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"Going Public" Event Footage

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A clip from The Center's event "Going Public," a panel discussion on popular images of LGBTQ+ people and how the public responds to them. At 0:21:10, Panelist Cary Alan Johnson speaks on the unique difficulty that Black gay, lesbian, transgender, and HIV+ people face in controlling media narratives of their own experiences.

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Identifier
2b88qc56f
Collection
Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
Institution
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
Creator(s)
Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center
Contributor(s)
Feinberg, Leslie
Johnson, Cary Alan
Pettit, Sarah
Date Created
May 20, 1997
Genre
Motion Pictures
Subject(s)
Committee for Black Gay Men
Gay Men of African Descent
OUT Magazine
Places
New York > West Village
Topic(s)
AIDS awareness
Black LGBTQ+ people
Black people in mass media
Femininities
Masculinities
Queens (Gay culture)
Sissies
Resource Type
Moving image
Language
English
Rights
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