fox and I co-curated the Indisposable project for the Ford Foundation Gallery. I’m thrilled that this collaboration has continued and that the power of queer, crip, and Black Joy; and the art of pleasure activism has a public platform especially during this time of collective grief