Darius Bost "Evidence of Being" at the San Francisco Public Library
Channel: San Francisco Public Library
Date: 2018-06-07

"Black Queer Optimism in the Early Era of AIDS" is a preview of Dr. Bost's upcoming book "Evidence of Being: The Black Gay Cultural Renaissance and the Politics of Violence." Darius Bost studied 1980's archives of cultural responses in Washington, DC, and New York black queer social scenes. Darius Bost is Assistant Professor of Sexuality Studies and Assistant Director of the Center for Research and Education on Gender and Sexuality at San Francisco State University.  His research focuses in the areas of Black cultural studies, LGBT and queer studies, feminist, gender, and sexuality studies, trauma studies, and HIV/AIDS. This event was recorded at the San Francisco Main Library's African American Center - http://www.SFPL.org/AfricanAmerican