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POP! GOES QUEER HISTORY


WILLIAM J. MANN, AUTHOR, PROFESSOR, HISTORIAN

Presenter and Consultant to schools, clubs, businesses, political / government
organizations, historical societies, museums, and more

UNDERSTANDING QUEER HISTORY THROUGH A POP CULTURE AND INTERSECTIONAL LENS

INCORPORATE LGBTQ HISTORY INTO YOUR CLASSROOMS, STAFF TRAININGS, AND EXHIBITS

History matters. With the rise of “Don’t Say Gay” policies around the country,
there’s never been a more urgent moment to share and celebrate LGBTQ history in
all its richness, diversity, and cultural significance. Queer youth and adults
are empowered when they learn about their heritage, while straight youth and
adults are enriched by discovering a world that is rarely taught to them. As a
historian of both the LGBTQ past and American popular culture, I enable these
often-unknown histories to POP! into full and vivid life. By using a pop culture
lens on the past, I make this history accessible, moving, and fun.

How I use popular culture as a window on the larger LGBTQ history

I offer in-person and virtual presentations on LGBTQ history, from both a
national and, when requested, a local Connecticut / New England perspective. I
also offer consultation on developing LGBTQ curricula, presentations, or
exhibits, and seminars on how to research and document LGBTQ history both
locally and nationally. As history is the living, breathing story of all of us,
I bring an intersectional view to the past, understanding the LGBTQ story is as
much about race, gender, and class as much as it is about sexual orientation.

Examples of Presentations, Projects, and Consultations


ABOUT WILLIAM J MANN

During eight years as assistant professor of history at Central Connecticut
State University (2014-2022) and four years (2018-2022) as LGBTQ Center
director, I developed and taught courses on LGBTQ History, History of AIDS,
LGBTQ Public History, LGBTQ Film, LGBTQ Fiction, and American Popular Culture.
In collaborations with Connecticut Landmarks, the Hartford Jewish Historical
Society, and the Connecticut Historical Society, I directed my students in local
public history projects, including a popular traveling exhibit of Connecticut’s
LGBTQ history with CHS.

As a New York Times-bestselling author, I’ve written biographies of such
cultural and political figures as Katharine Hepburn, Marlon Brando, Humphrey
Bogart and Lauren Bacall, Elizabeth Taylor, Barbra Streisand, and the Roosevelt
family. In Tinseltown, I documented the rise of the American film industry set
against an unsolved celebrity murder. In Wisecracker and Behind the Screen, I
chronicled how gay men and lesbians shaped Hollywood and therefore the American
dream. In Edge of Midnight, I worked with Oscar-winning director John
Schlesinger to tell his story as an openly gay man in both the British and
American film industries from the 1960s to the 2000s.


BOOKS BY WILLIAM J MANN

Bogie & Becall: The Surprising True Story of Hollywood’s Greatest Love Affair

The Contender: The Story of Marlon Brando

The Wars of the Roosevelts: The Ruthless Rise of America’s Greatest Political
Family

Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood

Hello Gorgeous: Becoming Barbra Streisand

How to Be a Movie Star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood

Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn

Edge of Midnight: The Life of John Schlesinger

Behind the Screen: How Gays and Lesbians Shaped Hollywood

Wisecracker: The Life and Times of William Haines

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