Welcome back everyone.
It is 718 on our Friday morning and
this month we are celebrating here on
The CW by going beyond the rainbow.
The San Diego Black LGBTQ Coalition has
already kicked off Pride with a bang this
weekend and they're getting started and
it's going to be an exciting weekend.
So join us live to talk about tomorrow's
events at Rich's San Diego's #1
gay nightclub is the lovely bearded
black activist queen Amber St.
James and two members of the first all
male majorette team on the West Coast,
Contrell Hillman.
And Marvin Cooks,
thank you 3 for being with us this morning.
How's it going? Happy Friday,
Happy Friday. It's going to be a very
big weekend, right?
This is going to be the most massive
weekend that it's ever happened.
So I mean, of course we're talking about
riches. Tomorrow it's going to be very busy.
But also want to start off just
by saying Black Pride 3rd annual,
It's going to be huge in San Diego.
What's the importance of having?
Black pride within the LGBTQ community.
I mean, honestly,
it's creating spaces for so many
of our own communities that really
don't get our voices heard right.
Especially with everything that's
currently happening within the political
sphere as black folks in America with
police brutality and all the other things.
And we just wanted to create a
space that was about joy,
that was about the the resilience
of what it means to be black and
queer. Baby, tell us about how you all got
into what you're doing.
You are both dancers, Amber.
Tell us how you got into performing.
So you know, Long story short cuz I
can stand here and speak all day,
but I saw these amazing queer folks
that were engaging in drag and for me,
I was like, Oh my God,
I want to be able to do something like that.
I want to be able to inspire people
to be their most authentic selves.
And I think I'm doing a very
fabulous job too. I agree.
And how about you guys dancing?
How long have you been dancing?
How did you get into it?
So I've been dancing for about
13 years throughout, you know,
high school, college and middle school.
But you know, I came out
here to San Diego after the.
And I met, you know, King.
And I was like, hey, our producer King.
But I'd met him.
And I just thought, like, hey, like,
this is really nice to embrace our
culture in these spaces and show, like,
our representation and see how, you know,
we can make other people feel welcome,
you know what I'm saying?
And how about you? I've
been dancing for like a couple months now. OK
You're fresh in the scene. I like it.
Yeah. I posted a video on Instagram
and King saw it and he asked me to be
part of the all male majorette team.
And I was like, oh, this would be cool,
Like to bring like some HBCU culture.
Exactly. Well,
and I think that's the biggest part is
being able to bring in that diversity
and to show that intersectionality,
you know, of multiple races and religions,
and we know that.
That is always necessary.
Within the L GB TQ community,
there are still so many other minority
groups that need to have their space.
So it makes sense.
Tomorrow. Riches,
it's going down. Tell us,
Oh my God. So it's going to be an entire
day long celebration of Black excellence,
Black resilience,
Black Renaissance, if you will.
Then I will actually be hosting
the mix Black Pride Pageant,
which is the first of its kind.
This is actually the third year
that we'll be doing it.
It is a gender neutral,
exciting pageant that is.
Filled with so much beauty and
I'm just so excited to see what
what's going to bring this year.
And
that includes a dance performance,
right? Yes, it does.
We're going to be showcasing
our all male first time ever on the West
Coast dance team and they're going to
be some special guest performing with us
as well. I like it.
You performed last night,
right? And we have a video
from that performance.
So we want to give you a little
sneak preview if you're going
to be maybe headed out to riches
this upcoming weekend.
What to expect? Take a look.
A little sneak preview
there, Spicy. I like it for this
weekend. Tomorrow specifically.
Do people need to buy tickets in advance?
Can they just show up to riches? So
I believe that that people can show up in,
buy their tickets online or they
can come in person either or we are
always down and ready for a good time.
And you also, there are also
going to be more events over the
course of the weekend celebrating
Black renaissance as you know.
So a lot going on.
You all stoked for this weekend?
Absolutely.
And next weekend is Pride in San Diego.
Yes. It's just
a good two weeks of fun fact going
on a whole month of celebration.
Thank you to the three of you
for joining us this morning.
We appreciate it.
Good luck with the weekend,
Very excited to hear more about it.
We're going to take a quick break.
We'll be right back with
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