Siobhan 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…
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