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In the archives

I spent this week doing a lot of revisions and going back to the archives, page by page, flipping through resources like Chicago Gay...

East Lakeview Arts Festival

For the next few months, I will be writing short pieces here about key moments documented through my fieldwork in Chicago's Boystown that...

Gay. Art Deco. Disney.

For years, I have wanted to write an article about the relationship between Gayness, Art Deco, and Disney. While there are a few...

What does neoliberalism have to do with Winter Park's disappearing urban tree canopy?

I am currently writing a piece on Winter Park's disappearing tree canopy that is part of a larger project I have been working on for the...

News Media, Violence, and Global Capital: Contradictions in Knowledge Production

While writing a recent article on Pulse, I came across this dilemma when researching the reported protest of thousands of people against...

"Safe Place" Programs: Neoliberalism and Violence Against LGBT People

Six months after the Pulse shooting, Orlando launched a "Safe Places" program in an effort to help victims of LGBT violence through...

Starbucks and The Problem with Commercial "Safe Space"

In the days after Donald Trump was elected President of the United States, acts of racism, Islamophobia, homophobia, and misogyny that...

Orlando Pride 2016

Reportedly, 150,000 attended Orlando Pride. This was the first Pride Parade after the Pulse nightclub shooting. The usual corporate...

Love is Blinding: Emphasizing Love and Ignoring War in Response to the Pulse Shooting

Last week, the City of Orlando released the 911 calls made by Omar Mateen, the shooter who killed 49 people and injured 68 at the Pulse...

Spaces and Flows: Interactive Presentation

To accompany my conference presentation at Spaces and Flows this month, I created an interactive presentation. This digital component is...

NDAA: A Pernicious Tool for LGBT Violence

When Republicans are not slipping legislation into the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that legalizes, expands, or protects...

Pulse at the Orange County Regional History Center

The Orange County Regional History Center is doing an amazing job collecting items and documenting all of the memorials of the mass...

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