The Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History

Report by Tamara Chaplin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign In a spirited session at the close of the 2012 AHA in Chicago this January, Nathan Wilson (PhD Candidate, York University) and Ryan Jones (PhD Candidate, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) asked us to reconsider how we understand the history and content of both…[Read more]

By Marc Stein, York University This panel encouraged scholars to revisit the history of the sexual revolution and think more deeply about intersections between race and sexuality in post-World War Two U.S. history. Political scientist Cathy Cohen (University of Chicago) chaired the session, which featured papers by Heather R. White (New College of…[Read more]

“Bodies of Evidence: Queer Oral History Methods” By Kevin P. Murphy, University of Minnesota This panel presented work from the newly published anthology, Bodies of Evidence: The Practice of Queer Oral History (Oxford University Press, 2012), edited by Nan Alamilla Boyd and Horacio N. Roque Ramírez. Boyd, Professor of Women and Gender Studies at San [...]

Roundtable: Doing Queer History in the 21st Century Report by Marcia Gallo, University of Nevada, Las Vegas At the second CLGBTH-sponsored panel of the 2012 AHA meeting, which convened on Friday, January 6 at 9:30 a.m., approximately 35 people gathered to hear four scholars discuss their explorations in developing accessible queer history – in print, [...]

“The Queer Politics of Managing Youth and Sex in the 1920s United States” by Nick Syrett, University of Northern Colorado This panel explored the ways that reformers, mental health professionals, and reform schools regulated young people in the decade of the 1920s, especially in regards to their sexuality. While the primary focus was on adults’ [...]

“The Politics of Respectability Reconsidered: Using the Framework of Respectability to Examine Southern Lesbian History.” By Ben Wise, University of Florida I was fortunate to be chair of this panel, which included papers by La Shonda Mims, a PhD candidate at the University of Georgia, Megan Taylor Shockley, a professor at Clemson University, and…[Read more]

“The Pleasures and Perils of LGBTQ Public History” American Historical Association Annual Conference Sunday, January 8th, 2012 Report by Lauren Jae Gutterman Held bright and early Sunday morning, “The Pleasures and Perils of LGBTQ Public History” was one of the last panels of the 2012 AHA conference. Panelists included Kevin P. Murphy, Associate…[Read more]

CALL FOR PAPERS: Radically Gay: The Life & Visionary Legacy of Harry Hay September 27-30, 2012, New York City In celebration of the centennial of the birth of LGBT pioneer Harry Hay, CLAGS (the Center for Lesbian & Gay Studies at CUNY) and the Harry Hay Centennial Committee invite proposals for a broad-reaching conference exploring [...]