2011 Joan Nestle Prize winner announced

Shelley Grosjean, “A ‘Womyn’s’ Work is Never Done: The Gendered Division of Labor on Lesbian Separatist Lands in Southern Oregon” has been awarded the Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History’s 2011 Joan Nestle Undergraduate Prize. The Joan Nestle Undergraduate Prize is awarded for an outstanding paper on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, and/or queer history completed in English by an undergraduate student during the previous two years.

The 2011 Prize Committee was chaired by Ellen Herman and included Chris Waters and Stephanie Gilmore.

In reaching its decisions, the Prize Committee prepared the following commendation: Continue reading

We are now accepting submissions for the 2011 John Boswell and Joan Nestle Prizes

The John Boswell Prize will be awarded for an outstanding book on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer history published in English in 2009 or 2010.

The Joan Nestle Undergraduate Prize will be awarded for an outstanding paper on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer history completed in English by an undergraduate student in 2009 or 2010.

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