Eric Gonzaba

Expanding Queer Cartographies addresses a persistent gap in queer history: where were the women? Working with LGBTQ+ archives and community advisors, we will digitize and map approximately 27,500 women-friendly and lesbian-friendly bars, restaurants, bookstores, and other venues from the lesbian travel guide Gaia's Guide (1975-1992). We will then integrate this data into Mapping the Gay Guides, a database and interactive map of gay male venues, presenting a multi-decade comparative spatial analysis of lesbian and gay male geographies on a national scale. Our deliverables include an upgraded website, interactive map, open datasets, scholarly journal article, and narrative vignettes - all of which make overlooked LGBTQ+ histories newly discoverable to community members and scholars alike.