Posted on 05/17/2021 11:54:17 AM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
Mistress Velvet championed many causes as an activist, including Black and transgender liberation, sex workers' rights and anti-sexual violence. They died May 8.
CHICAGO — Music, tears and laughter filled the halls of First Lutheran Church of the Trinity in Bridgeport on Saturday, where loved ones of well-known dominatrix Mistress Velvet shared stories celebrating the trailblazing activist’s life.
Visitors created artwork and lit candles in Velvet’s memory, and the church was decorated with altars covered in flowers, photos and knickknacks from the iconic dominatrix’s apartment.
Friends sang and danced to a playlist of Velvet’s favorite music — a mix heavy with Beyoncé, Rihanna, SZA and Coldplay — as Velvet’s dog, Kuma, patrolled the room, giving affection to loved ones when they teared up and needed comforting. Visitors were encouraged to mingle during the four-hour memorial, which at times felt more like a ceremony in celebration of Mistress Velvet, known personally as Dani Achiaa Boachie.
“This is a community that we all built — a community that Dani built — and that’s why we’re here and we should get to know one another,” said organizer Erica Kadel, one of Boachie’s close friends.
Mistress Velvet died by suicide May 8 after months of struggling with their mental health, friends said.
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Velvet was famous for making their white, male clients read about Black feminist theory. And they advocated for multiple causes as an executive director for the Sex Workers Outreach Project USA and as director of education and training for Resilience, an Illinois-based nonprofit that advocates for survivors of sexual violence.
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Who would have guessed she had mental health issues? What did all of those mourners do during her life to help her?
“Velvet was famous for making their white, male clients read about Black feminist theory.”
Pretty sure that violates the Geneva Convention.
I’m celebrating.
For lack of explanation, I suspect she died of suicide? Her perversion was finally too much to bear?
A transgender committing suicide?? How shocking. [/s]
This stuff should never be encouraged. It’s the path to a miserably unhappy life.
Well, I can see why that would make her a good Dominatrix.....................
In a Lutheran church, huh? Anyone hiring a dominatrix has serious mental health issues to begin with.
She made the dead sea rise. She blazed trails up people’s colons. She showered after every meeting with Joe Biden. She had mental health issues that wouldn’t go any with eating more vegetables that were as persistent as the pyramids. She contributed to Black Feminist Theory by beating up old white men. Joe Biden once said, “She’s a hell of a dame. And my colon feels a lot better. Power to the people, right on.” Jill Biden said, “She likes Tommy James even though he wasn’t Rick James.” Remarkable people.
The dude on the right was definitely photographed immediately after a session with her.
NO! Not that! Please, just take my money instead!
Mistress Velvet was mentally ill. She committed suicide. What is the point of an article like this? Does the writer think we can’t read between the lines?
They whatn’t no daisy a-tall...
Do sexual fetishists want people to pee on their graves?
Absolute Insanity!
“Dani took pride in that and always liked to invoke that ancestor, showing their direct ancestors have this history of struggle that they’re continuing,”
Someone should have told her when they said F*** THE WHITE MAN! They didn't mean literally
We’ve lost a true Master of the Art!......................
The article refers to her as “Their” several times. I guess she had a split personality. No wonder she was so F’d up in the head.
ELCA
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