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Queer History

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The Rumpus Interview with Lucy Jane Bledsoe

  • Elizabeth Stark
  • January 13, 2017
Lucy Jane Bledsoe discusses her latest book, A Thin Bright Line, uncovering the remarkable story of her aunt, and illuminating history through the lens of imagination.
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Translating Queer Identity and History

  • Michelle Vider
  • June 13, 2016
For Notches, a journal on the history of sexuality, Claire Hayward collects a series of responses from historians on writing queer history. These responses address the question, methods, and terminology…
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The Cost of Gay Liberation

  • Michelle Vider
  • April 25, 2016
Jim Downs writes for Aeon on the radical socialist roots of the gay liberation movement in America, as well as the role of economics in allowing individuals to shape an…
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The Queer Holiday Blues

  • Michelle Vider
  • December 14, 2015
Lauren Gutterman writes for Notches, a journal on the history of sexuality, about the “holiday blues” documented in postwar queer literature. Gutterman’s examination of holiday-themed issues of queer literary publications…
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Fresh Comics #3: Remarkable Histories

  • Monica Johnson
  • June 23, 2015
One of the goals of the Fresh Comics series is to shine some light on superb works of comic storytelling. Another is to look a little deeper into the content of these…
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