Collegiate Affiliation
History
Links
A Short History of the Non-Binary Barista
Queer as Cop: Gay Patrol Units and the White Fantasy of Safety
Queer Labor: LGBTQ Organizing in the Service Sector
Anti-LGBTQ Violence is a Labor Issue

Keira Mac Neill is a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Minnesota. Her dissertation, Bar Girl: Transfemininity, Service Work, and Politics in San Francisco, 1972-1984, analyzes the labor politics of gay neighborhoods, the political economy of trans sex work, and its impact on urban governance and queer/trans historical thought. Keira is a current board member for the Committee on LGBT History, the President of the History Graduate Association, and previously served on the University of Minnesota's Graduate Union Bargaining Committee as a representative of the College of Liberal Arts. She was recently awarded the Allan Bérubé Memorial Research Stipend from the GLBT Archives in San Francisco, is a recipient of the Stamps Scholar Award, and a fellow for the CLA Gender Policy Report. You can find her work in Autostraddle, Notches, and the Gender Policy Report.

Educational Background & Specialties
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Educational Background

  • B.A. Cum Laude: History with High Honors, Dartmouth College, 2016-2020

Specialties

  • Oral History
  • Queer & Trans History
  • 20th Century Political History
  • Urban History