Explore two digital public history projects that aid in visualizing LGBTQ history in America with Dr. Eric Gonzaba, Assistant Professor of American Studies at Cal State Fullerton.
Dr. Eric Gonzaba takes audiences through his two digital public history projects that explore LGBTQ history in America. "Mapping the Gay Guides" is an interactive map that pins locations from twenty years of Bob Damron's Address Books, popular guides for gay travelers across the United States. "Wearing Gay History" exhibits t-shirt collections from archives around the world, displaying shirts used for both protest or pride.
About the Speaker
Dr. Eric Gonzaba is an historian of race and sexuality in the United States and an Assistant Professor of American Studies at California State University, Fullerton. He’s the founder of Wearing Gay History and co-founder of Mapping the Gay Guides, two award winning LGBTQ digital history projects. He’s currently writing a book on the history and culture of gay male nightlife in the post Stonewall United States.
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