First Name
Anne
Last Name
Balay
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annegbalay@gmail.com
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anxiousannieb
About
I am an Oral Historian doing work on blue-collar queers. Collecting the stories of marginal populations -- women, immigrants, pwds, queers -- and understanding national issues from their perspectives is my central goal. I live in Philadelphia, but am interested in the midwest and south, in industrial workers, and truck drivers.
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photo by Riva Lehrer
Work Sample 1 Description
An OpEd I published in the New York Times with my co-author Mona Shattell. We describe the working conditions of truckers, and argue for policy changes.
Work Sample 2 Description
Steel Closets: Voices of gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Steelworkers is my first book, which studies the difficult lives of blue-collar queers, and describes their courage and humor.
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