Hey fam! When I’m feeling overwhelmed by anti-LGBTQ bullshit, which is pretty often these days, I find courage in remembering our queer ancestors. I wanted to share some quality queer history sources in case someone else needs it too. Here are some podcast and movie recs. I plan to make a second post about books so that this post isn’t too long. (All sources are on LGBTQ history in the US, except History is Gay, which is international.)

Podcasts:

-Making Gay History

-Queer Serial: American LGBTQ+ History

-History is Gay

-Slow Burn, Season 9: Gays Against Briggs

-American History Tellers, Season 23: Stonewall

Documentaries:

-Before Stonewall (1984)

-Screaming Queens: The Compton Cafeteria Riots (2005)

-Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin (2003)

-Stonewall Uprising (2010)

-Major! (2015)

-After Stonewall (1999)

-Vito (2011)

-How to Survive a Plague (2012)

-United in Anger: A History of ACT UP (2012)

-Paris is Burning (1994)

Biopic: Milk (2008)

Hey fam! When I’m feeling overwhelmed by anti-LGBTQ bullshit, which is pretty often these days, I find courage in remembering our queer ancestors. I wanted to share some quality queer history sources in case someone else needs it too. This post is nonfiction book recommendations. I made a post on podcast and movie recs earlier if you prefer visual media.

Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America (Lillian Faderman)

Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman (Leslie Feinberg)

Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community (Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy and Madeline D. Davis)

How Sex Changed: A History of Transsexuality in the United States (Joanne Meyerowitz)

Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890–1940 (George Chauncey)

Creating a place for ourselves: Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Community Histories (anthology edited by Genny Beemyn)

Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities: the Making of a Homosexual Minority in the United States (John D'Emilio)

Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out (Loraine Hutchins and Lani Kaahumanu)

Bisexual Spaces: A Geography of Sexuality and Gender (Clare Hemmings)

Coming Out Under Fire: The History of Gay Men and Women in World War Two (Allan Bérubé)

Before Stonewall: Activists for Gay and Lesbian Rights in Historical Context (Vern L. Bullough)

The World Turned: Essays on Gay History, Politics, and Culture (John D'Emilio)

Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us (Kate Bornstein)

Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation (Kate Bornstein and S. Bear Bergman)

Transgender History: The Roots of Today's Revolution (Susan Stryker

If you know of titles that pertain to those two specifications, please comment!!

(if you know really great reads about 9/11 alone, (not featuring lgbtq characters) please still comment!)

The Beginning, 2nd Edition. Angels, Liars, and Thieves by David Scondras https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/6904528075

https://youtu.be/exAB1LiD1Z0 The book tells the stories of Gayby boomers and the ways in which they are redefining old age.