One of the many challenges of researching queer history is the invisibility of NB people in past records. So in honor of all those overlooked #NonBinaryPeoplesDay 🎨@artbyveya
“Perhaps the allure of bars wasn’t just the booze, or the availability to find romantic or sexual companions, or simply a place to dance. To lots of gay men, gay bars offered spaces to shoot pool with ppl like themselves. But how to find those pool bars? Damron helped with that.”
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Trilled to join as a panelist 🏳️🌈The History of Queer Liberation in STL 🏳️🌈 Free online program from St Louis Co Library 6/27/22 6pm
@mrectenwald @WUSTLlibraries @PROMOMissouri @BlackprideSTL @thesqsh#Pride2022#PrideMonth
#TransIsBeautiful Long before the internet in the 1980 St Louis Gateway Femmes held meetings at hotels so attendees had way to change clothes and attend as their authentic selves. Read more in Beyond Gender Binaries https://t.co/pR6CHyka3e
#TransDayOfVisibility History spotlight: In 1971 efforts began to decriminalize cross-dressing in the city of St. Louis, MO. Took until 1986 to overturn the law. @aclu_mo@ACLULGBT Explore more: https://t.co/uE499D7YB4
Where Do We Go From Here?: LGBTQIA+ Collections in Missouri - free online panel talk sponsored by MAMA 12/14 1pm central https://t.co/eEK2NGPmol #queerhistory#queermusuem
https://t.co/woWMkjM3Uh 🎃Happy Halloween! Did you know that drag completions have been a part of Miss Fannies Ball in STL since 1958? 💗💙🎃😈👻#BlackHistory#LGBTQHistory
Happy #LGBTQHistoryMonth! We encourage you to explore the recently updated online tool provided by @MappingLGBTQstl. Also, you can now share your own stories to enhance the archive. Find out more: https://t.co/495gNqpYde
In "Publics Are Plural," authors @MTuresky and @alphabetical discuss the "Pride Publics" exhibition in a wide range of contexts including abolition, homonormativity, archival justice, multiplicity, collectivity, and the violence of erasure.
Read: https://t.co/WYC5kQ0x5B
Jean O’Leary is perhaps best known for co-founding #NationalComingOutDay w/ Robert Eichberg to mark the anniversary of the 1987 March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. #LGBTHistoryMonth#MakingGayHistory
Hear Jean on Season 2 Episode 4 👉 https://t.co/ACchKbUNaP