The Black Queer Studies Collection, which is designated digitally through notes in library catalog records, is meant to feature, promote and increase the discoverability of the UT Libraries’ unique holdings in the area of African and African Diasporic Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies. Titles designated for the collection carry this note, which is searchable in the Library Catalog: "Black Queer Studies Collection."
This academic collection was originally based on the books listed in the bibliography Carry the Word: A Bibliography of Black LGBTQ Books, edited by Steven G. Fullwood, Reginald Harris, and Lisa C. Moore (Redbone Press/Vintage Entity Press, 2007). Additional materials, including books, films and musical recordings, are being added to the collection every year.
The collection grows with annual support from the Center for Women's and Gender Studies, the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, and the Warfield Center for African and African American Studies.
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