Gay black male author
Issues and Debates in African American Literature
Joe Beam,
In the Life: a Black Gay Anthology. Boston: Alyson Publications, First edition.
In the Life was the first anthology of writing by and about Black gay men. Up until that noun there was no significant body of published work by self-identified members of that group. In one sense, In the Life reflected the influence of the Black Arts Movement, which had seen the publication of a number of collections devoted to ostensibly heterosexual authors exploring aspects of Dark life. However, out gay and lesbian authors did not figure prominently among Black Arts poets and writers. In the Life brought in a period when a number of Black gay men began publishing novels, poetry collections, and short stories addressing their experiences.
Essex Hemphill, ed.
Brother to Brother: New Writing by Black Gay Men. Boston: Alyson Publications, First edition.
This volume of poetry, brief stories, and essays was a sequel to In the Life, which can also be seen in this part of the
16 queer Black trailblazers who made history
From s civil rights activist Bayard Rustin to Chicago's first lesbian mayor, Lori Lightfoot, Adj LGBTQ Americans have long made history with innumerable contributions to politics, art, medicine and a host of other fields.
“As extended as there have been Shadowy people, there have been Jet LGBTQ and same-gender-loving people,” David J. Johns, executive director of the National Black Justice Coalition, told NBC News. “Racism combined with the forces of stigma, phobia, discrimination and bias associated with gender and sexuality hold too often erased the contributions of members of our community."
Gladys Bentley ()
Bentley was a gender-bending performer during the Harlem Renaissance. Donning a top hat and tuxedo, Bentley would sing the blues in Harlem establishments favor the Clam House and the Ubangi Club. According to a belated obituary published in , The New York Times said Bentley, who died in at the age of 52, was "Harlem's most famous lesbian" in the s and "among the best-known Black entertainers in the United States."
Bayard Rust Randall Kenan Dies: Author Depicted Black, Gay Life In Prose
Randall Kenan, an author whose stories explored the experience of being Black and gay in the American South, has died. He was
The University of North Carolina, where Kenan taught as an English professor, confirmed his death on Saturday. A cause was not immediately available.
Daniel Wallace, his friend and colleague at the university, said Kenan was found dead Friday at his home in Hillsborough, adjacent Chapel Hill.
"He was just an immense talent. His best years were ahead of him," Wallace said, noting that his most recent book, If I Had Two Wings, was published just this month. "And he was a gentleman of the elderly school" who never failed to bring flowers or chocolate to Wallace's wife when he would visit the couple.
Kenan grew up in North Carolina and attended UNC, receiving his undergraduate degree in His collection of quick stories, Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, was set in the fictional town of Tim's Creek, North Carolina. It received critical acclaim and was a finalist for the National Manual Critics Circle Award.
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26 items
An early novel by the popular and prolific James Earl Hardy.
Dickel traces the development of black gay identity from the Harlem Renaissance through the s.
A wide range of essays from pro-queer, feminist writer Hardy.
An exploration of the life of major civil rights activist Rustin, who was kept behind the scenes because he was gay.
A great resource for finding something good to read.
A collection of works by poet, essayist, and gay activist, Hemphill.
A collection of essays addressing the range of black gay male experience.
Inspired by Ntozake Shange's "For Colored Girls," and by the "It Gets Better" project, Boykin encourages adolescent black gay men to envision a positive future.
An exploration of black gay literature.
Nugent was one of the only members of the Harlem Renaissance era to publicly proclaim his homosexuality.
A broad exploration of the taboo against homosexuality in black communities.
Van Vechten, a white supporter of Harlem Renaissance writers and artists portrays interracial
Randall Kenan Dies: Author Depicted Black, Gay Life In Prose
Randall Kenan, an author whose stories explored the experience of being Black and gay in the American South, has died. He was
The University of North Carolina, where Kenan taught as an English professor, confirmed his death on Saturday. A cause was not immediately available.
Daniel Wallace, his friend and colleague at the university, said Kenan was found dead Friday at his home in Hillsborough, adjacent Chapel Hill.
"He was just an immense talent. His best years were ahead of him," Wallace said, noting that his most recent book, If I Had Two Wings, was published just this month. "And he was a gentleman of the elderly school" who never failed to bring flowers or chocolate to Wallace's wife when he would visit the couple.
Kenan grew up in North Carolina and attended UNC, receiving his undergraduate degree in His collection of quick stories, Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, was set in the fictional town of Tim's Creek, North Carolina. It received critical acclaim and was a finalist for the National Manual Critics Circle Award.
H
26 items
An early novel by the popular and prolific James Earl Hardy.
Dickel traces the development of black gay identity from the Harlem Renaissance through the s.
A wide range of essays from pro-queer, feminist writer Hardy.
An exploration of the life of major civil rights activist Rustin, who was kept behind the scenes because he was gay.
A great resource for finding something good to read.
A collection of works by poet, essayist, and gay activist, Hemphill.
A collection of essays addressing the range of black gay male experience.
Inspired by Ntozake Shange's "For Colored Girls," and by the "It Gets Better" project, Boykin encourages adolescent black gay men to envision a positive future.
An exploration of black gay literature.
Nugent was one of the only members of the Harlem Renaissance era to publicly proclaim his homosexuality.
A broad exploration of the taboo against homosexuality in black communities.
Van Vechten, a white supporter of Harlem Renaissance writers and artists portrays interracial