Wesley Phelps

Part 1 of a 2-part bonus episode of my Queering the Lone Star State podcast is out today! queeringthelonestarstate.com/episode-11

Excited to be giving a talk at SMU in April!

If you want to learn more after hearing @mmccnn talk Lawrence v. Texas on @yourewrongabout, we've got a book for you! @WesleyPhelps20's BEFORE LAWRENCE V. TEXAS (now out in paperback!) details the years of work and struggle that led to the landmark case. utpress.utexas.edu/9781477322321/

@hoop3r Throw everything at the wall and see what sticks, I guess.

@hoop3r Especially since virtually no court of law ever agreed with that defense! I'm currently writing about a case gay students brought against Texas A&M University in the late 70s, and univ. administrators tried (unsuccessfully) to make the same argument.

Garland-area friends! On Saturday, June 29, I will be back in my hometown to give a talk at the South Garland Branch Library titled "Out of the Streets and Into the Courts: The Legal Struggle for LGBTQ Equality in Texas." Talk starts at 2:30. Come on by! garlandtx.gov/Calendar.aspx?…

@TylerMahanCoe "Rhinestone suits and new shiny cars, it's been the same way for years" has a nice ring to it, though.

The word "rhinestones" actually sounds pretty bad in the lyrics of a song nearly every single time, so y'all can stop.

@PhDinProgress17 I don't know you but your work sounds amazing, so keep at it! You'll get there!

I will officially be the dead last of my cohort to finish my dissertation and I’m not even close to finishing. I have no idea why that makes me feel like such absolute garbage but it does.

The new Alliance for TX History is making sure everyone’s stories are worked “into the fabric of TX history.” @BenjaminHJohns1 @Refusing2Forget; @soniahistoria @BobbyCervantes @whitney_nell @QuraishiPhD @hangryhistorian @WesleyPhelps20 @myHNN texasobserver.org/texas-history-…

@AliB_iCoach @unthistory You insinuated that a symposium charting a more inclusive future for Texas history was a needless distraction from current events. Perhaps some would see excitement over college sports as similarly misguided.

@WesleyPhelps20 @unthistory Yes what’s the connection?

#UNThistory's Dr. Wesley Phelps spoke at the inaugural symposium of the newly created Alliance for Texas History on Saturday, giving a paper titled “The State of the Field of Texas LGBTQ History.” #UNT

@AliB_iCoach @unthistory And yet...

@unthistory Professors in rooms when ppl are on lawns don’t really hit the same right now…

@TylerMahanCoe Truer words you have never spoken!

It’s a shame the culture warriors are obsessed with the idea that Beyoncé’s new album will destroy modern society when in fact the new Vampire Weekend is going to do that.

Really looking forward to speaking at HCC next week!

Anyone looking for a good selection of LGBTQ+ books to add to your local library or personal bookshelf? #LetFreedomRead #FReadom #ReadUP Grab these from your local bookseller, or download and submit these titles with our Library Recommendation Form here! dhjhkxawhe8q4.cloudfront.net/texas-uni-wp/w…

Now available in paperback! Makes a great Easter gift! utpress.utexas.edu/9781477329474/…

@jakobburnham The fact that you are asking this in February is really going to piss off your non-Texas friends!

@TylerMahanCoe The numb ass is sort of part of the charm I think.

One of the best things about seeing a show at the Ryman, aside from the worst seating situation anywhere, is tourists are told to buy tickets to whatever's happening when they're in town. So 3 songs in to any good show you get to watch all the pink cowboy hats leave.

Houston-area friends! If you're free next week on Wednesday Jan 31, come see me at Rice University at 4 pm where I'll be giving a talk titled "The Stigma of Criminality: Texas Sodomy Laws and the Struggle for Queer Equality." Free and open to the public! events.rice.edu/event/349794-c…

And that's not all! @WesleyPhelps20's vital contribution to the history of activism in Texas, BEFORE LAWRENCE V. TEXAS, has won the @TxStHistAssoc's Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Prize for Best Book on Texas History! 🏆 Learn more: tshaonline.org/awards/coral-h…

Before Lawrence has won the Tullis Memorial Prize for the Best Book on Texas History by the TSHA! Despite parting ways with the TSHA after a right-wing coup seized control, I am nonetheless honored to be recognized by an awards committee made up of historians I greatly respect!