“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.”
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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.
“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.
Unlike ethnic or national communities, queer and trans people aren’t born into our histories. A lot of us have to struggle through years of confusion and pain before we discover a continuity of brothers, sisters and lovers.
“I want to celebrate the new, but I also feel an urgent need to document things before they are lost to history.”
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.
“All too often, trans history has been minimized or erased from the historical record.”
“He was an activist,” said Sara Burningham, producer of Making Gay History, a podcast about important figures in North American LGBTQ history.
“He was not a central activist but he was there at some really important moments in the civil rights struggle.
"But what’s become almost as important about him is that photograph.”
“It is my hope that educating students about the important roles LGBTQ individuals have played in our country will help them develop a deeper understanding of history and a more compassionate view of their peers,”
“We just wanted to honor these people,” said master’s of public history student GVGK Tang. “Those who passed away, and those who are still here…to honor their legacy and everything they’ve done for the community.”
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.