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Monday, Oct 26
6:30 PM
754 Schermerhorn Extension
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A conversation with Gerard Koskovich on the erasure of queer and trans history in the past and present. 📅 Monday, October 26th, 2026 | 6:30PM 📍 754 Schermerhorn Extension 📎 RSVP in bio! 📎 LGBTQ+ knowledge was suppressed by the Nazi Regime in Germany and is under attack by the MAGA Regime in the United States today. State-sponsored erasure of queer and trans history is reflected in the flames of book burning in both eras—physical in the past, digital in the present. In this illustrated talk, queer historian Gerard Koskovich draws on 45 years of experience in the field to trace parallels between the 1930s and the present and to assess why the queer and trans past matters, why this heritage is a target for technofascism, and how scholars and community members are fighting back to ensure the survival of LGBTQ+ historical knowledge. Gerard Koskovich is a public historian and book dealer who divides his time between San Francisco and Paris. A founding member of the GLBT Historical Society in San Francisco and a member of the Centre d’Archives LGBTQI+ in Paris, he has been active in the movement to create LGBTQ+ archives and museums for more than four decades. Presented by the Institute for the Study of Sexuality and Gender, the Columbia Research Initiative on the Global History of Sexualities, and the Department of History.
