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QPH Video Final Draft.mp4The above video sheds light on the overall focus of our project and highlights the key themes our narrators have unveiled. Please head to our about us page to learn more about what our project is.
The above video sheds light on the overall focus of our project and highlights the key themes our narrators have unveiled. Please head to our about us page to learn more about what our project is.
"I also concluded, on more general grounds, that the public does have the 'right to know' — and in regard to the Withers letters specifically, the gay public has a desperate need to know. "
"I also concluded, on more general grounds, that the public does have the 'right to know' — and in regard to the Withers letters specifically, the gay public has a desperate need to know. "
Martin Duberman, "'Writhing Bedfellows' in Antebellum South Carolina: Historical Interpretation and the Politics of Evidence," 1997
Throughout all of our interviews, we saw an emergence of three major themes: the recollection of important events, membership in popular organizations, and the intersectionality of religion within the community. Check out those pages to gain a better understanding of these themes.
Throughout all of our interviews, we saw an emergence of three major themes: the recollection of important events, membership in popular organizations, and the intersectionality of religion within the community. Check out those pages to gain a better understanding of these themes.
"I really believe that so little is known about us that, whatever we say, however we say it, it is worth printing."
"I really believe that so little is known about us that, whatever we say, however we say it, it is worth printing."
letter to the Lesbian Herstory Archives, 1976
Take a look at what the LGBTQ community looked like in terms of popular locations, according to our narrators. The community extended into the greater Triad, but our project focuses in detail on locations in Winston-Salem.
Take a look at what the LGBTQ community looked like in terms of popular locations, according to our narrators. The community extended into the greater Triad, but our project focuses in detail on locations in Winston-Salem.
"Moreover, oral histories, as John Howard has noted, in some ways provide an easier route into the lives of sexual dissidents, especially in the face of archivists, families of deceased queers, and other holders of queer history who are reluctant or unwilling to allow access to materials."
"Moreover, oral histories, as John Howard has noted, in some ways provide an easier route into the lives of sexual dissidents, especially in the face of archivists, families of deceased queers, and other holders of queer history who are reluctant or unwilling to allow access to materials."
E. Patrick Johnson in Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South, 2008
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