Artist and writer Fatima Jamal burst onto the scene with her groundbreaking documentary No Fats, No Femmes, analyzing rejection and otherness within the LGBTQ+ community. Jamal made her modeling debut this past February for Gypsy Sport's Fall/Winter ’18 runway show, and continues to walk for the label. She was recently featured in the campaign for Telfar’s vegan shopping bag line.
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We at them. not only believe that queer people are heroes, but that we are heroic precisely because we live in a world that doesn’t consider us valuable, yet still find ways to prosper and care for each other in that world every day. These are our 2018 queer heroes — Queeroes — outstanding LGBTQ+ people who make our community stronger. Queero Fatima Jamal talks about cultivating power from within, and embracing ourselves as we are.
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Gioncarlo Valentine
Fatima Jamal is a renaissance woman; she sings, writes, acts, produces, directs, and does all of them incredibly well. She puts those talents to incredible use advancing gender equality and racial justice, making strong statements about sexual racism and desirability politics, and modeling what Black artistic excellence can look like today.
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