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Commentary
The Harlem Renaissance was as Queer as it was Black
Beginning a century ago, Black LGBTQ entertainers & writers expressed their identities freely. We have them to thank for much of our present society.
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LGBTQ History
This gender non-conforming blues singer was a Harlem Renaissance super star
She was famous for her bawdy performances and a chorus line of eight effeminate male dancers.
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News (USA)
Meet 4 historic icons who made the Harlem Renaissance ‘as gay as it was black’
“Nobody was in the closet. There wasn’t any closet.”