By: Anonymous Editors Note: All names have been changed to protect anonymity. The year was 2013. Same-sex marriage was legal in about 15 states. I was not in one of them. I was done with my Master’s degree, and I was a job-attached park ranger, waiting for the summer season to start again. In the…
Category: Coming out
Openly gay in a small ‘machista’ town
by Julio I am a 29-year old gay archaeologist. My first experience in the field was exactly 10 years ago, in 2008. Back then I was a Political Science student interested in the past and traveling. Little did I know that the experience would change my life. I switched majors to Archaeology and have enjoyed…
Queer in the Field
By: Carla Hernández As an archaeologist, there is nothing I love more than fieldwork. I love everything about it – even the early morning hikes in the cold, the constant feeling that my body needs a break, the lack of internet, Netflix, and all those luxuries that I enjoy back home. I got into archaeology…
Hey, I Have A Question
By: Nathan Klembara *Ding* A Facebook Messenger alert. “Hey, I have a question.” It’s from a relatively new friend I made while working on a project in Spain, I’ll call him “Alberto”. The simple message is a bit confusing in the moment. Alberto and I message each other often, and he’s usually much more direct than this. Facebook Messenger dings again….
Editorial
By: Chelsea Blackmore I came out when I was 29 years old. At that point in my life, my world was my work-teaching, mentoring, doing research, and wondering what life would be like after graduate school. Coming out was emotional and scary as it is for most people. But in retrospect I was both fortunate…
Queer Archaeology 