On Wednesday, Beyonc released her highly anticipated Renaissance tour dates , and needless to say, she gagged us a little. Spanning May to September and happening everywhere from Brussels to San Francisco, the summer tour will be one for the BeyHive and its allies to remember.

When I saw the buzz around the tour dates drop, though, I couldnt help but wonder if the concerts will be spaces that are affirming toward queer and transgender Black people the community she clearly hoped to elevate with her Renaissance album.

The world tour announcement arrived on the first day of Black History Month, but it also came just a week after Beyonc had us all scratching our heads for performing her first concert in years at an exclusive hotel opening in the United Arab Emirates. Some considered her Dubai debut deeply hypocritical : How could she say shes advocating for the queer community while belting out her hits in a country that criminalizes same-sex couples ?

But then again, she is from America, a nation that is increasingly introducing high-profile bills targeting trans people and has a less-than-squeaky-clean track record on LGBTQ-plus rights. Everyones feelings are valid, but this situation isnt black and white.

It isnt just the Dubai performance that has made fans question Beyoncs true regard for the LGBTQ community. This debate that has been happening for years, and it ramped up after she released the Renaissance album in July.

People have accused her of profiting from Black trans and queer innovation , particularly in the ballroom cadences of songs like Heated. But Beyonc has done her homework and given credit where credit is due. She has named collaborators, provided enormous platforms to community icons such as Big Freedia (albeit without formally naming her as a feature) and dedicated the album to a family member who lived with HIV .

Now, thats Beyonc in theory: She speaks at GLAAD awards, does her research and is newly revered among Black and brown queer people. But then theres Beyonc in practice something we will get to see, finally, this summer.

As a queer brown person, concert spaces often feel actively hostile. Since they are curated specifically for the cisgender, straight, white masses, its not uncommon to be shoved and called unsavory things there, or to be stared at, touched or grabbed for dressing too flamboyantly. Of course, I expect Beyoncs concert to be different, but to what extent is to be determined.

From my experience, to create a truly welcoming space for queer and trans people, there needs to be intention. Safe and joyful spaces dont dont materialize organically in a world where we constantly find ourselves asking for basic respect.

Whether the Renaissance concerts employ and pay queer people well, and whether they are going to feel welcoming to the people she hopes to represent, which are Black LGBTQ individuals, will be the ultimate measure of her love for the community. Its something well soon find out, if we can scrape up the money to attend.