Kaila Adia Story

Kaila Adia Story, PhD is a Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Pan-African Studies, as well as the Audre Lorde Endowed Chair at the University of Louisville. She is the author of two books, The Rainbow Ain't Never Been Enuf: On the Myth of LGBTQ+ Solidarity and Patricia Hill Collins: Reconceiving Motherhood. She is also the co-creator, co-producer, and cohost of Louisville Public Media’s Strange Fruit: Musings on Politics, Pop Culture, and Black Gay Life, a popular and an award-winning podcast. Her research examines the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality, with special attention to Black feminism, Black embodiment, Black queer theory, and Black queer performance theory.

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