Just announced this Clements Center talk by @WesleyPhelps20 about his recent book, Before Lawrence v. Texas: The Making of a Queer Social Movement. Months away but I'm already looking forward to it.
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If you want to learn more after hearing @mmccnn talk Lawrence v. Texas on @yourewrongabout, we've got a book for you!
@WesleyPhelps20's BEFORE LAWRENCE V. TEXAS (now out in paperback!) details the years of work and struggle that led to the landmark case.
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@hoop3r Especially since virtually no court of law ever agreed with that defense! I'm currently writing about a case gay students brought against Texas A&M University in the late 70s, and univ. administrators tried (unsuccessfully) to make the same argument.
Garland-area friends! On Saturday, June 29, I will be back in my hometown to give a talk at the South Garland Branch Library titled "Out of the Streets and Into the Courts: The Legal Struggle for LGBTQ Equality in Texas." Talk starts at 2:30. Come on by! https://t.co/S325SYNTnd
@AliB_iCoach @unthistory You insinuated that a symposium charting a more inclusive future for Texas history was a needless distraction from current events. Perhaps some would see excitement over college sports as similarly misguided.
Anyone looking for a good selection of LGBTQ+ books to add to your local library or personal bookshelf? #LetFreedomRead#FReadom#ReadUP
Grab these from your local bookseller, or download and submit these titles with our Library Recommendation Form here! https://t.co/5cru0MDMDQ
Houston-area friends! If you're free next week on Wednesday Jan 31, come see me at Rice University at 4 pm where I'll be giving a talk titled "The Stigma of Criminality: Texas Sodomy Laws and the Struggle for Queer Equality." Free and open to the public! https://t.co/efLteBzWFp
And that's not all! @WesleyPhelps20's vital contribution to the history of activism in Texas, BEFORE LAWRENCE V. TEXAS, has won the @TxStHistAssoc's Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Prize for Best Book on Texas History! 🏆
Learn more: https://t.co/oblsbUfc3t
Before Lawrence has won the Tullis Memorial Prize for the Best Book on Texas History by the TSHA! Despite parting ways with the TSHA after a right-wing coup seized control, I am nonetheless honored to be recognized by an awards committee made up of historians I greatly respect!