Learn from creators Jeff Iovannone and Hugh Ryan. Free copies of the comic available while they last.

Jeff Iovannone is a social historian who specializes in LGBTQ place-based history. He holds a PhD in American Studies from the University at Buffalo and a Masters in Historic Preservation Planning and LGBT Studies from Cornell University. He has authored several National Register of Historic Places nominations for LGBTQ historic sites, including the headquarters of Firebrand Books and the Lavender Hill Commune, and is the creator of the digital exhibit Leslie Feinberg's Buffalo: Historic Sites in Stone Butch Blues.

Hugh Ryan is the award-winning author of When Brooklyn Was Queer (2019) and The Women’s House of Detention (2022). He teaches creative nonfiction in the MFA program at the Bennington Writing Seminars, and runs the Queer History 101 Book Club at Allstora.com with the world-famous performer Peppermint. For the last five years, he has worked with the NYC Department of Education to create syllabuses, teacher guides, posters, lesson plans, and comics on LGBTQ+ history.