Las Vegas didn't have it at the time, but Oakland definitely had it. Nenna Joiner: I was looking for people and culture. In the final episode of 'Searching for a Kiki', Joiner speaks about re-imagining the Black queer space, and the role of the Black queer dollar in the community.īelow are some lightly edited excerpts of the episode with Nenna Joiner.Ĭorey Antonio Rose: So you came, what were you looking for when you came here? “This energy that they feel in Feelmore is akin to the energy that they're going to feel here,” Joiner assures, “We want to be open a long time.” Noticing the lack of Black queer spaces beyond the monthly “RnB nights” at many local clubs, they decided to open the Feelmore Social Club in Downtown Oakland, a bar slated to open in 2022. Nenna Joiner owns Feelmore, a queer-friendly sex toy shop with locations in Berkeley and Oakland.
