Stonewall Book Award
1 appearances
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Edition 14 (1987) Winner
Walter Lee Williams
ウォルター・リー・ウィリアムズ
Wōrutā Rī Wiriamuzu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1948-11-03 （Durham, North Carolina）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Residence History
- Durham, North Carolina (birthplace) → Atlanta, Georgia (teen years) → Los Angeles, California (USC professor) → Mexico (post-retirement)
Career
- Occupations
- anthropologist, historian, gender studies professor, university professor, religious Buddhist leader
- Active Years
- 1970-2013
- Affiliations
- University of Southern California, University of Cincinnati
- Memberships
- Soka Gakkai International, Committee on Lesbian and Gay History
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia State University | — | History | Bachelor's degree in History | — | United States |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | — | History | Master's degree in History | — | United States |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | — | History | Ph.D. in History | — | United States |
Georgia State University
History
Degree:
Bachelor's degree in History
Year of Graduation:
1970
Country:
United States
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
History
Degree:
Master's degree in History
Year of Graduation:
1972
Country:
United States
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
History
Degree:
Ph.D. in History
Year of Graduation:
1974
Country:
United States
Doctoral thesis: Black American Attitudes Toward Africa: The Missionary Movement, 1877—1900
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Gay Book of the Year Award | The Spirit and the Flesh: Sexual Diversity in American Indian Culture | — | American Library Association | Winner |
| 1986 | Ruth Benedict Award | The Spirit and the Flesh: Sexual Diversity in American Indian Culture | — | Society of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists | Winner |
| 1987 | Award for Outstanding Scholarship | The Spirit and the Flesh: Sexual Diversity in American Indian Culture | — | American Foundation for Gender and Genital Medicine and Science | Winner |
| 1987 | Fulbright Scholarship | — | — | Fulbright Program | Recipient |
| 2006 | Gandhi, King, Ikeda Award | — | — | Morehouse College | Recipient |
Gay Book of the Year Award
1987
Work:
The Spirit and the Flesh: Sexual Diversity in American Indian Culture
Organization:
American Library Association
Result:
Winner
Ruth Benedict Award
1986
Work:
The Spirit and the Flesh: Sexual Diversity in American Indian Culture
Organization:
Society of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists
Result:
Winner
Award for Outstanding Scholarship
1987
Work:
The Spirit and the Flesh: Sexual Diversity in American Indian Culture
Organization:
American Foundation for Gender and Genital Medicine and Science
Result:
Winner
Fulbright Scholarship
1987
Organization:
Fulbright Program
Result:
Recipient
Gandhi, King, Ikeda Award
2006
Organization:
Morehouse College
Result:
Recipient
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Spirit and the Flesh: Sexual Diversity in American Indian Culture
1986 AnthropologyThe first complete study of the berdache, a term for androgynous and gender-variant people among the American Indians.
sexual diversitygender varianceNative American culture
Javanese Lives: Women and Men in Modern Indonesian Society
1991 Anthropology 264 pagesCollection of 27 autobiographical interviews from Javanese women and men in modern Indonesian society.
Indonesian culturegender rolesoral history
Translations
- Indonesian translation available
Bibliography
- Black Americans and the Evangelization of Africa, 1877—1900
- The Spirit and the Flesh: Sexual Diversity in American Indian Culture
- Javanese Lives: Women and Men in Modern Indonesian Society
- Two Spirits: A Story of Life With the Navajo
- Spirit of the Pacific
Legacy
Pioneer in LGBTQ+ history and Native American gender studies, but convicted in 2013 for child sexual exploitation and named to FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.
Archives
- ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives (USC)
Trivia
- Was the 500th fugitive added to the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.
- Arrested in Playa del Carmen, Mexico.
- Sentenced to five years in prison.