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In addition to the recommended features listed below, be sure to search OutHistory.org for other "African American", "Afro", and "Black" history entries. | In addition to the recommended features listed below, be sure to search OutHistory.org for other "African American", "Afro", and "Black" history entries. | ||
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==[[African American LGBTQ History Timeline: 19th Century]]== | ==[[African American LGBTQ History Timeline: 19th Century]]== | ||
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==Brown, Addie, and Rebecca Primus== | ==Brown, Addie, and Rebecca Primus== | ||
:[[Addie Brown and Rebecca Primus: "No kisses is like youres," 1859-1868]] | :[[Addie Brown and Rebecca Primus: "No kisses is like youres," 1859-1868]] | ||
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==Clay, James== | ==Clay, James== | ||
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==Equiano, Olaudah== | ==Equiano, Olaudah== | ||
:[[Olaudah Equiano: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, 1789]] | :[[Olaudah Equiano: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, 1789]] | ||
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| + | ==[[Sakia Gunn| Gunn, Sakia]]== | ||
| + | :Brief biography of the a fifteen-year-old Aggressive-identified African-American from Newark, New Jersey, who was fatally stabbed on the morning of May 11th, 2003. | ||
==Hansberry, Lorraine== | ==Hansberry, Lorraine== | ||
:[http://www.outhistory.org/wiki/Lorraine_Hansberry Tristan Cabello: Lorraine Hansberry] | :[http://www.outhistory.org/wiki/Lorraine_Hansberry Tristan Cabello: Lorraine Hansberry] | ||
:[[Lorraine Hansberry: To "The Ladder," May, August 1957]] | :[[Lorraine Hansberry: To "The Ladder," May, August 1957]] | ||
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| + | ==[[Sherry Harris| Harris, Sherry]]== | ||
| + | :"In 1991 I made history by becoming the first openly gay African American lesbian to be elected to public office in the country." | ||
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| + | ==[[Florence Hines, Male Impersonator| Hines, Florence, Male Impersonator]]== | ||
| + | :Help OutHistory create a timeline and annotated bibliography on the life and career of this performer. | ||
==[[Faith S. Holsaert: "Chosen Girl," 2003|Holsaert, Faith S.: "Chosen Girl," 2003]]== | ==[[Faith S. Holsaert: "Chosen Girl," 2003|Holsaert, Faith S.: "Chosen Girl," 2003]]== | ||
| − | :An evocative story about a young white girl's perception of an interracial intimacy between her mother and a | + | :An evocative story about a young white girl's perception of an interracial intimacy between her mother and a Black woman friend, set in Greenwich Village in the 1950s. |
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| + | ==[[Photograph: "Homosexuals being punished," Canon City, CO: 1900-1910| "Homosexuals being punished": Canon City, Colorado, photograph, 1900-1910]]== | ||
| + | :Photoograph: Black men, in straw hats and perhaps in dresses, at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, push wheelbarrows, each with a large rock. | ||
==Jackson, Tony== | ==Jackson, Tony== | ||
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==[[John Ibson: Picturing African American Men with Men, September 17, 2002 |Picturing African American Men with Men]]== | ==[[John Ibson: Picturing African American Men with Men, September 17, 2002 |Picturing African American Men with Men]]== | ||
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:[[Visualizing the Man-Monster: Peter Sewally/Mary Jones, New York City, 1836| Katz, Jonathan Ned and Tavia Nyong'o: Visualizing the Man-Monster: Peter Sewally/Mary Jones, New York City, 1836]] | :[[Visualizing the Man-Monster: Peter Sewally/Mary Jones, New York City, 1836| Katz, Jonathan Ned and Tavia Nyong'o: Visualizing the Man-Monster: Peter Sewally/Mary Jones, New York City, 1836]] | ||
:[[Tavia Nyong’o: "The Man-Monster: A Sapphic Tale of 1830s New York", April 8, 2011|Nyong'o, Tavia. "The Man-Monster: A Sapphic Tale of 1830s New York", April 8, 2011]] | :[[Tavia Nyong’o: "The Man-Monster: A Sapphic Tale of 1830s New York", April 8, 2011|Nyong'o, Tavia. "The Man-Monster: A Sapphic Tale of 1830s New York", April 8, 2011]] | ||
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::Wright provides a glowing blurb for a 1946 novel about a lesbian affirming her sexuality and her brother affirming his Jewish heritage. | ::Wright provides a glowing blurb for a 1946 novel about a lesbian affirming her sexuality and her brother affirming his Jewish heritage. | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:48, 1 February 2012
OutHistory.org recommendations for Black History Month: February 2012
In addition to the recommended features listed below, be sure to search OutHistory.org for other "African American", "Afro", and "Black" history entries.
African American LGBTQ History Timeline: 19th Century
Bronzeville, Chicago
- Cabello, Tristan. Queer Bronzeville : An Overview
Brown, Addie, and Rebecca Primus
- Addie Brown and Rebecca Primus: "No kisses is like youres," 1859-1868
- The love letters of two 19th-century Black women.
Clay, James
- See section on the murder of Clay in John D'Emilio: drag and street fairy life; Chicago, 1965-1970
Creoli, Jan
Equiano, Olaudah
Gunn, Sakia
- Brief biography of the a fifteen-year-old Aggressive-identified African-American from Newark, New Jersey, who was fatally stabbed on the morning of May 11th, 2003.
Hansberry, Lorraine
Harris, Sherry
- "In 1991 I made history by becoming the first openly gay African American lesbian to be elected to public office in the country."
Hines, Florence, Male Impersonator
- Help OutHistory create a timeline and annotated bibliography on the life and career of this performer.
Holsaert, Faith S.: "Chosen Girl," 2003
- An evocative story about a young white girl's perception of an interracial intimacy between her mother and a Black woman friend, set in Greenwich Village in the 1950s.
"Homosexuals being punished": Canon City, Colorado, photograph, 1900-1910
- Photoograph: Black men, in straw hats and perhaps in dresses, at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, push wheelbarrows, each with a large rock.
Jackson, Tony
Kelly, Trent
- On Flickr take a look at "Hidden in the Open: A Photographic Essay of Afro American Male Couples"
- An amazing, wonderful collection of 146 photos of Black men together, dating from the 19th century: they're photos about "romantic friendship", and intimacy between men, and once in a while the gaydar goes off loud and clear.
- And on OutHistory.org see: Picturing African American Men with Men, another collection of photos.
Picturing African American Men with Men
- Photographs of Black men with men, from the collection of John Ibson. See also: Kelly, Trent.
Rainey, "Ma"
Rustin, Bayard
Sewally, Peter
- Katz, Jonathan Ned and Tavia Nyong'o: Visualizing the Man-Monster: Peter Sewally/Mary Jones, New York City, 1836
- Nyong'o, Tavia. "The Man-Monster: A Sapphic Tale of 1830s New York", April 8, 2011
Smith, Bessie
Van Dyke, Henry
Wright, Richard
- Fabre, Michel: "The Unfinished Quest of Richard Wright," 1993
- Rowley, Hazel: "Richard Wright; The Life and Times," February 2008
- Sinclair (Seid): "Wasteland," 1946
- Wright provides a glowing blurb for a 1946 novel about a lesbian affirming her sexuality and her brother affirming his Jewish heritage.
