Queer (In)Time: Intersectionality

Intersectionality is defined as “the interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender as they apply to a given individual or group, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage.” Intersectionality is essentially a framework of looking at the world - people are defined by a complex set of characteristics that inform each other.
Understanding intersectionality is essential to combating the interwoven prejudices people face in their daily lives.
Intersectionality also speaks to the diversity of the LGBTQ+ community. This panel highlights representation for bisexuals, lesbians, people of color, transfolk, as well as disabled and imprisoned members of the community.

 

Photograph of parent allies during the Boston Bisexual Women’s Network march, 1989.

Photograph of members of Men of All Colors Together Boston, the rebranding of BWMT, date unknown.

Marchers at a parade holding a banner for the Lesbian Pride Dance, date unknown.

Clipping from a prison newspaper called Through The Looking Glass, featuring three articles about the experience of being LGBTQ+ in prison, date unknown.

 

A newsletter detailing myths and facts about bisexuals, prepared by BiCEP, date unknown.

An issue of Gay Community News, July 3, 1982. Notably features a banner for Boston Asian Gay Men & Lesbians.

Flyer for Trans Pride ‘95, a dance event at former Cambridge gay bar ManRay, 1995.

 

Photograph of members of Boston Black & White Men Together marching at a pride parade, followed by marchers for the Boston Lesbian & Gay Political Alliance. Note: This was the first interracial gay organization on the east coast.

A poster for the Northeast conference of LLEGÓ, a Latinx focused LGBT community organization, 1999.

Flyer for the memorial of Chanel Pickett, a trans woman murdered by a sexual partner on November 20, 1995 who was later found innocent despite considerable evidence, date unknown.