Alan Lee
@alanlee99.bsky.social
PhD candidate at the University of Roehampton, funded by Technē-DTP. Researching Symbols of Pride and the Politics of Queer Liberation
https://pure.roehampton.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/alan-lee
https://pure.roehampton.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/alan-lee
researching pride flags can be a very interesting process... tried to find out more about a sketch of a flag from a published book on queer symbols, found myself on an archive's pinterest page (which I was obviously dubious about using) and had to hunt down their catalogue to find the OG sketch(es!)
November 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
researching pride flags can be a very interesting process... tried to find out more about a sketch of a flag from a published book on queer symbols, found myself on an archive's pinterest page (which I was obviously dubious about using) and had to hunt down their catalogue to find the OG sketch(es!)
Very excited to get a lot of advertisements for bear-related consumer goods because of my research into the bear pride flag for this chapter
November 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Very excited to get a lot of advertisements for bear-related consumer goods because of my research into the bear pride flag for this chapter
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📣 New publication! The second article of my postdoc project on the far right and anti-gender mobilization is now out #openaccess in #GermanPolitics doi.org/10.1080/0964...
It examines antifeminism in far-right party politics through the case of AfD
Key findings:
Antifeminism ✅
Radicalization ✅
It examines antifeminism in far-right party politics through the case of AfD
Key findings:
Antifeminism ✅
Radicalization ✅
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
📣 New publication! The second article of my postdoc project on the far right and anti-gender mobilization is now out #openaccess in #GermanPolitics doi.org/10.1080/0964...
It examines antifeminism in far-right party politics through the case of AfD
Key findings:
Antifeminism ✅
Radicalization ✅
It examines antifeminism in far-right party politics through the case of AfD
Key findings:
Antifeminism ✅
Radicalization ✅
One of the not so fun aspects of a big research project I wasn't prepared for was realising that, no matter how well you plan your primary source base prior to the writing process, you're not going to be able to foreesee or plan for everything.
November 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
One of the not so fun aspects of a big research project I wasn't prepared for was realising that, no matter how well you plan your primary source base prior to the writing process, you're not going to be able to foreesee or plan for everything.
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🎉 New publication 🎉 Why do #youngpeople vote for the #AfD? This question has kept our research project busy for quite some time, so I'm beyond excited that our first article - co-authored with @timonscheuer.bsky.social - is now out in #GermanPolitics! 🤩 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 22, 2025 at 9:36 AM
🎉 New publication 🎉 Why do #youngpeople vote for the #AfD? This question has kept our research project busy for quite some time, so I'm beyond excited that our first article - co-authored with @timonscheuer.bsky.social - is now out in #GermanPolitics! 🤩 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The HGRP is pleased to announce a new exhibition launching at @wienerlibrary.bsky.social on 12 November! This exhibition explores the choices and humanity of older Jews in the face of persecution, flight and survival.
📢 Launching next week...
Our latest @hgrporg.bsky.social exhibition uncovers the untold story of elderly Jews during and after the Holocaust through the eyes of people for whom 1945 often marked the end of their long lives.
Eldercide: Older Jews and the Holocaust is on display until April 2026
Our latest @hgrporg.bsky.social exhibition uncovers the untold story of elderly Jews during and after the Holocaust through the eyes of people for whom 1945 often marked the end of their long lives.
Eldercide: Older Jews and the Holocaust is on display until April 2026
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The HGRP is pleased to announce a new exhibition launching at @wienerlibrary.bsky.social on 12 November! This exhibition explores the choices and humanity of older Jews in the face of persecution, flight and survival.
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Interested in the MA in Gender & Sexuality? Come talk to me this Saturday at our postgrad open day. (Or just email me, that's cool too.) www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/postgr...
November 11, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Interested in the MA in Gender & Sexuality? Come talk to me this Saturday at our postgrad open day. (Or just email me, that's cool too.) www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/postgr...
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Curious what top surgery looked like in the 1930s? Surprisingly similar to today.
I found this photo in medical archives holding the English edition of the Plastic Surgery Atlas, v. 3. It shows an intersex man who underwent a double mastectomy nearly a century ago.
I found this photo in medical archives holding the English edition of the Plastic Surgery Atlas, v. 3. It shows an intersex man who underwent a double mastectomy nearly a century ago.
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Curious what top surgery looked like in the 1930s? Surprisingly similar to today.
I found this photo in medical archives holding the English edition of the Plastic Surgery Atlas, v. 3. It shows an intersex man who underwent a double mastectomy nearly a century ago.
I found this photo in medical archives holding the English edition of the Plastic Surgery Atlas, v. 3. It shows an intersex man who underwent a double mastectomy nearly a century ago.
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In our new journal article, @tomhulme.bsky.social and I chart the biographies of three queer men who lived in N. Ireland between the 1900s and the 1970s. We show how their lives and sexual subjectivities were shaped by knowledge from beyond Ireland. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...
Project MUSE - Queer Men and Networks of Communication in Northern Ireland Before the 1970s
muse.jhu.edu
November 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
In our new journal article, @tomhulme.bsky.social and I chart the biographies of three queer men who lived in N. Ireland between the 1900s and the 1970s. We show how their lives and sexual subjectivities were shaped by knowledge from beyond Ireland. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...
I have been rereading (and partially rewriting) the first chapter I wrote for my thesis over the last few days to revisit some ideas for a book chapter contribution and it's amazing how much more confident my writing is two chapters later in comparison
October 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
I have been rereading (and partially rewriting) the first chapter I wrote for my thesis over the last few days to revisit some ideas for a book chapter contribution and it's amazing how much more confident my writing is two chapters later in comparison
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We are pleased to announce the Leo Baeck Institute London’s 70th Anniversary Biennial Lecture, to be delivered by Professor Frank McDonough at Keynes Library, 43 Gordon Square, on 23 October 2025 at 6:30pm.
Book now: lbilondon.ac.uk/biennial
Book now: lbilondon.ac.uk/biennial
October 15, 2025 at 9:15 AM
We are pleased to announce the Leo Baeck Institute London’s 70th Anniversary Biennial Lecture, to be delivered by Professor Frank McDonough at Keynes Library, 43 Gordon Square, on 23 October 2025 at 6:30pm.
Book now: lbilondon.ac.uk/biennial
Book now: lbilondon.ac.uk/biennial
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My first journal article has officially been published! If you want to know more about trans museology and especially the Museum of Transology, check it out here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A “weapon of survival”: the importance of material culture in trans re/presentation
The Museum of Transology contains the UK’s largest collection of objects re/presenting trans, non-binary and intersex people’s lives. It is a project that fosters and centres community for trans pe...
www.tandfonline.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:56 PM
My first journal article has officially been published! If you want to know more about trans museology and especially the Museum of Transology, check it out here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
I looooove the schedule email setting in Outlook. You can finish a draft in the early hours of the morning and have it send while you catch up on the sleep you lost meticulously checking every footnote
October 12, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I looooove the schedule email setting in Outlook. You can finish a draft in the early hours of the morning and have it send while you catch up on the sleep you lost meticulously checking every footnote
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“I knew that homosexuality was a sin - I didn’t want to be homosexual. I went to my G.P and said I had read Freud’s book on dreams, that I suffered from homosexuality, and that I would like to change.”
My new article now out in Irish Historical Studies:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
My new article now out in Irish Historical Studies:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Between sickness and sin: models of male homosexuality in Northern Ireland c.1960-1990 | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
Between sickness and sin: models of male homosexuality in Northern Ireland c.1960-1990
www.cambridge.org
October 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“I knew that homosexuality was a sin - I didn’t want to be homosexual. I went to my G.P and said I had read Freud’s book on dreams, that I suffered from homosexuality, and that I would like to change.”
My new article now out in Irish Historical Studies:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
My new article now out in Irish Historical Studies:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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HI. It's me.
WE'RE READY TO LAUNCH. 2-4 Sept 2026. LavLang23.
Keynote Speakers
• Dr. Nikki Lane (Duke University)
• Dr. Kevin Guyan (UoE, School of Business)
• Prof. Erez Levon (Universität Bern)
• Dr. Stamatina Katsiveli (American College of Greece)
• Eddie Ungless (UoE, School of Informatics)
WE'RE READY TO LAUNCH. 2-4 Sept 2026. LavLang23.
Keynote Speakers
• Dr. Nikki Lane (Duke University)
• Dr. Kevin Guyan (UoE, School of Business)
• Prof. Erez Levon (Universität Bern)
• Dr. Stamatina Katsiveli (American College of Greece)
• Eddie Ungless (UoE, School of Informatics)
October 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
HI. It's me.
WE'RE READY TO LAUNCH. 2-4 Sept 2026. LavLang23.
Keynote Speakers
• Dr. Nikki Lane (Duke University)
• Dr. Kevin Guyan (UoE, School of Business)
• Prof. Erez Levon (Universität Bern)
• Dr. Stamatina Katsiveli (American College of Greece)
• Eddie Ungless (UoE, School of Informatics)
WE'RE READY TO LAUNCH. 2-4 Sept 2026. LavLang23.
Keynote Speakers
• Dr. Nikki Lane (Duke University)
• Dr. Kevin Guyan (UoE, School of Business)
• Prof. Erez Levon (Universität Bern)
• Dr. Stamatina Katsiveli (American College of Greece)
• Eddie Ungless (UoE, School of Informatics)
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This really is interesting. We talk a bit about the close relationship between Men's Liberation and feminism in 1980s Britain - and how that progressive impulse dissipated - in Men and Masculinities in Modern Britain.
See (open access) www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...
See (open access) www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This really is interesting. We talk a bit about the close relationship between Men's Liberation and feminism in 1980s Britain - and how that progressive impulse dissipated - in Men and Masculinities in Modern Britain.
See (open access) www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...
See (open access) www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...
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We’re excited to share this very interesting CfP for our upcoming conference with the LSE Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre! 📝⬇️
www.lse.ac.uk/seac/news/ca...
www.lse.ac.uk/seac/news/ca...
October 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We’re excited to share this very interesting CfP for our upcoming conference with the LSE Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre! 📝⬇️
www.lse.ac.uk/seac/news/ca...
www.lse.ac.uk/seac/news/ca...
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📣 Only 1 month to go until the first event in our upcoming GHIL Autumn/Winter Series! Join us for a lecture by Benno Gammerl (@eui-eu.bsky.social) on 'Queering German History: Still a Vital and Viable Endeavour?' on 21 October at 5:30 pm (BST), either in person at Swedenborg House or via Zoom.
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September 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
📣 Only 1 month to go until the first event in our upcoming GHIL Autumn/Winter Series! Join us for a lecture by Benno Gammerl (@eui-eu.bsky.social) on 'Queering German History: Still a Vital and Viable Endeavour?' on 21 October at 5:30 pm (BST), either in person at Swedenborg House or via Zoom.
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I picked a source for this chapter because I thought it featured a wheelchair superimposed over a Pink Triangle, which would've allowed me to talk about the exclusion of disabled queer communities in Pride March symbolism, but I can now see it is actually two interlocking Mars symbols... 🤦
October 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I picked a source for this chapter because I thought it featured a wheelchair superimposed over a Pink Triangle, which would've allowed me to talk about the exclusion of disabled queer communities in Pride March symbolism, but I can now see it is actually two interlocking Mars symbols... 🤦
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Republicans just removed Miami Beach's famous pride crosswalks. They could have painted them, but instead used bulldozers to destroy the bricks. Pride crosswalks are a tiny, symbolic gesture. But they are still important symbols of the political climate.
October 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Republicans just removed Miami Beach's famous pride crosswalks. They could have painted them, but instead used bulldozers to destroy the bricks. Pride crosswalks are a tiny, symbolic gesture. But they are still important symbols of the political climate.
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The Leo Baeck Institute London announces the rescheduled third lecture in the LBI London Lecture Series 2025.
Join Prof Erin Hochman online, 7pm (UK time) Thu 9 October, for Rethinking German Nationalism in the Interwar Period.
Book now: lbilondon.ac.uk/hochman-25
@ghilondon.bsky.social
Join Prof Erin Hochman online, 7pm (UK time) Thu 9 October, for Rethinking German Nationalism in the Interwar Period.
Book now: lbilondon.ac.uk/hochman-25
@ghilondon.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
The Leo Baeck Institute London announces the rescheduled third lecture in the LBI London Lecture Series 2025.
Join Prof Erin Hochman online, 7pm (UK time) Thu 9 October, for Rethinking German Nationalism in the Interwar Period.
Book now: lbilondon.ac.uk/hochman-25
@ghilondon.bsky.social
Join Prof Erin Hochman online, 7pm (UK time) Thu 9 October, for Rethinking German Nationalism in the Interwar Period.
Book now: lbilondon.ac.uk/hochman-25
@ghilondon.bsky.social
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This has been a journey! @christopherewing.bsky.social and I are proud to announce the forthcoming publication (with Palgrave) of "Reading Queer Media in the German Speaking World" bringing together the work of brilliant historians and German studies scholars working on queer 🇦🇹🇩🇪🇨🇭 printed media
October 6, 2025 at 10:14 AM
This has been a journey! @christopherewing.bsky.social and I are proud to announce the forthcoming publication (with Palgrave) of "Reading Queer Media in the German Speaking World" bringing together the work of brilliant historians and German studies scholars working on queer 🇦🇹🇩🇪🇨🇭 printed media
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Celebration and Resistance: Explore LGBTQ+ collections and more at History Day 2025 🎉
This #HistDay25 we're partnering with @justinbengry.bsky.social to create a Queer History and Heritage Trail highlighting queer stories, figures & collections. Hear from Justin here: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
This #HistDay25 we're partnering with @justinbengry.bsky.social to create a Queer History and Heritage Trail highlighting queer stories, figures & collections. Hear from Justin here: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Celebration and Resistance: Explore LGBTQ+ collections and more at History Day 2025
Every year in November we host History Day, an event for students, researchers and history enthusiasts.
www.sas.ac.uk
October 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Celebration and Resistance: Explore LGBTQ+ collections and more at History Day 2025 🎉
This #HistDay25 we're partnering with @justinbengry.bsky.social to create a Queer History and Heritage Trail highlighting queer stories, figures & collections. Hear from Justin here: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
This #HistDay25 we're partnering with @justinbengry.bsky.social to create a Queer History and Heritage Trail highlighting queer stories, figures & collections. Hear from Justin here: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
I get quite excited about my research so sometimes if someone has given me a pointer or something like that, I like to follow up with whatever findings I've come up with a little later to share what they've helped generate. I just hope it's something that's appreciated on their side, too..
October 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I get quite excited about my research so sometimes if someone has given me a pointer or something like that, I like to follow up with whatever findings I've come up with a little later to share what they've helped generate. I just hope it's something that's appreciated on their side, too..
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My next book Deviants and Trailblazers: A History of Trans Activism in Britain is in the @plutopress.bsky.social Spring/Summer 2026 catalogue (for a May '26 release)!
This book is the first joined-up history of trans activism in the UK all the ways from the 40s to the present.
This book is the first joined-up history of trans activism in the UK all the ways from the 40s to the present.
October 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
My next book Deviants and Trailblazers: A History of Trans Activism in Britain is in the @plutopress.bsky.social Spring/Summer 2026 catalogue (for a May '26 release)!
This book is the first joined-up history of trans activism in the UK all the ways from the 40s to the present.
This book is the first joined-up history of trans activism in the UK all the ways from the 40s to the present.