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A new interactive digital history project exploring the history of queer spaces in America, by @regan008 & @EGonzaba. Grant funded thanks to @NEHgov

Joined October 2019
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Mapping the Gay Guides, an exhibit on the Damron travel guides, the @GayGuides project, and what these guidebooks tell us about Southern California, is now on display at Anaheim’s Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center through June!
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Soon.
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The 1985 Damron gay travel guide lists the Chicago bar Augie's and CK's as popular (*), mostly lesbian (L), and with a pool table (PT), and I'm giddy when I stumble upon a photograph of lots of lesbian women huddled around a pool table at Augie's in the mid 1980s.
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CALL FOR PAPERS: The 2024 Queer History Conference (#QHC24), to be held at California State University, Fullerton @csuf from June 10 to 13, 2024! Panel submissions due November 1st! More info here: clgbthistory.org/conferences… Come join us! #twitterstorians
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Had a blast at Riverside Pride yesterday and ran into some fabulous historians from @UCRiverside using @GayGuides data for their new LGBT mapping project! Lots of happy exciting talking with hands! Follow their work here: linktr.ee/queeringtheie?utm_…
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New award for scholars doing LGBTQ history with a feminist analysis! Applications for up to $1k in travel money due NOVEMBER 1st! Share widely 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
The @CLGBTH is proud to announce call for applications for the inaugural Estelle Freedman Award, a research travel award given out by the CLGBTH for scholars applying feminist analysis to LBGTQ history, from any historical time period or region. More here: clgbthistory.org/estelle-fre…
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The @CLGBTH is pleased to announce a call for papers for its third conference, Queer History Conference 2024 (#QHC24), to be held at California State University, Fullerton from June 10 to 13, 2024! More info here: clgbthistory.org/conferences… #twitterstorians
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Listen to me chat about my love of historical gay travel guides and Mapping the @GayGuides with @atlasobscura 🏳️‍🌈
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This guy is making it easier to track the gay bars of our past: @GayGuides youtube.com/watch?v=jrurG4mN… #ilovegaybars #mappingthegayguides #gayhistory #damron WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE GAY BAR GONE BY?
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Just in time for Women’s History Month, today @WearingGayHist is proud to launch a collection of historical LGBT 149 t-shirts from the Schlesinger Library at Harvard's Radcliffe Institute. Explore some incredible lesbian history in our newest collection: wearinggayhistory.com/collec…
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New collection of t-shirts focused on lesbian history now uploaded onto @WearingGayHist. Big thanks to the @RadInstitute for their collaboration! 🏳️‍🌈 👕 👚
Just in time for Women’s History Month, today @WearingGayHist is proud to launch a collection of historical LGBT 149 t-shirts from the Schlesinger Library at Harvard's Radcliffe Institute. Explore some incredible lesbian history in our newest collection: wearinggayhistory.com/collec…
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VERY EXCITING MAIL DAY!!!!! @NYUpress
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United We Stand. Houston Gay Pride Week 1979 A beautiful t-shirt.
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Cannot tell you how excited I am about the small grants to support LGBTQ history projects! Apply, friends! The @CLGBTH would love to hear about your work!🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈
The Committee on LGBT History (@CLGBTH) is excited to announce a call for two sets of support grants— one focused on research support & one to support LGBTQ public history projects. Short proposals for up to $500 in support funds are due MARCH 1. Share widely! #twitterstorians 🏳️‍🌈
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Hi #AHA23! The @CLGBTH is co-sponsoring a drop in session for any LGBTQ history topics! Come talk about your work & get feedback on your awesome queer history projects at any stage of development! Open to grad students, professors, K-12 teachers, and everyone else! Friday @ 1:30!
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Thinking about grad school? Our last info session this year is next Wednesday, December 14th at 6pm EST. Come chat with @ClemsonHistory faculty about our innovative new program. #twitterstorians #dh #dighist #digitalhistory
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The @CLGBTH joins other scholarly LGBTQ history organizations in applauding Colorado’s Board of Education for approving K-12 History-Social Studies Standards that, for the first time, include the contributions of LGBT people. Read our full statement here: clgbthistory.org/lgbtq-histo…
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Tonight’s the night! Come join us! Free and open to all!
Have a LGBTQ primary source you love to use in the classroom? Or want to learn how to incorporate them into your courses? Come join us for our Virtual Primary Source Sharing Session! Plus- COSTUME CONTEST! Sign up here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
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HUGE new update over at the @GayGuides project today. Users can now explore five more years of Damron data, from 1965 through 1985. This release sheds light on gay communities across the USA during the earliest years of the AIDS crisis. Go explore! #twitterstorians #LGBTQ
NEWS: Mapping the @GayGuides is excited to announce the release of a new dataset & the launch of a rebuilt mapping visualization. Today, users can explore 5 new sets of data, from 1981-1985, bringing another 25,000+ listings to our project! Check it out: mappingthegayguides.org/
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