Queer Love in Color: Jamal Jordan with Blair Imani

The former New York Times multimedia journalist shares his photographic celebration of the love and relationships of queer people of color.

In 2018, Jamal Jordan wrote in The New York Times, "As a visual journalist, I believe pictures can connect with people in a way that other forms of media can't. To this end, I decided to give a gift to my younger self: the imagery of queer love I've never seen. Queer love in color." Jordan expanded that vision into his new book, which offers an intimate look at what it means to live at the intersections of queer and POC identities today, and honors an inclusive vision of love, affection, and family across the spectrum of gender, race, and age. Featuring photographs and stories of couples and families across the United States and around the world, the collection shows the world "what true love looks like."

Jamal Jordan speaks with Blair Imani about Queer Love in Color and its lifting up of the truth that there is no one way to love. 

This event is presented as the annual conversation on photography generously underwritten by Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos and Adam Bartos.

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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Jamal Jordan is a mixed-media documentarian and occasional professor. He's worked with Vice News, NBC News, and, most recently, The New York Times (where the Queer Love in Color adventure began).

Blair Imani is a critically-acclaimed historian, social activist, public speaker, educator and influencer. She is the author of two historical books Modern HERstory: Stories of Women and Nonbinary People Rewriting History (2018) and Making Our Way Home: The Great Migration and the Black American Dream(2020). The New York Times praises Blair Imani's unique "brand combining progressive lessons with vibrant visuals and a perky, quirky delivery." Her work centers women and girls, global Black communities, and the LGBTQ community. As an influencer and historian, semi-retired organizer, and public speaker, Blair Imani is dedicated to making the world a better place and amplifying the voices and work of those fighting the good fight. 

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Jamal Jordan © Elliott Jerome Brown Jr.

Balir Imani © Kaelan Barowsky