Countée Cullen, Poet Laureate of the Harlem Renaissance (1903–1946) Maria Helena Dolan Outspoken February 23, 2024 0Oh, Countée Cullen — Harlem boy meteor whose star climbed to the highest, brightest apogee, and then gradually faded. In...
The ‘When’ of the Harlem Renaissance Maria Helena Dolan Outspoken January 26, 2024 0People — queer and not — laud the Harlem Renaissance, but there is disagreement on so many aspects. For instance,...
Marlon Riggs (1957 – 1994) Considered A Quarter Century After His Death Maria Helena Dolan Outspoken December 21, 2023 0Black men loving Black men is the revolutionary act. – Marlon Riggs Over a quarter of a century ago, we lost...
Joseph Beam, 1954 – 1988, Groundbreaker and Earthshaker Maria Helena Dolan Outspoken November 23, 2023 0“I dare myself to dream of us moving from survival to potential, from merely getting by to a positive getting...
What I Know About Atlanta Pride’s First Twenty Years, 1969 – 1989 (Well, Most of It) Maria Helena Dolan Outspoken October 13, 2023 0Let me be perfectly queer: what follows is unwieldy, messy, truthful, hopeful, and offered in that spirit. June 1969: What...
‘No One Can Say I Didn’t Make It’ — The Incomparable Glenn Burke (1952–1995) Maria Helena Dolan Outspoken August 17, 2023 0YouTube has a strange ability to showcase fare that rebuilds queer reality in previously unknown ways. Hence, we can delve...
Margaret “Mom” Chung (1889 -1959) Maria Helena Dolan Outspoken August 3, 2023 0Mom: a cross-dressing Chinese American lesbian doctor who fought racism and sexism and loved the impoverished, China’s neediest, Sophie Tucker,...
The Riddle of Yukio Mishima Maria Helena Dolan Outspoken July 20, 2023 0“Does this make sense?” We must ask that question when we look across cultures and times. So, how to explain...
Stonewall: Myths, Truths, Visions Maria Helena Dolan Outspoken June 16, 2023 0This account will no doubt cause some distress for many, but I feel compelled to tell truths about Stonewall, instead...
Sylvia Beach (1887–1962) and Adrienne Monnier (1892–1955) Maria Helena Dolan Outspoken May 4, 2023 0My loves were Adrienne Monnier, James Joyce and Shakespeare and Company — Sylvia Beach Literary Paris between the wars owed...
Modernism, Lesbianism, Paris, and Transit Points Between Maria Helena Dolan Outspoken April 6, 2023 0There are many definitions of Modernism, but for the moment we can think of Modernism as an artistic and social...