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This session of our Decoding the Past series is a conversation with Dr. Alex Ketchum, Assistant Professor at the Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies of McGill University, on her upcoming book, Digital Queers, TechnoDykes, Hi-Tech Gays, and Lavender Bytes: A History of American, Canadian, and British LGBTQ+ Cyber Activism 1992-2002. Join Dr. Ketchum and Silicon Valley-based author and editor Karen Wickre as they discuss early online LGBTQ+ activism and how activists adapted their work to a rapidly developing interconnected digital landscape and played a role in shaping Internet culture.

Dr. Alex Ketchum is an Assistant Professor at the Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies of McGill University. She is the Director of the Just Feminist Tech and Scholarship Lab and the organizer of Disrupting Disruptions: The Feminist and Accessible Publishing, Communications, and Tech Speaker and Workshop Series. Her work integrates food, technological, queer, and gender history. You can find out more about her writings, podcasts, zines, exhibitions, and more at https://www.alexketchum.ca.