A space of their own: _NormalAnomaly said Houston's first Black LGBTQ+ music festival will spotlight artists often overlooked at other Pride events. HouNews
The Normal Anomaly Initiative executive director Ian Haddock looks back on his Texas City upbringing and service to the LGBTQ+ community.
The goal of the festival is to promote advocacy, and offer a space to start conservations about resources and solutions for the LGBTQ+ community. "Many people will be impacted by this, so buying a ticket is like buying a ticket to liberation. Which is all of our work...so you empower us through your act of liberation," Haddock said.
The event will also spotlight 14 Black and/or queer businesses that will launch at the festival as part of The Normal Anomaly's new initiative Project Liberate, a three-month program with workshops helping diverse entrepreneurs. "Pride has increasingly become focused on non-queer persons with little to no connection to our community," director Joelle Bayaa-Uzuri Espeut said."BQ+AF looks to highlight and celebrate Black, queer artists that are often overlooked and overshadowed in the greater pride and festival conversations."
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