Elvis Bakaitis is a queer historian and comics/arts educator. An active board member of CLAGS: The Center for LGBTQ Studies, and a Coordinator at the Lesbian Herstory Archives, they are committed to bringing queer history to public audiences. 

As a 2022 Visiting Scholar at the University of Victoria’s Transgender Archives, Bakaitis explored the philanthropic activism of Reed Erickson. Their research is additionally supported by grants from Harvard University, Duke University, Rockefeller Archive Center, and the American Library Association. 

Their illustrations have appeared in publications such as Women's Studies Quarterly (WSQ), Sinister Wisdom, and the book "Queer Yoga" (2021, North Atlantic Books, distributed by Penguin Random House). 

They've presented at: 

Museums: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The New-York Historical Society, The Whitney Museum of American Art, Brooklyn Museum

Colleges & Universities: Barnard College, Mount Holyoke College, Bard College, SUNY New Paltz, The New School, Rutgers University, Ohio State University, Tufts University, Stony Brook University, Pace University, Long Island University, Hunter College, City College, John Jay College for Criminal Justice

Bookstores, Libraries, and Senior Centers: Bluestockings Bookstore, Wooden Shoe Books, Firestorm Bookstore, Brooklyn Public Library, SAGE: Service & Advocacy for Elders

. . . and many more fine locations!