Black Femme Menace: How Queer Battle Fatigue Intersects with Blackness and Gender

Kaila Adia Story is an associate professor in the Departments 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 also the co-creator, copro-ducer, and cohost of WFPL’s “Strange Fruit: Musings on Politics, Pop Culture, and Black Gay Life”, a popular award-winning weekly podcast. Her research examines the intersections of race and sexuality, with special attention to Black Feminism, Black Lesbians, and Black Queer identity. In 2017, Dr. Story was named an LGBTQ+ community leader and change maker as a part of NBC’s inaugural #Pride30.