I was talking to my brother the other night about the themes of this class and what we've been reading because I was curious to know how much knowledge he has on LGBTQ history, as a member of the community himself. Similar to me, he said he had not known much about LGBTQ history until taking a History of Sexuality class. We talked about how the separation/exclusion of this history from the broader history of the United States has caused a gap in knowledge and understanding of the LGBTQ community, which probably contributes to the marginalization and discrimination of members of the community. I have never had a conversation like this with him because talking about our sexual orientation is weird because he's my brother but it was cool. I also learned what vouging is and watched this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2NRgjX_3ds
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ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing, Cami. The National Museum of African American History and Culture website has a really interesting brief history of voguing: https://nmaahc.si.edu/blog-post/brief-history-voguing
ReplyDeleteHarlem, which we read about in Chauncey, was actually the birthplace of the vogue.