Through his work at the Pink Triangle Legacies Project, Dr. Jake Newsome delivers lectures, keynote talks, and trainings for organizations seeking historically grounded conversations about inclusion, civil rights, and the consequences of discrimination.
Recent audiences include universities, corporations, museums, and government institutions across the United States and internationally.
Popular topics include:
• LGBTQ+ history under Nazism
• The history and legacy of the pink triangle
• Historical lessons for inclusion and leadership
• The dangers of censorship and historical erasure
PODCASTS
- “How Did Queer People Experience Nazi Germany?” on Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness
- “Looking Danger in the Eye” – The Story of LGBTQ Hero Frieda Belinfante on 12 Years that Shook the World by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum
- History: The Podcast of the Historical Association
- But What Does it Mean? The Pink Triangle and Its Many Different Roles (by Sydney Reuter, BA thesis project, George Mason University, 2021)
NATIONAL & COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
- NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project – “Silence = Death: Reclaiming the Pink Triangle in AIDS-Era New York” conversation with Avram Finkelstein (December 2024)
- Dallas Holocaust & Human Rights Museum (October 2024)
- The Florida Holocaust Museum (March 2024)
- Holocaust Museum Houston (June 2023)
- Congregation Rodeph Shalom, the Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation, JProud, and the William Way LGBT Community Center – International Holocaust Remembrance Day Event (Jan. 2022)
- Toronto’s Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre (June 2021)
- Cara-Friend, an organization that empowers the LGBTQ+ community in Northern Ireland (Jan. 2021)
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum – Guest on Facebook Live episode: “The Nazi Persecution of Gay People” (June 2020)
- Washington DC Library Association
(June 2020) - Olney Theatre Center
(Aug. 2019) - OutWrite Literary Festival: panel moderator for: Stonewall’s Long Shadow: Activism, Writing, and Queer Identity (Aug. 2019)
- The DC Center for the LGBT Community: discussion on “Hidden Histories: Writing, Research, & Queer Lives” (Aug. 2019)
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
- College of St. Benedict / St. John’s University
(Oct. 2024) - Ashland University
(Oct. 2024) - Christopher Newport University
(September 2024) - Queensborough Community College
(March 2024) - Cal Poly Humboldt
(March 2024) - Emory University
November 2023) - Fort Hays State University
(April 2023) - Middle Tennessee State University
(April 2023) - University of Alabama-Birmingham
(April 2023) - Roanoke College
(Feb. 2023) - University of Lynchburg
(Feb. 2023) - Andrew College
(Jan. 2023) - Pennsylvania State University
(Oct. 2022) - College of Charleston
(Oct. 2022) - University of Maryland, Baltimore County
(Sept. 2022) - Manhattan College
(Sept. 2022) - Valdosta State University
(Sept. 2022) - Humboldt State University
(March 2022) - Albright College
(April 2022) - Florida International University
(Jan. 2020)
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
- United States Department of Veterans Affairs – National Virtual Pride Event (Nov. 2024)
- United Kingdom Department of Transport for International Holocaust Memorial Day
(Jan. 2021) - United States Library of Congress for the 50th Anniversary of the
Stonewall Uprising
(June 2019) - Les “Oublie-e-s” de la Memoire (The “Forgotten Ones” of Memory) for a series of lectures, discussions, and ceremonies in conjunction with the government of Paris, France to commemorate the LGBTQ+ victims of the Holocaust (March 2018)
CORPORATIONS
- Sixth Street Partners
(June 2025) - AXIS Capital
(January 2024) - Konica Minolta
(October 2022) - Plaid, Inc.,
(June 2021) - Capital One
(June 2018)
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