It’s been an entire year, I can still remember trying to navigate the unnerving unknown that was my last 3 months of high school. It was the beginning of the end. It was supposed to be. It turned out to be the beginning of something…
Leave a CommentStudying the AIDS crisis in Philadelphia back in the 80s will help me better understand where the black LGBTQ+ in Philadelphia is today, and how the two time periods connect. What did the AIDS crisis do for black queer Philadelphians? What did it not do?…
Leave a CommentI believe that the different perspectives that people can offer when studying history are one of the field’s best features. That being said, for a long time, we did not have many different perspectives, especially academically. The chance for someone with my background to make…
Leave a Comment“As a writer committed to telling stories, I have endeavored to represent the lives of the nameless and the forgotten, to reckon with loss, and to respect the limits of what cannot be known.” (Saidiya Hartman)This quote, to me, is what it means to be…
Leave a CommentThis source is a newspaper article written in August 1993 about a benefit hosted by and for Black gay men suffering from AIDS in Philadelphia. The benefits went to the William J Craig foundation, which provides services to black people with AIDS. This article was…
Leave a CommentSiobhan Brooks’s article explores how Black LGBT women in Philadelphia find community among each other while interacting with Black heterosexual spaces. Brooks describes this kind of identity management as “staying in”. Black LGBT people are accepted as long as they do not openly express their…
Leave a CommentI have decided to research the gayborhood in Philadelphia for my project. As previously stated, I want to explore a community’s relationship to a geographical space. What attracts them to one part of the city as opposed to another? What resources are available to them?…
Leave a CommentFor my project, I am thinking about exploring relationships. One topic I am considering is the Gayborhood’s impact on African American queer youth. This topic would give me the opportunity to explore the relationship between a culture and a geographical space. I want to learn…
Leave a CommentI am from King of Prussia which is about 40 minutes from Philadelphia. Throughout my life, I’ve visited Philadelphia for its museums, food, clothes, and political protests. I spent my first semester of college at home and decided to move back to campus for the…
Leave a CommentMy name is Halle and my pronouns are she/her. I am a sophomore history major at Temple University. The history of me: My history begins on June 9th, 2002 in Norristown, PA. I have an older half-sister and a younger brother. We live in King…
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