Blackness, Sexuality and Transnational Desire: Initial Notes of a New Research Agenda

A Brief Overview of:

"Blackness, Sexuality and Transnational Desire: Initial Notes of a New Research Agenda"

Written by: Jafari S. Allen

Within the article Allen focuses on looking at blackness, sexuality and transnational desire through different lenses. He engages readers to consider this topic within history, in different regions and transnationally. He helps us to understand and see blackness, sexuality and transnational desire in different lights by posing different questions and pushing readers to see things through different perspectives. He speaks on transnational experience and activism as well. The focus of this article is on black transnational homosexuality, gay and lesbian sexuality.

3 key points or questions from the article :

1. His first subtopic is Immobile "emasculated matriarchs" and Deviant Males? - The black experience in slavery has been one in which men were emasculated and families were torn. Children were left alone and women had to take care of family. And its influences on blacks. He also talks about the differences between US blacks and other blacks. Loosing ethnicity and gaining race.

2. The relationships between race, class and sexuality.

3. The work of ALP and LGBT role in activism.

4. Cutting Edge Black Sexuality and Resistance - The topics of sexual citizenship and sexual rights. Sexual Citizenship- All people not based on sexual orientation have protection in states.

Outside Source:

I chose this outside source because Jafari S. Allen spoke about the Andre Lourde Project in its activism for the LGBT community and in other issues. I think this website is very interesting and can help readers to become more familiar with the current issues and projects that are taking place today.

http://alp.org/

Their calendar is very interesting as well because you can get a vision of the things that they are doing within the community.

http://alp.org/calendar