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The T4T Project
Co-Organizer A zine by, for, and about trans artists and storytellers of color. Grassroots cultural workers use essays, interviews, memoirs, fiction, poetry, art, media, and more to reclaim and reinvent trans of color memory, history, and folklore. |
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Surprise! A Trans-Queer Film
(Coming Soon) Creator The Surprise of a Knight is an antique docuporn that troubles popular notions of trans-queer identity and pleasure politics in the early twentieth century. This project explores contingencies for interpretation when archival provenance does not exist. |
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Public Annotations
Researcher & Consultant An open-access research program from the VCU Institute for Contemporary Art, curated by Amber Esseiva. Reimagining knowledge production through dialogue, audiences write in the margins of exhibitions' key texts and didactics. Part of the "Erotic Consumption: Sex, Desire, & Propagation" series. |
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The API Transmasculine Anthology
Co-Organizer A grassroots project that highlights storytelling by, for, and about our intergenerational communities. Collaborators from around the world gather to find support, amplify underrepresented perspectives, and share in the healing power of art and writing through free and accessible online workshops. |
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Before Things Fell Apart
Researcher & Consultant A documentary film series created by Dr. Tukufu Zuberi, host of History Detectives and curator of the Penn Museum's Africa Galleries. Reclaiming and reimagining the oral histories of West African griots, this project synthesizes precolonial art, history, and storytelling with a decolonial praxis. |
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Scholars of Color Conference
Co-Organizer A free, international event devoted to connecting and celebrating the interdisciplinary research of scholars of color. In 2019, over 200 participants with backgrounds in the arts, humanities, social sciences, STEM, business, and law gathered in Philadelphia to explore the inaugural theme, "Ways of Knowing." |
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Insider/Outsider:
Racial Bias & Positionality in Interpretation Co-Organizer A working group on power and privilege hosted by the National Council on Public History. From 2017 to 2019, humanists of color across the nation dialogued around racism in their respective fields. |
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Illegal to Be You:
Gay History Beyond Stonewall Researcher An exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, curated by Dr. Katherine Ott. Part of the Smithsonian Channel documentary Beyond Stonewall. |
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Walden, a game
Researcher A free, educational, award-winning, cross-platform video game funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Uses an open world simulation and interactive storytelling to augment art, humanities, and STEM curricula for students K-12. |
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PubComm:
Public History Community Forum Co-Organizer A free, annual public history event based in Philadelphia. Over 50 participants involved in grassroots activism, education, and preservation gathered in 2018 to dialogue around “Racism & Resistance," led by local community leaders of color. |
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Still Fighting For Our Lives:
A History of HIV/AIDS in Philadelphia Researcher & Consultant A multimedia exhibition from the John J. Wilcox, Jr. LGBT Archives commemorating 30 years of HIV/AIDS activism in Philadelphia. Curated by elder activists, local scholars, and community leaders. |
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The Semiotics of Sex:
A History of Queer Identity Politics Creator A multiplatform digital history project honoring the 150th anniversary of queer German activist Karl Heinrich Ulrich's public demonstration. Showcases different methods for interpretation, such as virtual heritage and textual analysis. |
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"One Manly Soul":
White Masculinities in Late Colonial America Creator An exhibition at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania examining race, gender, and power in late colonial America. Uses materials from the Digital Paxton Project to document the pamphlet war of 1764. |
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LGBTQ Activism & Organizing Timeline
on OutHistory.org Researcher & Consultant An online, transnational timeline and bibliography of queer activism, organizing, and resistance curated by Jonathan Ned Katz. Created for the 2016 Gay American History @ 40 conference; now crowdsourcing contributions. |
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The T4T Project
Co-Organizer A zine by, for, and about trans artists and storytellers of color. Grassroots cultural workers use essays, interviews, memoirs, fiction, poetry, art, media, and more to reclaim and reinvent trans of color memory, history, and folklore. |
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Surprise! A Trans-Queer Film
(Coming Soon) Creator The Surprise of a Knight is an antique docuporn that troubles popular notions of trans-queer identity and pleasure politics in the early twentieth century. This project explores contingencies for interpretation when archival provenance does not exist. |
Public Annotations
Researcher & Consultant An open-access research program from the VCU Institute for Contemporary Art, curated by Amber Esseiva. Fostering knowledge production through dialogue, audiences write in the margins of exhibitions' key texts and didactics. Part of the "Erotic Consumption: Sex, Desire, & Propagation" series. 
Insider/Outsider:
Racial Bias & Positionality in Interpretation Co-Organizer A working group on power and privilege hosted by the National Council on Public History. From 2017 to 2019, humanists of color across the nation dialogued around racism in their respective fields. 
Still Fighting For Our Lives:
A History of HIV/AIDS in Philadelphia Researcher & Consultant A multimedia exhibition from the John J. Wilcox, Jr. LGBT Archives commemorating 30 years of HIV/AIDS activism in Philadelphia. Curated by elder activists, local scholars, and community leaders. |
The API Transmasculine Anthology
Co-Organizer A grassroots project that highlights storytelling by, for, and about our intergenerational communities. Collaborators from around the world gather to find support, amplify underrepresented perspectives, and share in the healing power of art and writing through free and accessible online workshops. 
Illegal to Be You:
Gay History Beyond Stonewall Researcher An exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, curated by Dr. Katherine Ott. Part of the Smithsonian Channel documentary Beyond Stonewall. 
The Semiotics of Sex:
A History of Queer Identity Politics Creator A multiplatform digital history project honoring the 150th anniversary of queer German activist Karl Heinrich Ulrich's public demonstration. Showcases different methods for interpretation, such as virtual heritage and textual analysis. |
Before Things Fell Apart
Researcher & Consultant A documentary film series created by Dr. Tukufu Zuberi, host of History Detectives and curator of the Penn Museum's Africa Galleries. Reclaiming and reimagining the oral histories of West African griots, this project synthesizes precolonial art, history, and storytelling with a decolonial praxis. 
Walden, a game
Researcher A free, educational, award-winning, cross-platform video game funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Uses an open world simulation and interactive storytelling to augment art, humanities, and STEM curricula for students K-12. 
"One Manly Soul":
White Masculinities in Late Colonial America Creator An exhibition at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania examining race, gender, and power in late colonial America. Uses materials from the Digital Paxton Project to document the pamphlet war of 1764. |
Scholars of Color Conference
Co-Organizer A free, international event devoted to connecting and celebrating the interdisciplinary research of scholars of color. In 2019, over 200 participants with backgrounds in the arts, humanities, social sciences, STEM, business, and law gathered in Philadelphia to explore the inaugural theme, "Ways of Knowing." 
PubComm:
Public History Community Forum Co-Organizer A free, annual public history event based in Philadelphia. Over 50 participants involved in grassroots activism, education, and preservation gathered in 2018 to dialogue around “Racism & Resistance," led by local community leaders of color. 
LGBTQ Activism & Organizing Timeline on OutHistory.org
Researcher & Consultant An online, transnational timeline and bibliography of queer activism, organizing, and resistance curated by Jonathan Ned Katz. Created for the 2016 Gay American History @ 40 conference; now crowdsourcing contributions. |