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Juan Carlos Mezo

@jcmezo.bsky.social
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Historian of sexuality, gender, and visual culture | Mexican and transnational history | Assistant Professor @mountroyalu.bsky.social | Author of Gay Print Culture (Duke University Press, 2026) 🏳️‍🌈 juancarlosmezo.com

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We have some great author events in October, including talks with @elimrogers.bsky.social, @crysbaik.bsky.social, and @jcmezo.bsky.social. Hope you can make it to some! buff.ly/d9h0t7o
Covers of Touch of Grey, Miracle Road, The Afric-American Picture Gallery, Making Gay History, How to Control Fire on a Burning Continent, P FKN R, Personal Demons, Still Dangerous!, Degas at the Gas Station, and Interrogating the Future of Puerto Rican Studies, arranged in a 5x5 grid.
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Juan Carlos Mezo @jcmezo.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Hello, colleagues! If anyone assigns Gay Print Culture this academic year, I would be thrilled to join your class virtually to chat with students. 😃 My 30% discount code E26JCMGZ is still valid if you buy directly from the publisher! @dukepress.bsky.social
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OutHistory @outhistory.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The Gay Asians of Toronto, the first queer group in Canada to organize along racialized lines. Jacqueline Cho traces their local and transnational activism from 1980-2000. Explore it here: outhistory.org/exhibits/sho...
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
This Pride Month, check out "Puto," the plays of Ricardo Bracho, edited by @rtrodrig.bsky.social, "Sex Isn't Real" by @beansvelocci.bsky.social and "Gay Print Culture" by @jcmezo.bsky.social. buff.ly/VkG62Pv.
Graphic includes a rainbow pride flag spanning across the top of the image above four featured book covers: "Sex Isn’t Real," "Gay Print Culture," "Raising the Bottom," and "Mavericks of Style." The books are displayed against a purple background. Large white text in the center reads, “Celebrate Pride Month with Duke University Press.” The DUP100 anniversary logo appears below. Horizontal pride-colored stripes run along the bottom.
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Happy Pride Month! This June, check out some recent titles that focus on queer studies, trans studies, and LGBTQ+ histories. buff.ly/VkG62Pv #PrideMonth #QueerStudies
Graphic includes a rainbow pride flag spanning across the top of the image above four featured book covers: "Sex Isn’t Real," "Gay Print Culture," "Raising the Bottom," and "Mavericks of Style." The books are displayed against a purple background. Large white text in the center reads, “Celebrate Pride Month with Duke University Press.” The DUP100 anniversary logo appears below. Horizontal pride-colored stripes run along the bottom.
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Juan Carlos Mezo @jcmezo.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
I like my new profile picture so I’m posting it, too. 😄 Also, happy pride month! 🏳️‍🌈 This would be a good time to check out my book Gay Print Culture. Purchase it with @dukepress.bsky.social to get 30%off with code E26JCMGZ
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Chris Lloyd @cilloyd.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Please watch! Please sign! Bit.ly/uhhum
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U of T Faculty of Arts & Science @artsci.utoronto.ca · 27/04/2026
In ‘Gay Print Culture,’ #UofTArtSci alum Juan Carlos Mezo González explores the role of magazines in the gay liberation movement, describing them as “a space for gay men to find positive representations." Learn more: bit.ly/4vKYHbg
Juan Carlos Mezo González and the cover of the book Gay Print Culture: A Transnational History of North America.
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
This month our authors, including @jcmezo.bsky.social, @hannobrankamp.bsky.social, @sprucehen.bsky.social, @robinjames.bsky.social and @drsamischalk.bsky.social, are giving book talks in the US, Canada, UK, & South Africa! See the full lineup of March author appearances on our blog: buff.ly/1hPFt1c
Covers of P FKN R, Ice Geographies, Unfurl, Occupied Refuge, Black Disability Politics, The Politics of Care Work, Puto, Ocean, as Much as Rain, The Sound of Feathers, Body Problems, My Studio Is a Dungeon Is the Studio, Tension, Architecture and the Right to Heal, Gay Print Culture, and These Survivals, arranged in a 5x5x5 grid.
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Southwest Humanities @swhumanities.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Juan Carlos Mezo González, Gay Print Culture: A Transnational History of North America (Duke University Press, 2026) We are very pleased to announce the recent publication of Juan Carlos Mezo González's new book, Gay Print Culture: A Transnational History of North America (Duke University Press,…
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Juan Carlos Mezo González, Gay Print Culture: A Transnational History of North America (Duke University Press, 2026)
We are very pleased to announce the recent publication of Juan Carlos Mezo González's new book, Gay Print Culture: A Transnational History of North America (Duke University Press, 2026), which we at Southwest Humanities are proud to have indexed. In Gay Print Culture, Mezo González explores how gay liberation movements across Mexico, the United States, and Canada used print media (in particular, periodicals) to build community, spread political ideas, and visualize queer desires long before the internet made digital networking possible.
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Mexican Studies Research Collective @mexicanists.org · 09/12/2025
Gay Print Culture: A Transnational History of North America mexicanists.org/2025/12/08/g...
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Gay Print Culture: A Transnational History of North America
by Juan Carlos Mezo González Duke University Press In Gay Print Culture, Juan Carlos Mezo González investigates the relationship between transnational gay liberation politics, periodicals, and imag…
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Check out our great new books coming out this February, including “Gay Print Culture,” by Juan Carlos Mezo González @jcmezo.bsky.social. See them all on our blog: buff.ly/yFB1kAQ
Cover of Gay Print Culture: A Transnational History of North America by Juan Carlos Mezo González. Cover features an image of a handsome young man with dark hair wearing a blue tank top and a beige hat with its strap around his neck. The background includes green foliage and colorful flowers. The title is in verlaid text in a large white font with the subtitle in a smaller cream font below it. The author's name is at the bottom right in yellow font. There is a faint overlay of typed text across the entire image.
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MNG - University Presses @mngupbooks.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Gay Print Culture by @jcmezo.bsky.social investigates the relationship between transnational gay liberation politics, periodicals, and images in Mexico, the United States, and Canada from the early 1970s through the mid-1990s @dukepress.bsky.social #LGBT #LGBTHM buff.ly/DYt2Tqo
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Juan Carlos Mezo @jcmezo.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
It feels amazing to finally see my first book in print. It was a long journey and I am so grateful for all the support I received along the way. ❤️ Thank you @dukepress.bsky.social for making this possible!
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Juan Carlos Mezo @jcmezo.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
My book is coming out in three weeks and here is a discount code! 👇🏻
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Caleb Wellum @calebwellum.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Now would be a great time for faculty to fight to save (and transform) the university. If not now, then when? www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
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AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Our Spring 2026 catalog is out now, featuring #NewBooks by @biidaasamose.bsky.social, @julesboykoff.bsky.social, @jcmezo.bsky.social, @jacobengelberg.bsky.social, @woeser.bsky.social, @policingblack.bsky.social, @hannobrankamp.bsky.social, and many others! Explore the #NewBooks: bit.ly/3Ki2ha5.
Cover of Duke University Press catalog. The background features the Puerto Rican flag colors—red, white, and blue. "Duke University Press" is written in yellow and white in the blue triangular section and "Spring and Summer 2026" is in the red and white section on the left. Features an illustration of Bad Bunny wearing a yellow outfit and a large straw hat, holding a microphone with yellow lightning bolts emanating from it is in the lower half. The DUP logo is in the lower right.
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
In "Gay Print Culture," Juan Carlos Mezo González @jcmezo.bsky.social investigates the relationship between transnational gay liberation politics, periodicals, and images in Mexico, the United States, and Canada through the 1970s-90s. #LGBTQStudies Read the intro for free now! buff.ly/LdyHSFV
Cover of Gay Print Culture: A Transnational History of North America by Juan Carlos Mezo González. Cover features an image of a handsome young man with dark hair wearing a blue tank top and a beige hat with its strap around his neck. The background includes green foliage and colorful flowers. The title is in verlaid text in a large white font with the subtitle in a smaller cream font below it. The author's name is at the bottom right in yellow font. There is a faint overlay of typed text across the entire image.
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OutHistory @outhistory.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
October is LGBTQ History Month, and OutHistory invites you to explore our online exhibits and learn about our perseverance, our rage, our resilience, joy and power. Check out our exhibits at the link in our bio.
LGBTQ+ History Month OutHistory
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Jen Evans @jennifervevans.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
This is such an important book. Available now for pre-order at 30% off with the code E26JCMGZ www.dukeupress.edu/gay-print-cu...
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Juan Carlos Mezo @jcmezo.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
My book with @dukepress.bsky.social is now available for pre-order! Use coupon code E26JCMGZ to save 30%! www.dukeupress.edu/gay-print-cu...
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Juan Carlos Mezo @jcmezo.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Forthcoming with @dukepress.bsky.social in February 2026! 🤩 www.dukeupress.edu/gay-print-cu...
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Kevin Coleman @kevinpcoleman.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Sebastián Carassai and I are delighted to announce the publication of our book: Coups d'État in Cold War Latin America, 1964–1982. shorturl.at/nSvUk Thanks to B. Cowan, T. Field, P. Klarén, V. Markarian, C. Trumper, J. Gould, H. Vrana, V. Garrard, and B. Weinstein. @bw-historiadora.bsky.social
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Matthieu Caron @mattcaron.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Excited to see my book inside the @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social Spring / Summer 2025 catalogue!
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Juan Carlos Mezo @jcmezo.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
My beautiful writing companion, Louis, passed away exactly a month ago. I wrote much of my PhD dissertation and forthcoming book while he sat calmly on my lap or next to me. I am so grateful for all the light he brought into my life. 🤍
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OutHistory @outhistory.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
LGBTQ+ People Have Been Here Before: The Power of Our History, by Marc Stein and the OutHistory Advisory Board.
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LGBTQ+ People Have Been Here Before: The Power of Our History · LGBTQ+ People Have Been Here Before: The Power of Our History, by Marc Stein and the OutHistory Advisory Board · OutHistory
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Juan Carlos Mezo @jcmezo.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
I’m very excited for this talk at the University of Manitoba. Thank you to Prof. David Churchill for inviting me!
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Juan Carlos Mezo @jcmezo.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Hi! I am new to Bluesky. My name is Juan Carlos and I am a historian of sexuality, print culture, and visual culture in Mexican and transnational contexts. I am excited to find friends and make new contacts here!
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