BROOKLYN COLLEGE–The Brooklyn College LGBTQ+ Resource Center and the LGBT Alliance (LBGTA) hosted a gender euphoria makeup workshop, entitled “Black Girl Magic,” on Feb. 11 in the Student Center in celebration of Black History Month. This event was held so that students of all gender expressions and sexualities could learn tips from beauty experts on how to apply makeup regardless of their identity.
This event was one of many makeup workshops that the LGBTQ+ Center has hosted over the years. “Makeup workshops are something that’s very important to the center and the work we do,” Akachukwu Chinweze, senior assistant to Kelly Spivey, director of the Center, stated. “It has been something that we’ve been doing for a very long time and involving a lot of students taking part in exploring what gender means and how gender looks.
The LGBTA and the LGBTA+ Center have put on this makeup event for the past three years. This year, they invited two makeup artists, Yamani Oakley, also known as Starr, and Fianna Ri, to lead the workshop.
