Processing Pain: Research, Lived-Experience, and Compassionate Pursuits

A significant portion of my academic research emerges from my personal experiences and reflections of my early years in Beltzhoover, my Pittsburgh neighborhood. In two publications, I discussed my formative sexual identity while critiquing the prevalent gender constructs perpetuated by family and community (Bey, 2011, 2014). In another, I attempted to validate oral histories and local archives, while using my neighborhood history as an example...