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Black LGBTQ+ Resistance Before It Had a Name: A Powerful History of Queer Liberation and Identity

Black LGBTQ+ people and resistance have always existed in America, though we were rarely given safe spaces to fully live as ourselves. Throughout history, we have had to claim our queerness and take up space—or risk being swallowed by silence and harm. In 1802, the Mississippi Territory criminalized homosexual activity and imposed the death penalty […]

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