E217 - When Others Pulled Back, We Pushed Forward Protecting Queer Studies in Higher Ed | Ep. 217 (with Matt Brim)

What does it look like to keep doing queer and trans work in education when funding is disappearing, scholars are feeling pressure to hide what they study, and institutions are starting to pull back?

Matt Brim joins me to talk about queer studies, higher education, and the work of creating space for LGBTQ+ research and scholarship. Matt is a professor of queer studies at the College of Staten Island and the executive director of CLAGS, the Center for LGBTQ Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center. 

We talk about how Matt found his way from American l...