2014 Audre Lorde Prize Announcement

Posted on September 23, 2013 by pordo

The Committee on LGBT History announces its call for submissions for the 2014 Audre Lorde Prize. Submissions are due November 1, 2013 and honorees will be announced at the 2014 conference of the American Historical Association in Washington, D.C.

The Audre Lorde Prize recognizes an outstanding article on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer history published in English. It is awarded in even-numbered years for articles published during the previous two years (2012-2013). Learn more at clgbthistory.org/prizes/audre-lorde-prize/.

Lorde Prize submissions for the should be sent via email to all members of the Lorde Prize Committee:

Kevin Mumford, Professor of History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Chair): kmumford@illinois.edu
Emily K. Hobson, Assistant Professor of Women’s Studies & History, University of Nevada, Reno: ehobson@unr.edu
Anita Kurimay, Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow in History, European University Institute: akurimay@brynmawr.edu

Please email a PDF of the article, paper or public history application to each member of appropriate committee with your name and the prize name in the subject line. Questions can be addressed to the committee chair.

Sprague 2014 Prize Announcement

Posted on September 23, 2013 by pordo

The Committee on LGBT History announces its call for submissions for the 2014 Gregory Sprague Prize. Submissions are due November 1, 2013 and honorees will be announced at the 2014 conference of the American Historical Association in Washington, D.C.

The Gregory Sprague Prize recognizes an outstanding published or unpublished paper, article, book chapter, or dissertation chapter on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer history completed in English by a graduate student. It is awarded in even-numbered years for work completed during the previous two years (2012-2013). The Gerber/Hart Library in Chicago underwrites the Sprague Prize. Learn more at clgbthistory.org/prizes/gregory-sprague-prize/.

Sprague Prize submissions for the should be sent via email to all members of the Sprague Prize Committee:

• Kevin Mumford, Professor of History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Chair): kmumford@illinois.edu
• Emily K. Hobson, Assistant Professor of Women’s Studies & History, University of Nevada, Reno: ehobson@unr.edu
• Anita Kurimay, Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow in History, European University Institute: akurimay@brynmawr.edu

Phil Tiemeyer, Plane Queer

Posted on June 18, 2013 by pordo

Plane Queer: Labor, Sexuality, and AIDS in the History of Male Flight Attendants
Phil Tiemeyer
University of California Press, 2013

“In this vibrant new history, Phil Tiemeyer details the history of men working as flight attendants. Beginning with the founding of the profession in the late 1920s and continuing into the post-September 11 era, Plane Queer examines the history of men who joined workplaces customarily identified as female-oriented. It examines the various hardships these men faced at work, paying particular attention to the conflation of gender-based, sexuality-based, and AIDS-based discrimination. Tiemeyer also examines how this heavily gay-identified group of workers created an important place for gay men to come out, garner acceptance from their fellow workers, fight homophobia and AIDS phobia, and advocate for LGBT civil rights. All the while, male flight attendants facilitated key breakthroughs in gender-based civil rights law, including an important expansion of the ways that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act would protect workers from sex discrimination. Throughout their history, men working as flight attendants helped evolve an industry often identified with American adventuring, technological innovation, and economic power into a queer space.”