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Jonathan White
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Loyola University Chicago
Aspiring 20th-Century American, Queer, and Urban Historian 🗃️
History MA student
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Jonathan White @jtwhite500.bsky.social · Nov 22
Good Evening!
My name is Jonathan White (he/they)
I am an MA student studying History at Loyola University Chicago.
More specifically, I study 20th-century American queer and urban history.
I am researching the interconnection between Milwaukee's built environment and its queer community!
jtwhite500.bsky.social
I heard that @loyolahistdept.bsky.social is accepting applications for their History Graduate Student Association. I should present my other research project as a grand return.
November 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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bpladek.bsky.social
WI/MKE people, this is bad bad bad -- US Marshals arresting judges who even appear to be objecting to ICE deportations targeting the courthouse. www.jsonline.com/story/news/b...
Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan arrested by federal authorities at Courthouse
Brady McCarron, spokesman for U.S. Marshals Service in Washington, D.C., confirmed Dugan was arrested at about 8 a.m. at the Milwaukee County Courthouse and is in federal custody.
www.jsonline.com
April 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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gerrycanavan.bsky.social
scenes from the class struggle at Marquette www.jsonline.com/story/news/e...
Union plans to protest inauguration of new Marquette University President Kimo Ah Yun
The union says Marquette's anti-union position is hypocritical and defies Catholic social teachings. Members plan to protest the April 29 event.
www.jsonline.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
Abolish ICE.
A three-panel political cartoon by Gritty20202, titled "Gritty is the Way," compares historical and contemporary events. Each panel features an authority figure saying, "I'm just following orders." The first panel, labeled "1830s American West," shows a U.S. soldier in a cavalry uniform with a Native American man in traditional clothing looking distressed. The second panel, labeled "1940s Nazi Germany," depicts a Nazi officer with a prisoner in a striped concentration camp uniform. The third panel, labeled "Present-Day USA," shows an ICE officer in a tactical vest with a distressed woman and child clinging to each other.
April 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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joshtpm.bsky.social
It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.
March 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
jtwhite500.bsky.social
A historic landmark of queer culture in Milwaukee has closed its doors, and I am truly heartbroken. No fanfare, celebration, or fundraising efforts were used to help save this historic space of Milwaukee's queer community—just a single social media post.

www.jsonline.com/story/entert...
www.jsonline.com
March 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
jtwhite500.bsky.social
Yesterday, I presented at my first conference, Loyola University Chicago's History Graduate Student Association history conference, with a paper titled Walker's Point: How Queerness in the Built Environment Created Community! I'm thrilled I got to share my research with my fellow attendees!
February 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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hughryan.bsky.social
At the stonewall monument rn
February 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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wamorrison95.bsky.social
The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other
The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights. SIGBI followed by a next arrow The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights. SIGBI followed by a next arrow The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights. SIGBI followed by a next arrow The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights. SIGBI
February 14, 2025 at 3:29 AM
jtwhite500.bsky.social
No LGB without the TQ+!
February 14, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Oh my god.

They removed "transgender" from the page about Trans woman Sylvia Rivera's page at the National Park service.

"Sylvia Rivera began fighting for gay and _____ rights"

WOW.
February 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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erininthemorning.com
The National Park Service has removed "T" and all mention of transgender people from the Stonewall National Monument.

Trans women were some of the most influential activists behind the Stonewall movement and what followed.

3 articles of clothing laws were why raids happened.

Erasure.
Stonewall National Monument New York Info Alerts Maps Calendar Fees “By the time of Stonewall...we had 50 to 60 gay groups in the country. A year later...1500.” Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) person was illegal. The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for LGB civil rights and provided momentum for a movement. Five visitors and one park ranger standing next to an iron fence as they post rainbow flags. Plan Your Visit Located in Greenwich Village, New York City, Stonewall National Monument is one of the many parks in New York Harbor. Educational images of leaning at Stonewall National Monument Education No Matter where you are, we can bring Stonewall National Monument to your classroom. Find teachers resources here. A rainbow flag overlaid with "Stonewall National Monument, Established 2016" with the NPS arrowhead. LGB Flags What are LGB flags and what days should we celebrate them? Click here to find out.
February 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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This is where you go to tell the National Park Service to restore the word "transgender" in its entry on the Stonewall monument.

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Stonewall National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) person was illegal. The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for LGB civil rights a...
www.nps.gov
February 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
jtwhite500.bsky.social
I will be there from noon to 4pm.
December 5, 2024 at 4:43 PM
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qhstone.bsky.social
MAGA troll blocklist for anyone interested: bsky.app/profile/qhst...
December 2, 2024 at 5:46 PM
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"Marquette University uses religious exemption to squash unionizing efforts"

www.ncronline.org/news/marquet...
Marquette University uses religious exemption to squash unionizing efforts
Full-time faculty not on the tenure track want to unionize to address salary and other disparities. They say Marquette's decision not to recognize the union goes against the school's mission and Catho...
www.ncronline.org
November 25, 2024 at 10:20 PM
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I used this MAGA block starter pack. 👍

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November 18, 2024 at 3:38 PM
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I will be volunteering at the @leatherarchives.bsky.social Booth during this event!
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November 22, 2024 at 6:37 AM
jtwhite500.bsky.social
Good Evening!
My name is Jonathan White (he/they)
I am an MA student studying History at Loyola University Chicago.
More specifically, I study 20th-century American queer and urban history.
I am researching the interconnection between Milwaukee's built environment and its queer community!
November 22, 2024 at 6:27 AM
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bpladek.bsky.social
my university's trustees just made our interim president, who holds faculty in deep, unapologetic contempt and has been part of a team that's financially driving us into the ground, into the actual president.

like that other election, I expected it, but it's still gutting.
November 20, 2024 at 9:12 PM
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queerstorian.bsky.social
Starter pack for Queer & Trans History (modern & contemporary)! This is a very incomplete work in progress - suggested additions welcome :)
go.bsky.app/DF3FYCh
November 11, 2024 at 8:36 AM
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dphochfelder.bsky.social
US Urban History starter pack. I know I probably missed a bunch of really talented people, so please add and suggest folks. @urbanrenewal.bsky.social @lizgreenspan.bsky.social

go.bsky.app/ADP275m
November 10, 2024 at 10:12 PM