“I think for far too long we have seen LGBTQ history as maybe something that is outside the norms of study. We see it as something you do when everything else is finished, so what I’m trying to do in my coursework is say that LGBTQ issues are a central aspect of what it means to be human.”
As a black member of the LGBT community, Xavier Livermon rarely saw anyone like him in his history books. But now, as an assistant professor, Livermon is teaching students the diverse curriculum he didn’t have growing up.