Contents:
- GAY HISTORY IS BLACK HISTORY: THE 10 INS PROVE IT
- ANDRE LEON TALLEY ON BEG BLACK, GAY AND A FASHN IN; WHY HE LIK LIVG WHE PLAS
- FASHN IN ANDRé LEON TALLEY REFLECTS ON LIFE AS BLACK, GAY MAN
GAY HISTORY IS BLACK HISTORY: THE 10 INS PROVE IT
"For a ltle black gay boy who reached for the stars om the south there were few people I uld look up to up there amongst the stars who looked like me jt more fab except for you Andre, " playwright Jeremy O.
For Black History Month, HomoCulture provis an overview of 10 queer Black ins that have changed the trajectory of history for not only Amerins, but the world at large. Bayard Rt was a lear the social movements for socialism, non-vlence, and gay rights, regard by many as the leadg strategist of the Civil Rights Movement om 1955 to 1968. As a gay man, Rt was attacked by opponents as well as black lears and, as a rult, he stayed mostly behd the scen and stead acted as an fluencer and strategist.
ANDRE LEON TALLEY ON BEG BLACK, GAY AND A FASHN IN; WHY HE LIK LIVG WHE PLAS
In 1982 he was quoted a US Magaze article, statg, “Homosexualy is a way of life that I’ve grown acctomed to. It’s not unual to be gay San Francis.
FASHN IN ANDRé LEON TALLEY REFLECTS ON LIFE AS BLACK, GAY MAN
He is bt known for the novel Gvanni’s Room, which discs the plex reprentatns of homosexualy and bisexualy. Willi Nja found the Hoe of Nja 1982, actg as a mother to a group of adopted gay and transgenr youth New York Cy.
Hansberry, who never publicly acknowledged she was a lbian, joed lbian rights group Dghters of Bilis and ntributed letters about femism and homophobia to s magaze, The Ladr.