LGBTQ History
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The Importance of Place
Genny Beemyn | Nov 1, 2017
Two factors influencing DC's LGBT history have been federal jurisdiction and racial segregation. -
“They Are Coming for Us”
Christopher M. Babits | Jul 31, 2017
For his research on the history of conversion therapy, Chris Babits spoke to practitioners at conferences abt their support for the controversial treatment. -
Tracing Terminology
Avery Dame | May 22, 2017
Avery Dame traces the origins and historical uses of the term "cisgender," which was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2015. -
AHA Member Spotlight: Marisa Richmond
Matthew Keough | May 2, 2017
Marisa Richmond is an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of History and Women’s and Gende... -
Committee on LGBT History Solicits Submissions for AHA18
AHA Staff | Jan 18, 2017
The Committee on LGBT History is soliciting submissions for next year’s meeting of the American Historical Association in Washington, DC,... -
Business History Conference Cancels Meeting in Charlotte
Roger Horowitz | Dec 23, 2016
By Roger HorowitzThe Business History Conference (BHC), the largest professional organization of business historians in the United States, has cancelled plans... -
Queer History for Troubling Times
Nicholas L. Syrett | Dec 8, 2016
By Nicholas L. SyrettIn the wake of the election of Donald Trump to the presidency, many queer people are fearful... -
Teaching the History of Sexuality: Introducing the October Issue of Perspectives on History
Allison Miller | Oct 17, 2016
Sporting a T-shirt reading “I Was a Lesbian Child,” a young woman grasping a handful of helium balloons gazes out... -
When Historians Help Make History
Don Romesburg | Oct 3, 2016
In early 2011, I received a call from Carolyn Laub, then–executive director of the Gay-Straight Alli... -
Trans-ing History on the Web: The Digital Transgender Archive
Sadie Bergen | Aug 29, 2016
When College of the Holy Cross professor K.J. Rawson first imagined what would become the Digital Transgender Archive (DTA), he...
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