All students do better when they receive a full picture of the past – and that includes LGBTQ history, says Eliza Byard, executive director of GLSEN. “There are periods of U.S. history that make a lot more sense when you include LGBT history,” she says.
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“When I was a teen, queer history helped me to get a sense of community and a sense of self, so I wanted this book to help make that more accessible to this generation of teens,” Prager said.
“I think it’s important for kids to learn about history in general, and that our history as the LGBTQ community is part of that history, and this needs to be recognized.”
Eric Marcus’s podcast, the third season of which premiered last week, uses each episode to dive deep into forgotten figures and events from the LGBTQ civil rights movement, as remembered by the people who lived it. It’s been downloaded in 206 countries and territories around the world, seen rave reviews, and made a number of best-of podcast lists.
‘In the early 20th century, Arabs were ashamed of their ancient history,’ [Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed, a gay imam] added. ‘They tried to purify it, censor it, to make it more masculine. There had to be nothing about femininity, homosexuality or anything. That’s how we got to how we are today.’
Welcome back to Sylvia’s kitchen, for the second part of a never-before-heard interview from 1989. Pull up a chair for a conversation with the Stonewall veteran and trans rights pioneer who’s reflects on a life of activism while she cooks a pot of chili.
“All too often, trans history has been minimized or erased from the historical record.”
“We’re in this fog and we have a responsibility to learn what that history was or how people found community together, as queers, as people of color, and spaces,” Cole said.
When I first learned about the dance of the 41, I thought, “How has no one done an exposé on this story?” “Why haven’t we learned about this in our history books? Why don’t we use this as fuel for change?”
Happy birthday to Frida Kahlo The legendary Mexican artist would have been 111 today. Her work has inspired generations of artists. Frida occasionally wore men’s clothing and was proudly bisexual — despite the world being hostile to LGBTQ people in the early 20th century. 📸: #NickolasMuray The first portrait was taken by Frida’s father, Guillermo Kahlo, in 1926.