Ryann Holmes
{{short description|American consultant and co-founder of bklyn boihood}}
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| birth_place = Washington, D.C.
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| nationality = American
| education = Baruch College (MBA)
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| years_active = 2009-present
| known_for = bklyn boihood co-founder
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Ryann Holmes (born 1984) is an American consultant and the co-founder of bklyn boihood, a collective that empowers "masculine of center bois, lesbians, queers, trans-identified studs, doms, butches and AGs of color." Holmes' work has been recognized by Brooklyn Magazine, the Brooklyn Community Pride Center, and in a short documentary film, Portrait of Ryann Holmes.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2011-04-01|title=Friends We Follow: Bklyn Boihood|url=http://elixher.com/friends-we-follow-bklyn-boihood/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414190225/https://elixher.com/friends-we-follow-bklyn-boihood/|archive-date=2016-04-14|access-date=2019-06-13|website=ELIXHER|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Pemberton|first=Nathan Taylor|date=2018-11-01|title=Six Mobilized New Yorkers On This Political Moment|url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/six-mobilized-new-yorkers-tell-us-how-they-really-feel-about-the-political-moment|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-06-13|website=Interview|language=en-US}}
Early life and education
Holmes was born in Washington, D.C. in 1984 and raised in Maryland.{{Cite web|last=Knight|first=Sir|date=|title=Ryann Holmes Interviewed By Sir Knight|url=https://oralhistory.nypl.org/interviews/ryann-holmes-q0u8bk|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/14173/20200911121036/http://oralhistory.nypl.org/interviews/ryann-holmes-q0u8bk|archive-date=2020-09-11|access-date=2019-06-12|website=New York Public Library}} They stated in an interview that growing up, they experienced rigid standards surrounding gender presentation that did not allow room for fluidity.{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/fp17.lgbtq.space.racevissaf/race-visibility-and-safe-spaces/|title=Race, Visibility and Safer Spaces|date=|last=|first=|type=Video|language=|access-date=2019-06-13|archive-url=|archive-date=|website=PBS LearningMedia}} They are non-binary and use they/them pronouns. Holmes moved to Brooklyn in 2006.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=2019 Community Leadership Awards & Gala! June 13th – Brooklyn Community Pride Center|url=https://lgbtbrooklyn.org/portfolio/2019-community-leadership-awards-gala/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419042915/https://lgbtbrooklyn.org/portfolio/2019-community-leadership-awards-gala/|archive-date=2019-04-19|access-date=2019-06-13|website=Brooklyn Community Pride Center|language=en-US}} They hold an MBA in social entrepreneurship from Baruch College.
Career
Holmes worked as the director of community programs at the MoCADA from 2012–2015.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=February 26, 2019|title=Ryann Holmes|url=https://www.nrdc.org/authors/ryann-holmes|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-06-13|website=NRDC|language=en}}
In 2016, Holmes was featured in a short film called Portrait of Ryann Holmes, produced by Chanelle Aponte Pearson.{{Cite web|last=Dresden|first=Hilton|date=2017-06-07|title=Brooklyn Museum to Screen Black Queer Films Every Thursday in June|url=https://www.out.com/art-books/2017/6/07/brooklyn-museum-screen-black-queer-films-every-thursday-june|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-06-13|website=Out|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Gragasin|first=Angeline|date=2017-05-04|title=An Evening with the New Negress Film Society|url=https://www.screenslate.com/features/442|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-06-13|website=Screen Slate|language=en}}
= bklyn boihood =
Holmes founded bklyn boihood in 2009 with close friend Genesis Tremaine after a conversation on the lack of masculine of center representation in queer and organizing spaces and media.{{Cite web|last=J.|first=Michele|date=2011-03-14|title=Where the Bois Are: Bklyn Boihood is the Future|url=https://www.autostraddle.com/bklyn-boihood-is-the-future-80182/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-06-13|website=Autostraddle|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Tan|first=Michael David dela Cruz|date=2014-09-26|title=Celebrating transmasculinity|url=https://outragemag.com/celebrating-transmasculinity/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-06-13|website=Outrage Magazine|language=en-US}} The collective developed a 2010-2011 calendar with pictures of masculine of center bois of color and has since been produced annually.{{Cite web|last=Joyner|first=Jaz|date=2014-07-15|title=Interview: queer collective bklyn boihood tell us about their upcoming book Outside the XY: Queer, Brown Masculinity|url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/blog/interview-queer-collective-bklyn-boihood-tell-us-about-their-upcoming-book-outside-the-xy-queer-brown-masculinity|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-06-13|website=Time Out New York|language=en}} bklyn boihood regularly hosts queer-centered parties, and holds workshops on developing healthy masculinity, accountability, and femmephobia. In 2015, the collective released an anthology series called Outside the XY: Brown Queer Masculinity, written by masculine of center queer people and transgender men of color.
Accolades
- 100 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture, Brooklyn Magazine, 2016{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2016-03-01|title=The 100 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture|url=http://www.bkmag.com/2016/03/01/the-100-most-influential-people-in-brooklyn-culture-2/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-06-13|website=Brooklyn Magazine|language=en-US}}
- Community Leadership Award, Brooklyn Community Pride Center, 2019
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.bklynboihood.com/ bklyn boihood] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331085339/https://www.bklynboihood.com/ |date=March 31, 2022 }}
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