Dr. Gregory Rosenthal has written an essay about the Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project and how the project’s oral history initiative, specifically documenting trans oral histories, has transformed their recognition of their own gender identity. Read more here: Gregory Rosenthal, “Roanoke Made Me Queer Again,” History@Work, May 9, 2018.  

Roanoke College Work-Study Research Assistant Beth Janes has written the following essay about her experiences working with the Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project during the 2017-2018 Academic Year. Beth Janes, “Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project,” RC Research, April 30, 2018.

Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project co-leader RM Barton—who is a monthly contributor to WUSSY, an online magazine of queer + Southern arts, politics, and culture, based in Atlanta—has published a new piece that looks at the history of sex workers and anti-prostitution campaigns in Roanoke. Check it out! RM Barton, “How Communities Pathologized Sex Workers,” WUSSY, April…

Dr. Gregory Rosenthal of the Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project gave a talk on “Digital History and Queer Voices” at Washington & Lee University on February 1, 2018. Jenny Bagger, a Digital Humanities (DH) Undergraduate Fellow at Washington & Lee, wrote up this summary of Rosenthal’s talk. Jenny Bagger, “Dr. Gregory Rosenthal: Deploying Digital Technology…

Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project co-leader RM Barton—who is a monthly contributor to WUSSY, an online magazine of queer + Southern arts, politics, and culture, based in Atlanta—has published a new piece that looks at the internet and how it has shaped queer history and activism, both locally and nationally. Check it out! RM Barton, “Double…

The Roanoke Times wrote a great piece about the Roanoke LGBT Memorial Library and our 16-month effort to preserve, maintain, and create an online catalog of the library’s contents. Check it out! Tiffany Stevens, “Roanoke LGBT Library finds home as research collection in Roanoke Diversity Center,” The Roanoke Times, January 12, 2018.  

Rachel has written this great essay on queer neighborhood history and the Old Southwest Gayborhood Walking Tour, for GayRVA.com, an online magazine out of Richmond, Virginia. Check it out! Rachel Barton, “Old Southwest Gayborhood Walking Tour Sheds Light on Roanoke’s LGBTQ History,” GayRVA.com, October 31, 2017.

Project co-leader Rachel Barton is now a contributing writer for WUSSY, an online magazine of queer + Southern arts, politics, and culture, based out of Atlanta. Rachel wrote this piece on the history of gay liberation in Southwest Virginia in the 1970s, and the people that were left behind. Check it out! RM Barton, “Intersectional…

Reporter Bianca Holman of WDBJ7 stopped by the Downtown Roanoke LGBTQ History Walking Tour this weekend to document the first anniversary of our walking tours. Check out her story below: Bianca Holman, “Local group celebrates anniversary of a special walking tour,” WDJB7.com, September 24, 2017.

Rachel Barton has written a wonderful essay about the Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project’s arts initiative, published in GayRVA.com, an online LGBTQ magazine based in Richmond, Virginia. Check it out! Rachel Barton, “Queer Art, Queer History, and Queer Activism: Using the Arts to Inspire LGBTQ Storytellers,” GayRVA.com, September 11, 2017.