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The Caribbean Equality Project<\/a>\u00a0has a documentary series of interviews<\/a> with queer, trans, and gender non-conforming Caribbean-Americans discussing their experiences with their identities in their communities. Interviews include folks from Trinidad & Tobago and Guyana, and feature Dominique Jackson, a trans\u00a0Tobagonian-American\u00a0actress,\u00a0model, and author, perhaps best known from her role in the television series Pose<\/em>. This organization also has many social media profiles with other filmed interviews, events, and resources for other LGBTQ+ Caribbean immigrants to the United States, as well as a Queer Caribbeans Archive<\/a>\u00a0and more.<\/div>\n
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