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Homoeroticism

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Here we are collecting writings by Black writers that explicitly thematize same sex desire, queer desire, or LGBTQIA identities. Writers like Countee Cullen, Richard Bruce Nugent, and Alain Locke have been described by biographers as gay; several of their peers might today be understood as queer or bisexual (i.e., Langston Hughes and Claude McKay). The writer Angelina Weld Grimke is thought to have had a relationship with a woman as a teenager; not much is known about her personal life as an adult.  

There is an excellent overview of "The Harlem Renaissance in Black Queer History" here. 

Contents of this tag:

  1. Claude McKay, "The Barrier" (1919)
  2. Countee Cullen, "Mary, Mother of Christ" (1924)
  3. Claude McKay, "Alfonso, Dressing to Wait at Table" (1922)
  4. Countee Cullen, "Tableau (For Donald Duff)" (1925)
  5. Claude McKay, "Harlem Dancer" (1917)
  6. Bruce Nugent, "Smoke, Lilies and Jade" (1926)
  7. Angelina Weld Grimke, "Paradox" (1927)
  8. Claude McKay, "Flirtation" (1921)
  9. Bruce Nugent, "Sahdji" (1925)
  10. Claude McKay, "To O.E.A." (1922)
  11. Claude McKay, "Bennie's Departure" (1912)
  12. Richard Bruce (Bruce Nugent), "Shadow" (1925)
  13. Claude McKay, "Consolation" (1912)
  14. Angelina Weld Grimke, "Grass Fingers" (1927)
  15. Angelina Weld Grimke, "When the Green Lies Over the Earth" (1927)
  16. Angelina Weld Grimke, "A Mona Lisa" (1927)