Tricksters, Biographies, and Two-Faced Archives
In 2015, precisely 31 years to the day of her death, blues and cabaret singer Alberta Hunter was inducted into
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Sexuality
Enslaved Women’s Sexual Health: Reproductive Rights as Resistance
In 1841, Mrs. John Little crossed the Ohio River and left behind a life of bondage. After a long journey,
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Did Europe Bring Homophobia to Africa?
Recently at a public forum, someone asked me if “same-sex relations in Africa [are] un-African?” While answering the question,
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Lil Nas X: the AIDS Activist Gen Z Needs
Lil Nas X’s performance at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards was—as fans have come to expect—a virtuosic entry in
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Excavating Black Queer Thought: A Pride Bibliography (Part III)
In honor of Pride Month 2021, I wanted to extend the list of texts from the bibliography offered last year,
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