Directions for Digital HIV/AIDS History
Scholars are increasingly addressing the history of HIV/AIDS. I recently participated in the Journal of…
Author Dan Royles
“Have We a New Sex Problem Here?” Black Queer Women in the Early Great Migration
In November of 1920, the black newspaper The Chicago Whip ran a front-page article with…
Plant and Clarke: Federal Segregation and Gold Star Mothers
Frances Clarke is a senior lecturer at the University of Sydney in Australia. In 2011,…
Queer Digging in the Archives
A year ago, John D’Emilio began writing a series of blogs for OutHistory.org called “In…
Reparation as Fantasy Remembering the Black-Fisted Silent Protest at the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games
On October 17, 2005, San Jose State University unveiled a twenty-foot fiberglass statue of Tommie…
Finding Emily A Story of Historical Recovery
Researching local history can be one of the most vexing and rewarding experiences in a…
National Coming Out Day
Photo by MarceloMedia. Creative Commons license. Today, October 11, is National Coming Out Day. October…
Teaching in the Wake of Charlottesville
Charlottesville Candlelight Vigil, Washington, D.C., August 13, 2017. Photo: Ted Eytan. Creative Commons license. …
Recontextualizing the Ocean Blue Italian Americans and the Commemoration of Columbus
Maledetto Cristoforo Colombo e quando ha scoperto l’America. (Damn Christopher Columbus and his discovery of…
No End in Sight Puerto Rico’s Many Crises after Hurricane María
Edwin Jusino, a fellow historian and friend, called me from Puerto Rico two days after…