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Life“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” centers a very real & very queer Black woman
The film is based on a fictional play. But the titular character – and her bisexuality – was real.
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CommentaryThe 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 HistoryThis 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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LGBTQ HistoryRichard Bruce Nugent, the queer rebel of the Harlem Renaissance
The “bizarre and eccentric vagabond poet” was open about his sexuality, and then married a woman.
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LGBTQ HistoryMeet the Harlem Renaissance dancer who made sure lesbian history wasn’t forgotten
Harlem Renaissance dancer, domestic worker, archivist, philanthropist, early lesbian activist; in her lifetime, Mabel Hampton was many, many things.
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LGBTQ HistoryThis gay sculptor focused on black male beauty during the Harlem Renaissance
Richard Barthé was one of America’s best sculptors – and he didn’t shy away from his sexuality.
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News (World)How a bi black dancer from St. Louis helped the Resistance liberate France from Nazis
Josephine Baker became a celebrity in France. When Germany invaded, she used her skills for espionage.
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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.”
