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This year, Victory Institute highlighted a different Black LGBTQ trailblazer each day of Black History Month, from both past and present, who have made history in the fight for equality around the world on social media. From s civil rights activist Bayard Rustin to Chicago's first lesbian mayor, Lori Lightfoot, Black LGBTQ Americans have long made history with innumerable contributions to politics, art.

Including writers, singers, dancers, activists, this list of Black LGBTQ icons will surprise and inspire. As we continue to celebrate Pride throughout the month of June, EBONY acknowledges LGBTQ+ African Americans who’ve changed the course of history. From dance and literature to activism and comedy. NERF:nerf14 Version 9. Skip to main navigation Skip to main navigation Skip to search Skip to search.

About Lists Flag this list Print this list Share this list. Audre Lorde's incisive, often-angry, but always brilliant writings and speeches defined and inspired the US-American feminist, lesbian, African-American, and Women-of-Color movements of the s and s. As the first black woman elected to Congress from the South and the first to deliver the keynote address at a national party convention, Barbara Jordan became an American hero, "through intellect, character, and powerful oratory.

Keith Boykin, a former Clinton White House aide, syndicated columnist, and AIDS activist, breaks new ground by going beyond the hype with the first responsible, eye-opening look at the down low sensation. Seventeen-year-old Randy discovers that becoming a man means accepting who you really are in this movie directed by Patrik-Ian Polk. This Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker is frequently challenged by censors.

Thomas H. Wirth, a close friend of Nugent's during the last years of the artist's life, has assembled a selection of Nugent's most important writings, paintings, and drawings. This groundbreaking study explores the Harlem Renaissance as a literary phenomenon fundamentally shaped by same-sex-interested men. Novel by Bruce Nugent, one of many gay artists of the Harlem Renaissance and one of few who was out publicly.

Baldwin's novel, his second, was daring for its time, depicting a young man deep into Paris's second expatriate movement following World War II as he grapples with his sexual identity. While Felicia is a brilliant actor in a truly chilling role, what's most remarkable about "Snoop" is what she has overcome in her life. Features writings by Black feminist and lesbian activists.

Through interviews with writers and friends, this documentary captures the passionate intellect and courageous writing of a man who was born Black, impoverished, gifted and gay. Matthew Pratt Guterl brings out a little known side of the celebrated personality, showing how her ambitions of later years were even more daring and subversive than the youthful exploits that made her the first African American superstar.

Recounts pivotal developments in his literary career, with all its struggles and rewards, as well as his travel adventures to Africa, Europe, and Asia, and his political commitments to fight fascism as well as racism.

Movie by openly gay director Lee Daniels. Autobiography by the nation's most celebrated drag queen. Cheryl Clarke's paean to lesbian life. You've viewed 20 of 34 items Show next 14 items. Powered by BiblioCommons.