A new, definitive queer history of the Commonwealth
Queer Virginia is a long-needed record of the courageous and creative ways that LGBTQ+ people across the commonwealth have persevered and fought for their rights. The history recovered here is remarkable and illuminating, including the life of Hannah Nokes, a Black transgender woman who overcame severe discrimination in Loudon County during the 1930s; the story of the Hershee Bar, a historic lesbian bar in Norfolk and longtime community focal point; efforts to gather oral histories and produce a queer digital archive in the old capital of the Confederacy, and much more. Full of poignant and telling glimpses of LGBTQ+ life through the decades, this volume reveals generations of widespread prejudice and oppressive laws and the inspiring resilience that queer Virginians brought to this struggle.
O autorze
Charles H. Ford, Professor of History at Norfolk State University, and
Jeffrey L. Littlejohn, Professor of History at Sam Houston State University, are the authors of
Elusive Equality: Desegregation and Resegregation in Norfolk Public Schools.
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