Eric Gonzaba

Historian of LGBTQ culture & nightlife. Assistant Professor of American Studies @CSUF. Probably listening to Motown or disco right now. He/him. @GayGuides

[Eric Gonzaba @EGonzaba]

im raising a dragon.

[The Philadelphia Inquirer @PhillyInquirer]

The LGBTQ Spirit of 1776 could show the way for this year’s celebrations of freedom https://t.co/pMsq3iYmPO

[Eric Gonzaba @EGonzaba]

Some thoughts of mine on queer America during the nation’s 200th birthday, as we prepare for her 250th.

https://t.co/qf8ij4ZeDV

[Eric Gonzaba @EGonzaba]

@steven_seegel @karatimetravels @UTCREEES I’m so sorry, Steven

[James Austin Johnson @JAJCenter]

I wrote about how Amtrak makes me feel patriotic for Rolling Stone. Read it now if you like any of those words

[Eric Gonzaba @EGonzaba]

@Fisher_D Project had a recent update. More updates to come!

[Eric Gonzaba @EGonzaba]

hard to think of a life without listening to @KaceyMusgraves . just feels lucky.
The new album is lovely, Kacey.
Thank you for the music.

[Eric Gonzaba @EGonzaba]

In 1860, Lincoln won on a platform of not touching slavery in the states where it already existed.
Events change circumstances.

[Frank Luntz @FrankLuntz]

Former President Obama in July 2020:

“For too long, gerrymandering has contributed to stalled progress and warped our representative government.”

👉🏻 https://t.co/bCnMNxWBJy

[Eric Gonzaba @EGonzaba]

@Kevin_Jacobsen Amazing

[Eric Gonzaba @EGonzaba]

Lowell, MA itself had more cotton spindles than the entire Confederacy.

If the Confederacy had convinced its fellow slave states of Delaware and Maryland in secession, the South’s manufacturing capacity would’ve practically doubled.

[Miles Smith IV @IVMiles]

The Confederacy’s entire manufacturing output in 1861 was 1/4 that of New York State’s.

Just an insane statistic to me.

[NorthcentralPA.com @northcentralpa]

Race, sexuality, and nightlife historian to speak at Lycoming College https://t.co/oce9irKNEr

[Eric Gonzaba @EGonzaba]

lol I totally feel this, but personally think it’s one of those random little things that builds American civic nationalism.

[Eric Gonzaba @EGonzaba]

@cincopedia Fantastic list

[Eric Gonzaba @EGonzaba]

The Gonzabas have been IU football fans for a long time, even when they barely won a few games a season. So proud tonight. #CFBPlayoff

[Dan Diamond @ddiamond]

Incredible obituary in NYT for Betty Reid Soskin, who served as a National Park Service ranger until age 100 and witnessed so much in her life.

Her great grandma was born into slavery. Then she stood with America’s first black president.

“What could be more American than that?”

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

Jim Beam, the largest American bourbon distiller, is closings it flagship facility next year. This follows a string of distillery closures after more than two decades of rapid economic growth in the industry. Analysts say it's linked to trade wars and tariffs.

[Eric Gonzaba @EGonzaba]

The criteria of “can you tell the story of America without <insert person>??” would lead to a bust of Osama Bin Laden being installed in Statuary Hall.

[John Daniel Davidson @johnddavidson]

You can absolutely tell the story of Virginia without telling the story of Barbara Rose Johns, whom no one had heard of before today.

But you cannot tell the story of Virginia—or America—without telling the story of Robert E. Lee.

[Eric Gonzaba @EGonzaba]

The number of future public history / public memory MA theses / PhD dissertations that are gonna be written about these idiotic plaques is astronomical

[Saagar Enjeti @esaagar]

Here's an image of Trump's plaque on Andrew Jackson that I have obtained in which he somehow inserted himself into

Truly incredible stuff

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

These are the places where American students learn about the world. These cuts are one sign — I know there are others — of a country that is shrinking away.
https://t.co/KbhRo6fEcB

[Eric Gonzaba @EGonzaba]

Genuinely curious how Trump frames the presidency of Franklin Pierce

[Andrew Leyden @PenguinSix]

The White House has added text to the Wall of Fame next to the Rose Garden.

[Ronald Brownstein @RonBrownstein]

After decades of pulling apart, the parties now present almost exactly inverse images of each other in the House, demographically & economically., That divergence explains much of how the House does-and doesn't -function today. My take. https://t.co/AMogQ4BttY