"Racial, Gender, and Sexual Imagery and the Black Queer Man" by Maxwell Richardson

The Yale Undergraduate Research Journal

Article Title

Racial, Gender, and Sexual Imagery and the Black Queer Man: an Excerpt from “I Cannot Go Home as I Am: Exploring Identity in Black Queer Men at Yale in the Context of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic”

Authors

Maxwell Richardson, Yale University

Abstract

Situated in the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, Black queer men were and continue to be one of the most affected groups by the epidemic. Looking back as to why, it is very apparent that intersecting themes of racism, homophobia, and masculinity norms, among various other forces contribute to the difficulty many Black queer men had in accessing agency in the epidemic. Through oral histories, as well as analysis of primary source material from the 1980s, I examine the topic of racial, gender, and sexual imagery as it informs and impacts the Black queer male identity throughout this time.

Recommended Citation

Richardson, Maxwell (2020) "Racial, Gender, and Sexual Imagery and the Black Queer Man: an Excerpt from “I Cannot Go Home as I Am: Exploring Identity in Black Queer Men at Yale in the Context of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic”," The Yale Undergraduate Research Journal: Vol. 1: Iss. 1, Article 32.
Available at: https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/yurj/vol1/iss1/32

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