Black and Gay in Black and White

The online version of Black and Gay in Black and White is currently unavailable, but will be back online soon.

Black and Gay in Black and White, one of the first exhibitions to document the contributions of Boston's African American LGBTQ community, was mounted by Queer History Boston at Northeastern University in October of 1997. Featuring the work of Boston-area photojournalists, the exhibition highlights the cultural and social contributions made by local African American LGBTQ artists and activists.

Combahee River Collective

Combahee River Collective members Barbara Smith, Beverly Smith, and Demita Frazier march in a memorial to eleven women of color murdered in the Boston area (1979). A coalition which included the Combahee River Collective, a Boston black feminist group, staged marches, held rallies, and organized to bring attention to the indifference of police and the media to violence against women of color.

Photograph by Ellen Shub

Boston Public Closets

Gay youth protesting homophobia in the Boston Public schools during the Pride march. (1983) This protest took place 10 years before the passage of The Massachusetts Gay and Lesbian Student Rights Law.

Photograph by Susan D. Fleischmann