UW LGBTQ+ Faculty Recent Research and Project Highlights


The Poetry Vlog: LGBTQIA+ Poetry Communities

This collection features guests who describe their experiences or work as part of the LGBTQIA+ community. Curated by the Simpson Center for the Humanities’s Communications Manager C. R. Grimmer, the Poetry Vlog is dedicated to building social justice coalitions through poetry, pop culture, cultural studies, and related arts dialogues. 

LGBTQ Activisim in Seattle History Project

Through the Seattle Civil Rights & Labor History Project, representing a unique collaboration involving community groups, UW faculty, undergraduate and graduate students, explore the history of the LGBTQ activism in Seattle and western Washington through video oral histories with activists and introductory essays about key issues and communities.

With Pride: Uplifting LGBTQ History on BlackPast

Explore the history of people of African descent who are also Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, and Queer (LGBTQ). Highlights include the many contributions individuals have made to both African American history and culture and American history and culture. BlackPast.org was started by UW Professor Quintard Taylor.

LGBTQ Program Crosses Borders (Arts & Sciences)

When Anu Taranath led a study abroad program in Mexico, the focus was on LGBTQ issues. The group also discussed migration, xenophobia, politics, health, and the innerconnections between these topics.

By Eli Heller (He/Him)
Eli Heller (He/Him) Career Coach