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Liz Tracey

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As seen in: JSTOR Daily
Covers:  Science, Popular Culture, History.
NYC native. Latest: Contrib. Ed. @jstor_daily. I write about: Science, pop culture, classics, LGBT media coverage & crime fiction. Pronouns: bit.ly/3rLTL5l

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Liz Tracey’s Biography

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Writer, editor and author. Currently: Contributing Writer, JSTOR Daily (https://daily.jstor.org). Lambda Literary Finalist, So You Want to Be a Lesbian (St. Martin's Press), Gay City News/LGNY, Out, Curve. Former Interim Comms. Dir. GLAAD, Hetrick Martin Institute.

Liz Tracey’s Journalist Portfolio

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"What to the Slave is The Fourth of July?": Annotated - JSTOR Daily

"What to the Slave is The Fourth of July?": Annotated - JSTOR Daily

On July 5 1852 Frederick Douglass gave a Fourth of July speech that became his most famous public oration.

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Declaration of Conscience: Annotated - JSTOR Daily

Declaration of Conscience: Annotated - JSTOR Daily

In June 1950, Senator Margaret Chase Smith criticized Joseph McCarthy's anticommunist campaigns. She was the …

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90 Years On: The Destruction of the Institute of Sexual Science - JSTOR Daily

90 Years On: The Destruction of the Institute of Sexual Science - JSTOR Daily

In May 1933, Nazi-led student groups organized public burnings of "un-German" books, including those held in …

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Brown v. Board of Education: Annotated - JSTOR Daily

Brown v. Board of Education: Annotated - JSTOR Daily

The 1954 Supreme Court decision, based on the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution, declared that "sep…

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The Paris Agreement: Annotated - JSTOR Daily

The Paris Agreement: Annotated - JSTOR Daily

Adopted by almost 200 parties at the 2015 UN Climate Change Conference, the Paris Agreement captures internat…

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"Zombie" Anthony Comstock Walks Among US (Again) - JSTOR Daily

"Zombie" Anthony Comstock Walks Among US (Again) - JSTOR Daily

Or, how a moribund act of legislation continues to shape the fight for reproductive rights in the United Stat…

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The Oral Histories of the AIDS Crisis

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By Liz Tracey
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The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. This story features materials from Reveal Digital’s Visual Arts and the AIDS Epidemic: An Oral History Project. Reveal Digital works with libraries, archives, and communities to digitize and share primary sources, making underrepresented histories freely accessible on JSTOR.
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The Fifteenth Amendment: Annotated

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By Liz Tracey
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The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. The Fifteenth Amendment of the US Constitution was the last of three amendments made after the end of the Civil War as part of the Southern Reconstruction.
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“Declaration of Sentiments”: Annotated

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By Liz Tracey
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The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. The beginnings of historical movements towards civil rights are often located by an inciting event: Rosa Parks’s arrest for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man on her way home from work in Montgomery, Alabama; the refusal of bar patrons to acquiesce to a yet another police raid at The Stonewall Inn, or the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848, commonly taught as the site where the fight for women’s rights began.
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Interview

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Have you ever used a typewriter?

I have. We had an ancient Underwood when I was a toddler, so I learned to type very early.

What's your favorite social network?

It used to be Twitter.

Why did you become a journalist?

My aunt showed me "All The President's Men", and I was hooked.

Awards

Lambda Literary Award - Finalist

1997 - Lesbian Humor

Annual award for best books published in LGBT categories.