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Rhiannon Chester-Bey

Rhiannon Chester-Bey is a cultural visual artist, writer and healing arts practitioner born, raised and educated in and by Detroit. She is a longtime activist, advocate and contributor in the Detroit LGBTQ+ community. Headshot photo credit to Nick Hagen.

Reclamation of Self: Navigating Shame and Healing

I am because we are. I come from a lineage of mothers – Black mothers, strong mothers. Mothers that have made a proverbial way out of no way. Mothers that have stared down the barrel of structural racism, misogynoir and colorism. When I asked my [...]