George Chauncey has testified as an expert witness in more than thirty cases dealing with gay rights.
Tag: activism
More Than Loving: Race, Sexuality & Public Memory in the Movement for Marriage Equality
Discussion of Obergefell compared activism for marriage equality with efforts to secure equal rights.
Dispatch from Fireball in Newark: The Ballroom Scene and Legendary Houses
Kristyn Scorsone, Naomi Extra, and Keishla Rivera * Fireball is a fast and furious DIY event. The structure of the ball is such that anyone can turn up announced and walk any category. The order rarely follows the program. As a result it is not possible to identify the participants […]
Scottish Storytelling Sessions: Queer History, Community and Archives
Oral history faces the challenge of bridging the divide between the observer and the observed.
The Cervical Cap in the Feminist Women’s Health Movement, 1976–1988
The late 1970s and early 1980s was the historical peak of interest in the cervical cap in the United States.
The Calendar of Loss: Dagmawi Woubshet on Race, Sexuality, and Mourning in the Early Era of AIDS
Interview by Dan Royles Dagmawi Woubshet’s The Calendar of Loss (Johns Hopkins, 2015) examines the politics of mourning in the early years of the AIDS epidemic both in the United States and Ethiopia. The book details the ways in which early AIDS mourners used poetry, obituaries, visual art, and direct action protest both to commemorate […]
After Roe: Engaging the Lost History of the Abortion Debate
Interview by Jennifer Au, Taylor Branch, Sharim Estevez, Evelyn Giovine, Juliette Hackett, Jarron McAllister, Rebecca Neill, and Colleen O’Gorman Edited by Gillian Frank This post is part of a new series for NOTCHES, which features students interviewing authors of recent works in the history of sexuality. Our second entry has students […]
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