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Book Review: Gender Queer
Gender Queer is a graphic non-fiction book that the author, Maia Kobabe uses to describe eir own gender struggles. It's a relatable read!
Al Preston
3 days ago3 min read
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Interviewing Tom Wilson
Talking about how Tom Wilson came to be interviewed by Al. His Oral History began to shape the Quiet Pittsburgh Oral History project.
Al Preston
Nov 125 min read
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Book Review: Queer Religiosities
Queer Religiosities is an introductory text that introduces the idea that queerness and religion have much more in common than they don't.
Al Preston
Oct 297 min read
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Reflecting on Religion and Being Queer
Reflecting on the relationship between religion and queerness.
Al Preston
Oct 225 min read
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Book Discussion: Exploring the Red States
It's rare for two books such as Real Queer America and In Search of Gay America to be so similar thirty years apart. What has changed in thirty years?
Al Preston
Oct 85 min read
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Interviewing Tim Ziaukas
A look into the events that led us to interviewing Tim Ziaukas, a professor at the Univerity of Pittsburgh and founder of Pittsburgh's Thursday Night Live.
Al Preston
Oct 14 min read
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Documentary Review: Paris is Burning
Paris is Burning is a classic piece of research for many queer academics. It showcases the lives of Drag Queens in New York from 1978 to 1989.
Al Preston
Sep 175 min read
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Book Review: The Mayor of Castro Street by Randy Shilts
The Mayor of Castro Street by Randy Shilts is about Harvy Milk, the first elected openly gay offical in California. Shilts describes Milk's inspiring life and tragic death.
Al Preston
Sep 1010 min read
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Making of: Artistic Activism Youtube Series
Our new Youtube Series, Artistic Activism, is relatively easy to make, and it's goal is to uplift more positive stories.
Al Preston
Sep 32 min read
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Book Review: Sex Changes: The Politics of Transgenderism
Sex Changes by Pat Califia is a great read for anyone wanting to know what academic work existed for transgender folks in 1997. She covers some amazing sources but, by today's standards, occasionally misses the mark.
Al Preston
Aug 2713 min read
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Holiday Pride Zines!
Exciting news! The Holiday Pride has Zines coming soon!
Al Preston
Aug 61 min read
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Case Study: Twine
A closer look at Twine as a programming system and a way to teach history!
Al Preston
Jul 305 min read
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Book Review: Gender Without Identity
Gender Without Identity is a book about the way gender traumatizes us all.
Al Preston
Jul 187 min read
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Book Review: Paper Bullets by Jeffrey H. Jackson
Paper Bullets is a story about a lesbian couple resisting Nazi occupation in their home. This review focuses on just how they resisted and the more hidden elements of World War Two history.
Al Preston
Jun 205 min read
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Book Review: And the Band Played On
And the Band Played on by Randy Shilts is a near day by day recount of the beginning of the AIDS crisis. Shilts was one of the few journalists who followed AIDS’s progress from the moment it was recognized as a dangerous disease. This book covers the background struggles doctors and gay activists faced in order to achieve any progress with the disease, the government, and each other.
Al Preston
Jun 610 min read
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Up and Coming Pop-up Exhibit
A look into the process of the creation of a physical exhibit.
Al Preston
May 304 min read
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Making of: Saints Game
A little bit about the making of Saints Game.
Al Preston
May 95 min read
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Making of: Podcasts and Oral Histories
This is just a brief overview of how we make our podcast episodes!
Al Preston
Apr 254 min read
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Book Review: A Curious History of Sex
A short and sweet book review to A Curious History of Sex by Kate Lister.
Al Preston
Apr 43 min read
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Duquesne University Research Symposium
A recap of the Holiday Pride's poster presentation at Duquesne University's Research Symposium.
Al Preston
Mar 214 min read
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