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Art And Aids: Viral Strategies For Visibility, Stephen Baylor Pillow

Honors Theses

“Art & AIDS: Viral Strategies for Visibility” examines the complex relationships between social stigma, healthcare, homophobia, and mortality, and how these impacted the lives of Western artists and manifested in their works. Most of the art discussed in this thesis was produced during the height of the AIDS crisis (late-1980s to mid-1990s). During this period, gay artists and their allies employed new strategies in their work to inspire activism, and convey intense emotions –– predominantly frustration, grief, and anxiety –– associated with HIV/AIDS. In the U.S., the inaction of the Reagan administration was largely due to widespread homophobia kindled by …

Queering Secondary Education: An Inquiry To The Necessity Of Queer Studies For All Students, Ashlign D. Shoemaker

Honors Theses

In the current state of secondary education, queer studies are appallingly underexposed. The subject matter is often completely disregarded due to a perceived discomfort around themes and content regarding LGBTQ+ sexualities. This process of elimination is a disservice to all students as they continue their education and move on to the adult world. Queer studies must be included for all students to ensure a society of empathy and understanding. Including the queer identity in the secondary education, classroom gives LGBTQ+ students the usable past that is essential to their wellbeing and mental health, and it provides exposure and understanding for …

Invisible Histories Project Comes To Mississippi, Joan Allison

Queer Mississippi (Complete Collection)

The University of Mississippi is now partnering with Invisible Histories Project to create [a] collection of Mississippi LGBTQ ephemera to be housed on the Ole Miss campus, and later, at additional repositories throughout the state.

Pamphlet Proofs: Invisible Histories Mississippi, Amy Mcdowell, Jessica Wilkerson

Queer Mississippi (Complete Collection)

Color page proofs for a tri-fold brochure to introduce the Invisible History Project: Mississippi to collect both oral histories and archival materials.

Tupelo Pride 2019 Exhibit, Amy Mcdowell, Jessica Wilkerson, Maddie Shappley, David Hooper Schultz

Queer Mississippi (Complete Collection)

The Invisible Histories Project-Mississippi launched during Tupelo Pride 2019's opening event at the Link Centre. IHP-MS had an information table with two pop-up exhibits: a selection of record covers from the collection of DJ Prince Charles (Charles Smith), now housed in the University of Mississippi Libraries Archives and Special Collections, and a selection of "ethno-poems", curated by graduate student oral history interviewers Maddie Shappley and Hooper Schultz.

Isom Fellowship Proposal: Queer Life Histories In Mississippi, Amy Mcdowell, Jessica Wilkerson

Queer Mississippi (Complete Collection)

Research proposal submitted by Dr. Amy McDowell and Dr. Jessica Wilkerson for the Isom Fellows program, a two-year fellowship with the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies funded by the Office of Provost. Isom Fellows are asked to contribute to the Isom Center through research, teaching, and service. Five fellows are selected per cohort.

Speech Delivered At Tupelo Pride 2018, J. M. Benson Hill

Queer Mississippi (Complete Collection)

A speech delivered by J. M. Benson Hill at the first Tupelo Pride Festival, September 6, 2018 at Fairpark.

Benson Hill is an attorney in Tupelo, Mississippi. He is a 2018 graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Law.

Queer Mississippi Oral History Project Performance, Jessica Wilkerson

Queer Mississippi (Complete Collection)

Members of Dr. Jessica Wilkerson's Oral History of Southern Social Movements class (S ST 560) gave a presentation on their findings at the end of the semester.

Syllabus For S St 560 Introduction To Oral History, Documenting Lgbtq Histories In Mississippi, Jessica Wilkerson

Queer Mississippi (Complete Collection)

Syllabus distributed to students in Southern Studies (S ST) 560 for the 2018 Spring semester at the University of Mississippi. It includes course description and objectives, a reading list of required texts, an explanation of assignments and course policies, and a detailed schedule for the 14-week course.

Atkins, Gail And Gwen Demeter Interview About Silver Circle, Gail Atkins, Gwen Demeter, Rose Norman, B. Leaf Cronewrite

Queer Mississippi (Complete Collection)

Rose Norman and B. Leaf Cronewrite (Mary Ann Hopper) interviewed Gwen Demeter and Gail Atkins at Womonwrites on Saturday, October 13, 2013. Despite serious memory problems from diabetic dementia, Gail Atkins did participate in this interview, though Gwen does most of the talking.

This is not a comprehensive transcript but several sections of the interview have been transcribed. The full audio interview is in the repository at Duke University.

This interview is referenced in the article "Silver Circle Sanctuary: Beginnings and Legacy" by B. Leaf Cronewrite in Sinister Wisdom No. 98: Landykes of the South.

Program For The Memorial Service For Charles Lyndon Smith; Obituary, Friends Of Charles Smith

Queer Mississippi (Complete Collection)

Program for the memorial service held for Charles Lyndon Smith, better known as DJ Prince Charles, on June 16, 2008 at the McMillan Funeral Home. Also included: text of obituary that appeared in the (Tupelo) Daily Journal on June 15, 2008. From the collection of Gail Stratton.