Quay Williams and Sharonda Edwards
Recorded
March 12, 2021
Archived
March 12, 2021
44:39 minutes
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Id:
mby020492
Description
Friends Quay Williams (23) and Sharonda Edwards (22) share a conversation about growing up and being Black and queer in the Mississippi Delta.Subject Log / Time Code
QW talks about what it was like growing up as a queer man in the Mississippi Delta. He also talks about how he navigated his identity with regard to his family and religion.
SE talks about what it was like navigating her identity in the Mississippi Delta, especially when it concerned religion.
SE talks about her family’s reaction to her coming out.
SE and QW discuss microaggressions and other instances of homophobia they experienced when they were growing up.
SE and QW talk about how gender affected others’ perceptions of their identities while they were growing up.
SE discusses spectrums of sexuality and gender and how that information would have helped while she was growing up. She also shares ideas of how sex-ed could be structured in schools to be most beneficial to students.
SE talks about when she began to fully accept herself.
QW shares how cutting ties with religion helped him to accept himself.
Participants
- Quay Williams
- Sharonda Edwards