We Are Everywhere
Protest, Power, and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation
(Sprache: Englisch)
Have pride in history. A rich and sweeping photographic history of the Queer Liberation Movement, from the creators and curators of the massively popular Instagram account LGBT History.
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Have pride in history. A rich and sweeping photographic history of the Queer Liberation Movement, from the creators and curators of the massively popular Instagram account LGBT History.If you think the fight for justice and equality only began in the streets outside Stonewall, with brave patrons of a bar fighting back, you need to read We Are Everywhere right now. Anderson Cooper
Through the lenses of protest, power, and pride, We Are Everywhere is an essential and empowering introduction to the history of the fight for queer liberation. Combining exhaustively researched narrative with meticulously curated photographs, the book traces queer activism from its roots in late-nineteenth-century Europe long before the pivotal Stonewall Riots of 1969 to the gender warriors leading the charge today.
Featuring more than 300 images from more than seventy photographers and twenty archives, this inclusive and intersectional book enables us to truly see queer history unlike anything before, with glimpses of activism in the decades preceding and following Stonewall, family life, marches, protests, celebrations, mourning, and Pride. By challenging many of the assumptions that dominate mainstream LGBTQ+ history, We Are Everywhere shows readers how they can and must honor the queer past in order to shape our liberated future.
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Seeing Queer HistoryThere s a sign hanging in the John J. Wilcox, Jr. Archives in Philadelphia YOU ARE GAY HISTORY that lets those who enter the space know they ve come home. Queer archives the Wilcox, the Lesbian Herstory Archives in Brooklyn, the Botts Collection of LGBT History in Houston, the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives at USC in L.A., San Francisco s GLBT Historical Society, Gerber/Hart Library and Archives in Chicago, and New York City s LGBT Community Center National History Archive, among others are some of the few distinctly and specifically queer spaces left in the world. In these places, you re surrounded by miles of materials books, banners, periodicals, papers, photographs, and ephemera all of which point to a truth that members of the dominant culture take for granted: you ve always been here, you always will be here, and you are everywhere.
In his seminal book Gay New York, Professor George Chauncey tells of when the Dean of the Harlem Renaissance, Dr. Alain LeRoy Locke, sent poet Countee Cullen a copy of Edward Carpenter s Ioläus, a 1917 anthology outlining the cultural tradition of romantic male friendship and love. Cullen reported back that he d read the book in one sitting; the history, he said, made that which people called unnatural seem natural, even beautiful. I loved myself in it, Cullen wrote. Today, in cities around the world, archivists and volunteers maintain spaces in which queer people can love themselves and all those who made their lives possible. These places need you, and you need these places.
On Veterans Day 2015, we Matthew and Leighton knew almost nothing about queer history, so it s tough to explain why we ended up at the unveiling of Frank Kameny s headstone. As a gay couple in D.C., we knew of Kameny, and, while the rest of the city paused to honor those who d served in the military, we thought it fitting to pay tribute specifically to a queer vet. Gathered at
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Congressional Cemetery, the small crowd listened as speakers remembered Kameny, the curmudgeonly, brilliant gay rights leader, and we were introduced to a history of which we d barely heard, details we d never considered, and people whose names we didn t know, although they d dedicated their lives to queer liberation. By the end, we felt overwhelmed, isolated, and angry; we didn t know our history.
That s how it started.
Matthew killed time reading old queer periodicals he found online, while Leighton scoured the Internet for queer photographers and photographs. Looking at the pictures together, we d get lost for hours; we had a visceral, emotional reaction, as if we d discovered a family album full of people to whom we were deeply connected infinitely indebted and about whom we knew next to nothing. While everyone says a picture is worth a thousand words, that assumes, as William Saroyan wrote, you can look at the picture and say or think the thousand words. In the beginning, we didn t know what the images said; we didn t have the words. We didn t know that the queen with the stone-cold stare was Lee Brewster, who helped create Gay Liberation in New York City only to be forgotten; we didn t know that the badass butch in L.A. was Jeanne Córdova, who seemed always to be on the right side of history; and we didn t know that the militant AIDS activist from Chicago was Ortez Alderson, whose militance was legendary long before AIDS. Only with time and research did the words and images align.
What began as a hobby became an obsession: we had to figure out as many details about as many photographs as we could; that, in turn, led to atlgbt_history, the I
That s how it started.
Matthew killed time reading old queer periodicals he found online, while Leighton scoured the Internet for queer photographers and photographs. Looking at the pictures together, we d get lost for hours; we had a visceral, emotional reaction, as if we d discovered a family album full of people to whom we were deeply connected infinitely indebted and about whom we knew next to nothing. While everyone says a picture is worth a thousand words, that assumes, as William Saroyan wrote, you can look at the picture and say or think the thousand words. In the beginning, we didn t know what the images said; we didn t have the words. We didn t know that the queen with the stone-cold stare was Lee Brewster, who helped create Gay Liberation in New York City only to be forgotten; we didn t know that the badass butch in L.A. was Jeanne Córdova, who seemed always to be on the right side of history; and we didn t know that the militant AIDS activist from Chicago was Ortez Alderson, whose militance was legendary long before AIDS. Only with time and research did the words and images align.
What began as a hobby became an obsession: we had to figure out as many details about as many photographs as we could; that, in turn, led to atlgbt_history, the I
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Autoren-Porträt von Matthew Riemer, Leighton Brown
Matthew Riemer and Leighton Brown, creators of Instagram s LGBT History, live in Washington, D.C., where Leighton is an attorney and Matthew, a former attorney, is a writer and lecturer. They enjoy fighting fascists, spending time with their dog, and disrupting fundamentalists worldviews. We Are Everywhere is the couple s first book.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Matthew Riemer , Leighton Brown
- 2019, 368 Seiten, Maße: 23,7 x 30,7 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Ten Speed Press
- ISBN-10: 0399581812
- ISBN-13: 9780399581816
- Erscheinungsdatum: 10.09.2019
Sprache:
Englisch
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Probably the best coffee-table book ever created. Los Angeles Review of BooksAn impassioned photographic tour of an ever-changing, increasingly vocal and insistently resilient LGBTQ community and culture, from nineteenth century ideology to contemporary conversations around intersectionality. The New York Times
Meticulous research accompanies indelible images depicting ferocious outrage, glorious celebration, and profound mourning, making this an essential reference for generations to come. Gay & Lesbian Review
Carefully curated to present a fresh view of queer history. USA Today
This rich compendium of images, stories, and reflections carries readers into the future of queer liberation. Publishers Weekly
A beautiful, crucial, and engaging celebration of the queer community and our history. Blair Imani, author of Modern HERstory
More than a history book and more than a collection of photographs, We Are Everywhere is a chance to experience the queer past in all its complicated shades Riemer and Brown show us the radicals, the bisexuals, the gender warriors, the women, the people of color, and the militants who have always led the fight for liberation We Are Everywhere is both an amazing look at where we ve been and an important reminder of where we need to go. Travon Free, writer and comedian
[This] important book chronicles the amazing history of queer resistance so that every queer person, young and old, can see their history and know we are everywhere. Tyler Oakley, activist and author of Binge
If Riemer and Brown s book proves anything throughout its deeply poignant pages, it's that we all truly need each other. Daniel Nicoletta, author of LGBT San Francisco
This book is an essential rewriting of queer history according to our own terms. Garrard Conley, author of Boy Erased
We Are Everywhere [is] a topical, timely, and timeless
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resource. In the book s intersectional showcasing of the under-recognized and the unforgettable, the roots of our activism, anger, and community are more important and profound than ever queer history comes alive in the pages of this tremendous collection. Rhys Ernst, filmmaker
We Are Everywhere is an invaluable brick in the foundation of our collective LGBTQ+ history, and a vivid reminder that queer people have a joyful, complicated, and inspiring history. I am so grateful this book exists. Dustin Lance Black, activist and filmmaker
Open this book to any page and there will be something you ve never seen, something you ve never heard of, or something to fill you with ideas. Avram Finkelstein, artist, writer, and activist
These stunning photographs many never before published convey the fierce diversity, defiance, sorrow, and joy of queer life across the twentieth century. Along with the lively tour of the last century of LGBTQ politics in the accompanying text, they will change the way you see the queer past. George Chauncey, author of Gay New York
We Are Everywhere is a handbook for action, cherishing those who risked so much, and is a living bridge between our communities of the past and present This is history that reaches into the now with a visual richness that makes memory a living body. Joan Nestle, co-founder of the Lesbian Herstory Archives
We Are Everywhere is an invaluable brick in the foundation of our collective LGBTQ+ history, and a vivid reminder that queer people have a joyful, complicated, and inspiring history. I am so grateful this book exists. Dustin Lance Black, activist and filmmaker
Open this book to any page and there will be something you ve never seen, something you ve never heard of, or something to fill you with ideas. Avram Finkelstein, artist, writer, and activist
These stunning photographs many never before published convey the fierce diversity, defiance, sorrow, and joy of queer life across the twentieth century. Along with the lively tour of the last century of LGBTQ politics in the accompanying text, they will change the way you see the queer past. George Chauncey, author of Gay New York
We Are Everywhere is a handbook for action, cherishing those who risked so much, and is a living bridge between our communities of the past and present This is history that reaches into the now with a visual richness that makes memory a living body. Joan Nestle, co-founder of the Lesbian Herstory Archives
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