"Since 2016, the University of California, Berkeley professor has mobilized students to preserve LGBTQ+ stories on one of the world's most extensive historical records: Wikipedia. Through a unique course taught in partnership with Wiki Education, Rodríguez and her students produce entries for the site that cover niche LGBTQ+ subjects, many of which have fallen through the cracks due to contributor bias."
"Rodríguez has taught the course in nine different iterations over the past decade. Her students have tackled everything from Transfemicide (a page that has now been translated into four languages) to Indigenous Drag Performers to lesser-known activists like Adela Vázquez to the stories of historic, now-shuttered queer bars like Esta Noche and Jewel's Catch One. One student, Alexia Guerra Cardona, spoke on a Berkeley podcast about the course's incredible impact on her."
Professor Juana María Rodríguez mobilizes students to preserve LGBTQ+ stories on Wikipedia through a course taught in partnership with Wiki Education. The course produces new entries and edits existing pages to cover niche LGBTQ+ subjects that have been overlooked due to contributor bias. Students have created or expanded pages on topics such as Transfemicide (now translated into four languages), Indigenous drag performers, activists like Adela Vázquez, and historic queer bars including Esta Noche and Jewel's Catch One. The course has run in nine iterations over a decade and aims to counter efforts to erase LGBTQ+ history by adding rigorous academic sources.
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