Staceyann Chin is a performance poet, radical activist, and super mom. When she was 24, Chin relocated to the United States from Jamaica in an effort to experience acceptance as a lesbian, which she wasn’t able to find at home. In the U.S., she faced the complicated intersections of being Black and lesbian. She talks about that and more in the video below.

Poet and activist Staceyann Chin recorded a video with her daughter, Zuri, about Zuri's desire not to be picked up without her permission. Their "Living Room Protest" was short and important.