Spotlighting queer history as it's happened and documenting it as we move forward.
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This month I published ‘What Homosexual Mass Arrests at One Michigan Rest Stop Teach Us,’ a small snippet of my larger body of research on mass cruising arrests in the state of Michigan. This article focuses on a rest stop in my hometown du...
The Rise and Fall of Le Monocle
A glimpse pf the underground lesbian scene in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s, and WW2's impact
Tucked away in an alley in Paris’s bohemian, artsy neighborhood of Montmartre during the 1920s and 1930s was Le Monocle, a bustling lesbian nightc...
Three LGBTQ+ History Books Worth the Read
One of my favorite things to do is read. I read extensively about LGBTQ+ history, as well as fiction and nonfiction books on topics that interest me. Over the years, I’ve read a wide variety of queer history books, some read like PhD theses...
Living Archives: Catharine Clarenbach
Today, I am sharing my conversation with Catharine Clarenbach, who was involved in two different AIDS service organizations and was also integral in LGBTQ+ activism on the Penn State campus during the 1990s. I hope you come away from this c...
AIDS History as Told by Buttons
In the United States, lapel pins have a long history of making a statement. Political pins grew in popularity during the Civil War, when Union soldiers wore pins with political symbols or President Lincoln’s portrait.
It’s not surprising,...
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Writing & researching about queer history, its lasting impacts, and parallels to the modern day♡
...- . ..- .- // Literary Editor of GUM Magazine (chewgumonline.com) // Advice Columnist @hankycodemagazine
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where drafts sent to die remember to live
Gemma Ortwerth is an author, artist, and activist writing on queer life, disability, love, and survival. Her work blends poetic reflection with social critique, exploring grief and joy, chosen family, justice, and art as survival.
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