Don Romesburg (he/him)
@donromesburg.bsky.social
Professor of queer and trans history. Author of CONTESTED CURRICULUM: LGBTQ HISTORY GOES TO SCHOOL (Rutgers UP, 2025); editor of ROUTLEDGE HISTORY OF QUEER AMERICA.
Linktree for publications, book talks, and media:
https://linktr.ee/donromesburg
Linktree for publications, book talks, and media:
https://linktr.ee/donromesburg
NY, NJ, CT people! I'm giving book talks and having conversations all next week on the red-hot issue of LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum in K-12 schools. Link to them in my linktree. Come! And check out my book, CONTESTED CURRICULUM: LGBTQ HISTORY GOES TO SCHOOL, out now from @rutgersupress.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
NY, NJ, CT people! I'm giving book talks and having conversations all next week on the red-hot issue of LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum in K-12 schools. Link to them in my linktree. Come! And check out my book, CONTESTED CURRICULUM: LGBTQ HISTORY GOES TO SCHOOL, out now from @rutgersupress.bsky.social
Check out my episode of the American Historical Review's podcast series, "State of the Field for Busy Teachers." I talk about how to make K-12 and undergrad survey history education LGBTQ-inclusive and some great places to start.
September 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Check out my episode of the American Historical Review's podcast series, "State of the Field for Busy Teachers." I talk about how to make K-12 and undergrad survey history education LGBTQ-inclusive and some great places to start.
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An interview with the brilliant @donromesburg.bsky.social on his new book, Contested Curriculum and the assault on LGBT history slate.com/life/2025/09...
September 4, 2025 at 2:46 AM
An interview with the brilliant @donromesburg.bsky.social on his new book, Contested Curriculum and the assault on LGBT history slate.com/life/2025/09...
Proud to be a featured speaker next week at the @oneinstitute.org symposium for K-12 educators. It's essential not to obey in advance to the SCOTUS Mahmoud ruling. There are so many compelling ways to do LGBTQ-inclusive history education in all grades!
www.oneinstitute.org/july-7-8-202...
www.oneinstitute.org/july-7-8-202...
July 7-8, 2025 – K-12 LGBTQ+ History Teacher Symposium
www.oneinstitute.org
June 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Proud to be a featured speaker next week at the @oneinstitute.org symposium for K-12 educators. It's essential not to obey in advance to the SCOTUS Mahmoud ruling. There are so many compelling ways to do LGBTQ-inclusive history education in all grades!
www.oneinstitute.org/july-7-8-202...
www.oneinstitute.org/july-7-8-202...
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We need answers—now. Where is our sister Hilary Rivers? ICE took her the morning after Pride with no warning, no due process, and no communication. This is not justice—this is kidnapping. We demand transparency, accountability, and her immediate release.
Read more: 48hills.org/2025/06/drag...
Read more: 48hills.org/2025/06/drag...
Drag performer taken by ICE, morning after Pride Week pageant - 48 hills
HIlary Rivers was detained during a scheduled immigration appointment in downtown SF after Miss & Mr. Safe Latino Pageant.
48hills.org
June 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM
We need answers—now. Where is our sister Hilary Rivers? ICE took her the morning after Pride with no warning, no due process, and no communication. This is not justice—this is kidnapping. We demand transparency, accountability, and her immediate release.
Read more: 48hills.org/2025/06/drag...
Read more: 48hills.org/2025/06/drag...
As a historian involved with K-12 LGBTQ-inclusive education who just published a related book, my first thoughts on Mahmoud v Taylor:
* Many districts & educators will obey in advance
* This won't be contained to elementary grades.
Read my full substack on it: tinyurl.com/3btwpc5a
* Many districts & educators will obey in advance
* This won't be contained to elementary grades.
Read my full substack on it: tinyurl.com/3btwpc5a
Preliminary Thoughts on SCOTUS Anti-LGBTQ Curriculum Ruling Today
Mahmoud v. Taylor is a doozy
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June 27, 2025 at 11:09 PM
As a historian involved with K-12 LGBTQ-inclusive education who just published a related book, my first thoughts on Mahmoud v Taylor:
* Many districts & educators will obey in advance
* This won't be contained to elementary grades.
Read my full substack on it: tinyurl.com/3btwpc5a
* Many districts & educators will obey in advance
* This won't be contained to elementary grades.
Read my full substack on it: tinyurl.com/3btwpc5a
Happy to talk about CA's LGBTQ-inclusive History-Social Science Framework. Check out the One Institute's new collaborative K-12 lesson plans--now more than ever. (Wish the journalist had mentioned my new book: Contested Curriculum: LGBTQ History Goes to School, but glad the word's getting out!)
Queer educators unveil 10 new LGBTQ+ lessons for California public schools - LGBTQ Nation
"It’s utterly transformative and truly history-making.”
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June 27, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Happy to talk about CA's LGBTQ-inclusive History-Social Science Framework. Check out the One Institute's new collaborative K-12 lesson plans--now more than ever. (Wish the journalist had mentioned my new book: Contested Curriculum: LGBTQ History Goes to School, but glad the word's getting out!)
This is a great TK-12 #LGBTQ starter kit for #historyeducation and #socialstudies ! Also be sure to check out lgbtqhistory.org
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June 2, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This is a great TK-12 #LGBTQ starter kit for #historyeducation and #socialstudies ! Also be sure to check out lgbtqhistory.org
#edusky
#pride
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". . . Recovering this history, previously invisible, erased, is a form of political resistance. We have the right to exist. We have the right to a past. To a present life. To a future. Recovering and reclaiming our past gives us the strength to continue.” - Gerard Koskovich
🏳️🌈 🗃️ 🏳️⚧️
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Besançon. Mois des fiertés : l’historien américain Gérard Koskovich dénonce « l’autodafé numérique » de l’administration Trump
Invité par la Ville de Besançon dans le cadre du Mois des fiertés, Gérard Koskovich, historien indépendant, libraire et membre fondateur de la ...
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June 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
". . . Recovering this history, previously invisible, erased, is a form of political resistance. We have the right to exist. We have the right to a past. To a present life. To a future. Recovering and reclaiming our past gives us the strength to continue.” - Gerard Koskovich
🏳️🌈 🗃️ 🏳️⚧️
shorturl.at/oYr0O
🏳️🌈 🗃️ 🏳️⚧️
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Today at @ucdavis.bsky.social -- hope to see you there!
May 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Today at @ucdavis.bsky.social -- hope to see you there!
Great local coverage of the devastating loss of Women's and Gender Studies to Sonoma State University's students and the wider region's social service and advocacy needs. We are still fighting!
www.theoakleafnews.com/features/202...
www.theoakleafnews.com/features/202...
Uprooted but Unbroken: The Fight to Save WGS at Sonoma State - The Oak Leaf
When Dr. Lena McQuade, a professor of women’s and gender studies at Sonoma State University, received an email announcing the administration’s plan to cut several majors, programs and departments in r...
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April 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Great local coverage of the devastating loss of Women's and Gender Studies to Sonoma State University's students and the wider region's social service and advocacy needs. We are still fighting!
www.theoakleafnews.com/features/202...
www.theoakleafnews.com/features/202...
Book launch event! Contested Curriculum: LGBTQ History Goes to School on 4/23 at Sonoma State University. Join me and learn about LGBTQ-inclusive K-12 history education--and embracing it in this time of Don't Say Gay/Trans laws, book bans, and Mahmoud v Taylor
tinyurl.com/yr29fxss
tinyurl.com/yr29fxss
April 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Book launch event! Contested Curriculum: LGBTQ History Goes to School on 4/23 at Sonoma State University. Join me and learn about LGBTQ-inclusive K-12 history education--and embracing it in this time of Don't Say Gay/Trans laws, book bans, and Mahmoud v Taylor
tinyurl.com/yr29fxss
tinyurl.com/yr29fxss
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(long🧵) Watching some gays & lesbians celebrate that heinous UK Court ruling against trans women has me again thinking about how little most gay people know about their own history. No, I'm not rehashing if trans people were at Stonewall (they were). I'm talking about the long arc of what it even...
April 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
(long🧵) Watching some gays & lesbians celebrate that heinous UK Court ruling against trans women has me again thinking about how little most gay people know about their own history. No, I'm not rehashing if trans people were at Stonewall (they were). I'm talking about the long arc of what it even...
On Saturday, at the People's March rally in SF hosted by @missmore8.bsky.social and Alex U Inn, I spoke on the dangers of queer/trans epistemicide and how we can fight back.
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April 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
On Saturday, at the People's March rally in SF hosted by @missmore8.bsky.social and Alex U Inn, I spoke on the dangers of queer/trans epistemicide and how we can fight back.
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Sneak peak of CONTESTED CURRICULUM: LGBTQ HISTORY GOES TO SCHOOL intro excerpt up on Q+Public's new substack! qpluspublicbooks.substack.com/p/sneak-peak...
Sneak Peak--Contested Curriculum: LGBTQ History Goes to School
Today's the official launch date for this new Q+Public Book!
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April 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Sneak peak of CONTESTED CURRICULUM: LGBTQ HISTORY GOES TO SCHOOL intro excerpt up on Q+Public's new substack! qpluspublicbooks.substack.com/p/sneak-peak...
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Bracket busted? Me too, so let’s take solace in my 217th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
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#ScholarSunday Thread 217
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March 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Bracket busted? Me too, so let’s take solace in my 217th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
americanstudier.substack.com/p/scholarsun...
americanstudier.substack.com/p/scholarsun...
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Each of us can help preserve LGBTQ+ history—and, by doing so, defend LGBTQ+ people.
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LGBTQ+ People and Their History Are Here to Stay
And We Need to Protect Them
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February 20, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Each of us can help preserve LGBTQ+ history—and, by doing so, defend LGBTQ+ people.
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Yikes, 15 of my publications, everything from books and articles to book reviews, were used, with no compensation or advance notice.
several of my publications were also used
Meta included 2 of my books and multiple peer reviewed articles, with zero consent, to train AI that it will sell as a service and generate unbelievable sums of money for itself.
March 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Yikes, 15 of my publications, everything from books and articles to book reviews, were used, with no compensation or advance notice.
We have to make the case for why inclusive history education matters, to survive this moment and its systematic erasures. It has to happen in classrooms, curriculum, ed materials, policy, and law. From Contested Curriculum: LGBTQ History Goes to School ( @rutgersupress.bsky.social ) bit.ly/4iHiz81
March 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
We have to make the case for why inclusive history education matters, to survive this moment and its systematic erasures. It has to happen in classrooms, curriculum, ed materials, policy, and law. From Contested Curriculum: LGBTQ History Goes to School ( @rutgersupress.bsky.social ) bit.ly/4iHiz81
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Really good summary of all of the intentional erasure of history: www.npr.org/2025/03/19/n...
Here are all the ways people are disappearing from government websites
Executive orders from President Trump have agencies across the government scrubbing websites of photos and references to transgender people, women and people of color.
www.npr.org
March 20, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Really good summary of all of the intentional erasure of history: www.npr.org/2025/03/19/n...
Oh hello there, Bluesky. Did you know I have a new book coming out in April? Contested Curriculum: LGBTQ History Goes to School (Rutgers UP) is the history of bringing LGBTQ-inclusive history education to US K-12 schools--and some lessons learned for our current, um, moment: bit.ly/4iHiz81
Contested Curriculum - Rutgers University Press
Today, many states have proposed so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bills that prohibit public school teachers from mentioning LGBTQ topics in the classroom. Bu...
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March 20, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Oh hello there, Bluesky. Did you know I have a new book coming out in April? Contested Curriculum: LGBTQ History Goes to School (Rutgers UP) is the history of bringing LGBTQ-inclusive history education to US K-12 schools--and some lessons learned for our current, um, moment: bit.ly/4iHiz81