Book Launch: Tim Stewart-Winter’s OUTED, in conversation with Hugh Ryan

Tim Stewart-Winter’s book OUTED, covers the arrest and aftermath of Lyndon B. Johnson’s longest-serving and most trusted advisor, Walter Jenkins. In 1964, Jenkins was arrested for soliciting sex in a YMCA bathroom near the White House. The scandal blasted across the front pages of major US newspapers, becoming a watershed in making straight America aware of queer life. Stewart-Winter is joined by Hugh Ryan, historian and co-host of the Queer History 101 podcast, for a conversation about the conditions of queer folks during the “Walter Jenkins affair” and its political and cultural aftershocks.

Copies of Outed will be available for purchase. Both authors will be available after the event for a signing.

Timothy Stewart-Winter is a historian of sexuality, gender, and politics in modern America. His research examines LGBTQ activism and public policy, electoral and presidential politics, and the shifting public meanings of private life. He is the author of Outed: LBJ’s Confidant and the Arrest That Transformed a Presidency and Queer Clout: Chicago and the Rise of Gay Politics. His writing has appeared in publications including The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Slate, and leading historical journals.

Hugh Ryan is a writer, historian, and curator in New York City. With the multi-talented Peppermint, he is also the host of Queer History 101, the bookclub & podcast from Allstora.com.