NJ.com Interviews Queer Newark editor Whitney Strub

Queer Newark book chronicles LGBTQ history 20 years after teen’s killing. Professor Whitney Strub, who teaches LGBTQ history at Rutgers University-Newark, is the editor of Queer Newark: Stories of Resistance, Love and Community. The new book is among recent initiatives related to the death of Sakia Gunn, a Black lesbian teenager killed in Newark in 2003.

Read more from the interview here: https://www.nj.com/essex/2024/02/queer-newark-book-chronicles-lgbtq-history-20-years-after-teens-killing.html

Editor Whitney Strub will be joined by contributors Aaron Frazier, Dominique Rocker, and Peter Savastano to discuss their book at the Newark Public Library on March 19, 2024 at 6pm ET.


Main Library
James Brown African American Room
5 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102

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