Mark Broomfield, PhD, MFA

Black Queer Dance: Gay Men and the Politics of Passing for Almost Straight. Routledge August 2024.

[Mark Broomfield, PhD, MFA @doingisknowing]

Returning to the question of my convocation address to the Class of 2026.

With or Without

The question I want to raise today is not—who are you?

The question is: who are you without?

Full poem:

https://t.co/FaViIEe18a

[Mark Broomfield, PhD, MFA @doingisknowing]

Celebrating the one year anniversary of my book Black Queer Dance on Amazon #1 releases in Classical Dance and Stagecraft.

#newbooks #blackqueerdance #gaymen #passingforalmoststraight #blackmaledancers #newmasculinity #classicaldance
#stagecraft #ballet

[Mark Broomfield, PhD, MFA @doingisknowing]

Join us for the launch of Black Queer Dance: Gay Men and the Politics of Passing for Almost Straight by Mark Broomfield in conversation with Carlos Jones and Vincent Thomas.

Live-streaming: https://t.co/1mF5eHCocp

#booklaunch #newbook #newrelease #blackqueerdance #bgsqd

[Mark Broomfield, PhD, MFA @doingisknowing]

Join us for my book launch!

Thanks to the Bureau of General Services Queer Division.

#newbook #booklaunch #bgsqd

[Mark Broomfield, PhD, MFA @doingisknowing]

@EJinAction @MrChuckD @RealDLHughley @kerrywashington @halleberry @taylorswift13 @sherylunderwood @rolandsmartin @KamalaHarris CoNgRaTuLaTiOnS!

[Mark Broomfield, PhD, MFA @doingisknowing]

Black Queer Dance #1 Amazon new release in Stagecraft!

#newbook #newrelease #blackqueerdance

[Mark Broomfield, PhD, MFA @doingisknowing]

Black Queer Dance #1 Amazon new release in Classical Dance!

#newbook #newrelease #blackqueerdance

[Mark Broomfield, PhD, MFA @doingisknowing]

Routledge Publishes #1 Release on Amazon of Black Queer Dance: Gay Men and the Politics of Passing for Almost Straight.

Excited for the book to be in the world and can't wait for you to read it!

Please see my website for a discount code offer: https://t.co/qniaJ39ji5

[Mark Broomfield, PhD, MFA @doingisknowing]

Black Queer Dance: Gay Men and the Politics of Passing for Almost Straight available for preorder now!

#blackqueerdance #bqd

[Mark Broomfield, PhD, MFA @doingisknowing]

It feels as if bullies won today—and keep winning.

And so that’s the message…

Bullying wins.

Bullying in any form is wrong—period.

It’s abusive AND an abuse of power.

[Mark Broomfield, PhD, MFA @doingisknowing]

“It feels like gay people are constantly coming out to new people — you come out to your barber, and your butcher — and it’s scary every single time.”

Navigating #passingforalmoststraight #comingout #doingout https://t.co/pMrLeco8BN

[Mark Broomfield, PhD, MFA @doingisknowing]

Navigating society as black man and its toll.

Navigating society as a black gay man and its toll. #passingforalmoststraight

[Christiane Amanpour @amanpour]

“I’m a middle-aged Black man. I’ve got all of these degrees, I’ve won cases at the Supreme Court – and I still go to places where I’m viewed as less than, where I’m presumed to be the defendant, or presumed to be dangerous, just because of the way I appear. And that’s a heavy burden,” says lawyer and racial justice advocate Bryan Stevenson.

“I can tell you, because I’m getting older, that when you’re constantly navigating these presumptions of dangerousness and guilt, it’s exhausting.”

[Mark Broomfield, PhD, MFA @doingisknowing]

Often stereotyped as effeminate, gay men know the power of subverting the relationship of muscles to straight men’s bodies. Indeed, gay men expose the illusion of gender and sexuality, and by doing so, challenge gendered power relations between men.⁦ https://t.co/XElg2WsS8S

[Mark Broomfield, PhD, MFA @doingisknowing]

#passingforalmoststraight ⁦@lgbtqnation⁩ https://t.co/ur7794TAhc

[Mark Broomfield, PhD, MFA @doingisknowing]

Sexuality makes a difference in how heterosexual and gay men experience masculinity. In my book Black Queer Dance, I show what the stakes in this difference reveals about gender identity, gender performance and gender expression.#passingforalmoststraight https://t.co/vrZoZ7DspV

[Mark Broomfield, PhD, MFA @doingisknowing]

“coming out” vs. “doing out”

#passingforalmoststraight https://t.co/KX5P58E4kP

[Mark Broomfield, PhD, MFA @doingisknowing]

“It was very frustrating to me, when I was growing up, that there were no gay actors. But not “out” gay actors. Now there are more. Representation is so important. So I think it’s complicated, and nuanced.”

#passingforalmoststraight https://t.co/ictdki5Hqk

[Mark Broomfield, PhD, MFA @doingisknowing]

Performance as Social Change: A 21st Century Humanities Approach https://t.co/xpJOTpwLCP via @YouTube
Check out our new promo video!
#socialchange #artists #advocacy #action #performance #leadership #civicengagement #highimpactlearning #community #collaboration #creativity

[Mark Broomfield, PhD, MFA @doingisknowing]

“Publicly out “ gives the media permission to “openly discuss” your sexuality; however, it does not speak to your life outside of the public eye—meaning that not everyone will know you’re gay—necessarily. #comingout #openlygay ⁦⁦@outsports⁩ https://t.co/cPe6KYuQlH