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Semi Queer | Anne Balay | University of North Carolina Press Long-haul trucking is linked to almost every industry in America, yet somehow the working-class drivers behind big rigs remain largely hidden from public vie...

How about queer truck drivers? uncpress.org/book/9781469...

Noooo!

Activists carrying banner that says “A day without lesbians is like a day without sunshine”

Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...

I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)

projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

Looking for community organizing inspiration and information? I subscribe to Paul Fleming’s newsletter that comes every month in the mail. pjfleming.com/newsletter

State Divorce Laws, Reproductive Care, and Pregnancy-Associated Homicide Rates This cross-sectional study examines the association of state laws limiting divorce during pregnancy and access to reproductive health care with rates of pregnancy-associated homicide.

Confirming what those of us in the field already know, but an important study nonetheless.

Restricting access to divorce and abortion is correlated with increased pregnancy-associated homicides. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

*sigh*

Wow, did not expect Episode 3 of The Acolyte to explore the family policing system of Black queer families. Would be cool to pair this with Dorothy Roberts’ book.

Moses Harman definitely understood branding and marketing. He would’ve crushed it on TikTok.

Teaching LGBTQ+ History: A Dispatch from Texas As states pass legislation targeting DEI efforts, one historian offers her experience teaching LGBTQ+ history in these challenging times.

In #AHAPerspectives, Anne Gray Fischer writes about teaching a LGBTQ+ public history course in Texas just before the DEI ban went into effect last fall. 🗃️

I think CJ Pascoe noted this phenomenon in their ethnographic work, “Dude, You’re a F@g”. Boys calling other boys gay for … talking fondly about their girlfriends 🧐

Classic.

Students really enjoyed reading @bschillace.brandyschillace.com ‘s article on Hirschfeld’s Institute today. We had a great discussion about agnotology in the past and present.

I think that History departments could be offering “how to tell fact from fiction” summer camps for kids.

This. I am trying, but not sure it’s enough.

I guess we are hanging out here now. I’ll put the kettle on.