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Grindr, AI, & Space-Time
I still occasionally cannot help but put out an academic paper, especially queer-trans work on AI. Also, I drop some amazing archival gossip on David Livingstone.
Jack Gieseking
Jack Gieseking is an environmental psychologist, historian, geographer, swimmer, creator, podcaster, and deeply enthusiastic trans masc dyke @ lezbiqueertrans everything, social justice, his partner, kids, and their dog, Gaybe. (he/they/v gay)
But Why *These* Queer Historians?
A dear bi-queer-cis friend who married a queer cis guys who is listening to my Our Dyke Histories podcast is loving the episodes, she says, and learning so much about lezbiqueertrans history she didn't know but needed to know. She also asked, "Why did you interview these
1940s
"The Gender of Desire: Joan Nestle’s Last Interview"
Not long after we popped on our screens to record together, Joan Nestleannounced, "I'm 84. I'm very tired. This will be my last interview with you all today." I couldn't breathe.
OurDykeHistories
"Queer Pulp, Dark Bars & the Police State, 1940s-1960s"
Along with a lush photo spread of some queer highlights, awfulness, and delicious everyday life from the 1940s-1960s, enjoy a deep dive into NYC queer history with Joan Nestle, Hugh Ryan, and Alix Genter.
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It's Closed Now: Our Decades-Long Fixation with Lost Dykedom
A meditation on the it's-closed-now rhetoric of lezbiqueertrans spaces--why it's true and how it traps anyone wanting to build a better world.
"Love, Bulldaggers, and the Birth of Lesbian Research"
The lushness of Jonathan Ned Katz on Eve Adams doesn't quit. Here's the E1S4 transcript in full.
1920s
Why Did U.S. Lesbian Bars Start in the 1930s?
On dykes and the mafia: a tale of the Prohibition sex tourism, racialized racist tourism, policing, graft, and desire.
"Tea, Anarchy, and the First Dyke Bar: Eve’s Hangout 1925"
Meet the wonder of Eve Adams. The lush transcript from S1E3 of Our Dyke Histories.
1920s
"When Paris and Berlin Were Dyke Bars*"
Enjoy the detailed transcript of the second episode of my Our Dyke Histories podcast.
queer data
Redrawing U.S. QueerTransness
Why trans people care -- though they may not know how much -- about gerrymandering.
OurDykeHistories
"1920s & 1930s: The LezQueer World before Bars"
My podcast with Sinister Wisdom, Our Dyke Histories has launched! I'm sharing the transcript from the first 1920s-1930s episode with some images to bring it to life even further.
dykebars
Is 1928's Café Dorian Gray Actually Cubbyhole 2025?!
I'm enamored with Café Dorian Gray in 1928 Berlin – maybe because I've been to its twin(!), none other than the renowned Cubbyhole in 2025. Yes, really.