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- Title
The Sexuality of Malcolm X.
- Authors
PHELPS, CHRISTOPHER
- Abstract
This article engages the controversy over whether Malcolm Little, who would become Malcolm X, had same-sexual encounters. A minute sifting of all evidence and claims, augmented by new findings, yields strong indication that Malcolm Little did take part in sex acts with male counterparts. If set in the context of the 1930s and 1940s, these acts position him not as a "homosexual lover," as has been asserted, but in the pattern of "straight trade" - heterosexual men open to sex with homosexuals - an understanding that in turn affords insights into the black revolutionary's mature masculinity.
- Subjects
UNITED States; X, Malcolm, 1925-1965; SAME-sex dating; SAME-sex relationships; BLACK power movement; HISTORY of masculinity; TWENTIETH century
- Publication
Journal of American Studies, 2017, Vol 51, Issue 3, p659
- ISSN
0021-8758
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0021875816001341