Voices (Apr 2021)

The Butterfly Blues

  • Rodney Simpson Jr.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v21i1.3290
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 21, no. 1

Abstract

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"The Butterfly Blues” explores a Black queer man’s journey towards owning his identity as a Black queer spiritual man. The piece highlights the detrimental impacts of living within a cis-heteronormative world. The performance traces the complex and weighted navigations of battling oppression, grappling with faith, and accepting self.