Cei Bell Publishes Essay on Joe Beam and LGBT Racism

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January 6, 2017

Cei Bell (LTA '15) wrote an essay that was published by NewsWorks last month. The piece was about Joe Beam, editor of the historic black gay male anthology In the Life, and the state of the Philadelphia LGBT community's consciousness around racism.

Joe Beam was a Philadelphia gay rights activist and author who worked to foster acceptance of gay life in the black community by relating the gay experience with the struggle for civil rights in the U.S. Click here to read the full essay. 

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