gayhistoryprof.bsky.social
Historian and author of THE LAVENDER SCARE (Chicago, 2004) and BUYING GAY (Columbia, 2019). Working behind enemy lines in the "Free State" of Florida.
👤 Joined on 15 February 2025
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@gayhistoryprof.bsky.socialWhat an amazing documentary film--and what a joy to see it in the Tampa Theater, a block from where the story unfolded. Unlike more well-known lunch counter sit-ins, Tampa's ended peacefully after negotiations with a biracial commission. It became known as the "Tampa Technique."
Show Postone of my children just said this to me: "on the outside you are pretty manly you drink black coffee, like a firm mattress, wear tapered jeans, have a big dog...but you also read about Marxism, psychoanalysis, and the philosophical ideas of penises. It's confusing"
Show Post"In the gay rights movement, there had always been an unspoken golden rule: Leave children out of it. . . So what did the gender revolutionaries go and do? They focused almost entirely on children and minors"
Show PostThere will be lots of "History is repeating itself" pieces this pride season. Here's one from Michigan. pridesource.com/article/lave...
Show PostSt Pete Pride welcomed supporters to the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida June 12 for this year’s Stonewall Reception with keynote speaker and Stonewall veteran Jay Toole. See more Photos at shorturl.at/tckUu. -- #StPete #stpetersburgflorida #Pride #StonewallPride
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