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The suppression of community knowledge and tradition has been so historically incessant for LGBTQIA* people and communities that it has become a formative force in the understanding of queer history. One mechanism forged by this network of erasure is 'queer aphasia.' This is a disconnect between the ability to see queerness and identify it as such--a stoppage in verbalization. I use my research on blues performer Clara Smith as a case study to explore this phenomenon and potential pathways for counteracting its pervasive impact. Contextualizing my research within a wider legacy of queer being, I explore the broader impact on the archiving and study of queer lives., For LGBTQIA * (1) people and communities, our history has not just been erased but rendered invisible when in plain sight. This is what I term 'queer aphasia,' a disconnect [...]

Joyce Antler Jewish Radical Feminism: Voices from the Women's Liberation Movement New York: New York University Press, 2018. 464 pp. Joyce Antler has written a comprehensive history of Jewish radical [...]