1920s
Reading Guide: Beyond Harlem Rent Parties, 1920s-1930s
We’ve long known all too little about the history of Black queer women’s social networks prior to Stonewall–until now.
gayspaces
1920s
Reading Guide: Le Monocle, 1932
Look upon this delightful lezbiqueertransness of the 1930s! Welcome to Paris' sapphic cabaret Le Monocle.
1920s
Sing with Me Now: "B.D. Women's Blues" & "Prove It on Me"
In a spacetime where so many of us are being silenced or targeted, it's a great time to bring back the ways folks spoke openly of QTBIPOC desire in the 1920s and 1930s.
1920s
Reading Guide: Dyke Bars* 1920s-1930s
To complement the launch of the Our Dyke Histories podcast, which is co-produced in collaboration with Sinister Wisdom, I put together a reading guide with my interns to feed your dyke bar* fascinations too.
queer data
(Data) Visualizing the Lesbian Herstory Archives
On archival materials and uteri as backup gear and primary materials, and what comes from drinking a tea for a year in the Lesbian Herstory Archives.
academic
My "First" Queer Data
The kids today are super into the concept of queer data. Nerdy LGBTQ+ youth and middle-aged folks keep saying to me, "Have you read this Queer Data book? It's awesome." And then a month later, "Oho! Did you know they reference you?" I did
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.
bi spaces
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.
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.
academic
Why We Need(ed) a Gender, Sexuality, & Space Reading List
There are nearly 1,000 citations in here. As I said, I am *very* passionate about citations. Proof of life means so much to queers and transes, especially through records that we exist.