Anne Balay
Anne Balay is an American labor historian. A former professor at Indiana University Northwest, she is best known for her oral history collections of LGBT workers: Steel Closets (2014) and Semi Queer (2018).
Biography
After graduating from
In 2014, she published
In 2018, she published another book, Semi Queer: Inside the World of Gay, Trans, and Black Truck Drivers, a collection of oral histories of LGBT and Black truck drivers;[9] Balay had spent some time working as a truck driver after failing to obtain tenure at IU Northwest.[2] In 2019, the book was a non-winning finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Studies at the 31st Lambda Literary Awards.[10]
In August 2022, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced that Balay was one of the first sixteen people appointed to its Women of Trucking Advisory Board.[11] Balay was the only higher education organizer for Service Employees International Union Local 1 until she was laid off on January 31, 2023.[12]
Balay has two children.[3]
Publications
- Steel Closets (2014)[13]
- Semi Queer (2018)[14]
Awards
Year | Title | Award | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | Steel Closets | Sara A. Whaley Prize | Won | [7] |
2015 | N/A | Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Award | [8] | |
2019 | Semi Queer | Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Studies | Nominated | [10] |
References
- ^ a b c d Balay, Anne. "Anne Balay". LinkedIn. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
- ^ a b Nagler, Brooke (2019). "The open road". The University of Chicago Magazine. Archived from the original on July 9, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
- ^ a b c "BIO". www.annebalay.com. Archived from the original on July 9, 2023. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
- ^ Flaherty, Colleen (December 5, 2013). "Indiana U. Northwest Professor Says She Was Denied Tenure for Being Gay". Inside Higher Ed. Archived from the original on July 10, 2023. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
- ^ "Steel Closets | Anne Balay". University of North Carolina Press. Archived from the original on July 9, 2023. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
- ^ Puente, Michael (June 2, 2014). "Life in Northwest Indiana's steel closet". WBEZ. Archived from the original on July 10, 2023. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
- ^ a b "Whaley Prize Recipients". National Women's Studies Association. Archived from the original on July 11, 2023. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
- ^ from the original on July 9, 2023. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
- ^ "Semi Queer | Anne Balay". University of North Carolina Press. Archived from the original on July 9, 2023. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
- ^ a b "31st Annual Lammy Finalists". Lambda Literary. March 7, 2019. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
- ^ "FMCSA appoints Women of Trucking Advisory Board inaugural members". August 31, 2022. Archived from the original on December 7, 2022. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
- ^ Ostrow, Teddy (February 2, 2023). "SEIU Local 1 Lays off 10 Staffers Amid Allegations That Dues Remain Uncollected". In These Times. Archived from the original on July 9, 2023. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
- ^ Reviews of Steel Closets:
- Aptheker, Bettina (2015). "Hard Work and Overalls". The Women's Review of Books. 32 (2): 10–12. from the original on July 10, 2023. Retrieved July 10, 2023 – via JSTOR.
- Galoppe, Raul A. (2016). "Review of Steel Closets: Voices of Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Steelworkers, Balay Anne". Enterprise & Society. 17 (3): 696–699. from the original on July 10, 2023. Retrieved July 10, 2023 – via JSTOR.
- Krupat, Kitty (2015). "Review of Steel Closets: Voices of Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Steelworkers". Indiana Magazine of History. 111 (2): 186–188. from the original on July 10, 2023. Retrieved July 10, 2023 – via JSTOR.
- Lair, Liam (2015). "Steel Closets: Voices of Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Steelworkers by Anne Balay (review)". Oral History Review. 42 (1): 166–168. ISSN 1533-8592.
- Walther, Carol S. (2015). "Review of Steel Closets: Voices of Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Steelworkers". Gender and Society. 29 (6): 1023–1025. from the original on July 10, 2023. Retrieved July 10, 2023 – via JSTOR.
- ^ Reviews of Semi Queer:
- Davich, Jerry (July 21, 2018). "'Semi Queer' book reveals lives and struggles of gay, trans truck drivers". Archived from the original on July 10, 2023. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
- Golding, Victoria (2020). "Review of SEMI QUEER: INSIDE THE WORLD OF GAY, TRANS AND BLACK TRUCK DRIVERS". Oral History. 48 (1): 122–123. from the original on July 10, 2023. Retrieved July 10, 2023 – via JSTOR.
- Hollands, Joshua (September 1, 2020). "Semi Queer: Inside the World of Gay, Trans, and Black Truck Drivers by Anne Balay". Labor. 17 (3): 117–118. from the original on July 10, 2023. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
- Stone, Amy L. (2019). "Book Review: Semi Queer: Inside the World of Gay, Trans, and Black Truck Drivers". Men and Masculinities. 22 (3): 582–583. from the original on July 10, 2023. Retrieved July 10, 2023.