Queering the Panthers: Rhetorical adjacency and black/queer liberation politics

Lisa Corrigan's article charting the coterminous relationship between the black liberation movement and the gay liberation movement with special emphasis on the relationship between the Black Panther Party and the Gay Liberation Front.

“Queering the Panthers: Rhetorical Adjacency and Black/Queer Liberation Politics,” QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking 6.2 (2019)

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