E. Patrick Johnson - The Beekeeper: Performing Southern Black Women Who Love Women

E. Patrick Johnson, Carlos Montezuma Professor of Performance Studies and African American Studies at Northwestern University, presents a lecture/performance exploring the oral histories of black Southern women who desire women. Johnson will discuss the methodological challenges of being a man conducting research on women, and will perform excerpts from the oral histories. 

Co-sponsored by Yale LGBTQ Affinity Group; Yale LGBTQ Co-op; Department of AfAm Studies; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS): LGBT Studies; Theater Studies; Yale Research Initiative on the History of Sexualities (YRIHS)