Local LGBT scholar, Jeff Auer, recently completed his research for the National Parks Service; the resulting chapter, "Queerest Little City in the World - LGBT Reno", looks at the history of Reno’s LGBTQ communities through its performance spaces, bars and baths, events, groups, and organizations.
This FREE reading and Q & A session is proudly sponsored by The Nevada LGBT Archives and Reno's Biggest Little Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. This program is made possible by a grant from Nevada...
Local LGBT scholar, Jeff Auer, recently completed his research for the National Parks Service; the resulting chapter, "Queerest Little City in the World - LGBT Reno", looks at the history of Reno’s LGBTQ communities through its performance spaces, bars and baths, events, groups, and organizations.
This FREE reading and Q & A session is proudly sponsored by The Nevada LGBT Archives and Reno's Biggest Little Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. This program is made possible by a grant from Nevada Humanities, an independent, nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of Nevada Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.
A theme study is a document that provides historical context on a specific topic -- like LGBTQ -- that is underrepresented in the national park system and in official recognition programs like the National Register of Historic Places or National Historic Landmarks program.
LGBTQ America: A Theme Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer History is a publication of the National Park Foundation and the National Park Service and funded by the Gill Foundation. Experts in LGBTQ Studies wrote and peer-reviewed each chapter. Jeff Auer is the author of the Reno chapter. The LGBTQ theme study will provide a national historic context for LGBTQ historic places. It will be used by a number of different groups:
Staff of the National Historic Landmark and National Register of Historic Places programs and in State/Tribal/Federal Historic Preservation Offices will use the theme study to help assess the significance of LGBTQ places for inclusion in the NHL and NRHP programs;
Community members and preservation professionals who are interested in writing NHL or NRHP nominations will use the theme study to help frame their argument for the significance of particular LGBTQ historic places;
Historic places with LGBTQ history and heritage will use the theme study to help shape and inform their interpretation;
Professors, teachers, interpreters, and others will use the theme study to guide and inform their presentation of LGBTQ history; and
Community members and the general public interested in LGBTQ history and heritage will use the theme study as a reference.
For more info: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/tellingallamericansstories/lgbtqthemestudy.htm
