
Queer Virginia
New Stories in the Old Dominion
University of Virginia Press
Published on 10. June 2025
Book
Hardback
252 pages
978-0-8139-5326-7 (ISBN)
Description
A new, definitive queer history of the Commonwealth
Queer Virginia is a long-needed record of the courageous and creative ways that LGBTQ+ people across the commonwealth have persevered and fought for their rights. The history recovered here is remarkable and illuminating, including the life of Hannah Nokes, a Black transgender woman who overcame severe discrimination in Loudon County during the 1930s; the story of the Hershee Bar, a historic lesbian bar in Norfolk and longtime community focal point; efforts to gather oral histories and produce a queer digital archive in the old capital of the Confederacy, and much more. Full of poignant and telling glimpses of LGBTQ+ life through the decades, this volume reveals generations of widespread prejudice and oppressive laws and the inspiring resilience that queer Virginians brought to this struggle.
Queer Virginia is a long-needed record of the courageous and creative ways that LGBTQ+ people across the commonwealth have persevered and fought for their rights. The history recovered here is remarkable and illuminating, including the life of Hannah Nokes, a Black transgender woman who overcame severe discrimination in Loudon County during the 1930s; the story of the Hershee Bar, a historic lesbian bar in Norfolk and longtime community focal point; efforts to gather oral histories and produce a queer digital archive in the old capital of the Confederacy, and much more. Full of poignant and telling glimpses of LGBTQ+ life through the decades, this volume reveals generations of widespread prejudice and oppressive laws and the inspiring resilience that queer Virginians brought to this struggle.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Charlottesville
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
15 b&w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
508 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8139-5326-7 (9780813953267)
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Persons
Charles H. Ford, Professor of History at Norfolk State University, and Jeffrey L. Littlejohn, Professor of History at Sam Houston State University, are the authors of Elusive Equality: Desegregation and Resegregation in Norfolk Public Schools.