Description
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.
About the Author
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.
Book Information
ISBN 9780813953274
Author Charles H. Ford
Format Paperback
Page Count 252
Imprint University of Virginia Press
Publisher University of Virginia Press
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 25mm
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.
About the Author
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.
Book Information
ISBN 9780813953274
Author Charles H. Ford
Format Paperback
Page Count 252
Imprint University of Virginia Press
Publisher University of Virginia Press
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 25mm
