This Union Cause: The Queer History of the United Automobile Workers

Tales from the Reuther Library
18/06/2020 1h 1min
This Union Cause: The Queer History of the United Automobile Workers

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Wayne State history PhD candidate James McQuaid discusses his research on the gradual cognizance and acceptance of queer autoworkers in the twentieth century, leading toward the UAW’s rapid embrace of LGBTQ-friendly policies and initiatives in the 1990s. He shares compelling stories of several queer auto workers, including: Billie Hill discovering a lesbian enclave in a … Continue reading This Union Cause: The Queer History of the United Automobile Workers

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