Jake regularly speaks to audiences ranging from high school and college classes to community centers, corporations, and government agencies about the importance of LGBTQ+ history.
To see information about upcoming events, see the EVENTS page.
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
- 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
- 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 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
- Konica Minolta
(October 2022) - Plaid, Inc.,
(June 2021) - Capital One Financial Corporation
(June 2018)

Please note that all speaking engagements and consultations are done in Dr. Newsome’s personal capacity as a public scholar,
and are not affiliated with his employer in any way.