Tim Haggerty and Harrison Apple: The History of Queer Pittsburgh

Tim Haggerty and Harrison Apple: The History of Queer Pittsburgh

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Tim Haggerty and Harrison Apple: The History of Queer Pittsburgh

Tim Haggerty and Harrison Apple: The History of Queer Pittsburgh

Sat, Mar 28, 2015, 1:30pm
  • Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and the Humanities Center at CMU
  • Trust Arts Education Center
  • Ticket Prices
    Festival Pass: $20 for general admission; $10 for students

Historians Tim Haggerty and Harrison Apple, co-directors of the Queer History Project, explore the world of Pittsburgh’s gay social clubs from 1967 to 1990, making use of an extensive collection of photographs and material objects contributed by owners, employees, performers and patrons, including publications, posters, announcements and newsletters that reflect a world that is disappearing: one of drag names and pseudonyms, passwords and codes, a shared patois of high camp and a relationship to the state that could be fraught, deceitful, and criminal, a twilight world of desire and camouflage that emerged in response to a culture that reacted to homosexuality with social criticism and legal prosecution.

This event is part of the Pittsburgh Humanities Festival. Learn more here.

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