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OUTWORDS captures, preserves, and shares the stories of LGBTQIA2S+ elders, to build community and catalyze social change.
MILESTONES IN QUEER HISTORY
Introducing below a selection of our interviews featuring major events in LGBTQIA2S+ history, from the elders who were there.
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Short Interview Videos
Chicano artist Joey Terrill: "Warts and All"
Trans ally and PFLAG mom Marsha Aizumi: "Deeper Connections"
Two-spirit artist L. Frank: "Unveiling What Has Already Been There"
Openly lesbian mayor Judy Abdo: "Normal to Me"
Social Media Videos
Queer Latinx Artist Joey Terrill: "I'm going to keep on doing the art that I'm doing"
Gay uncle Reverend Robert Arrington: "I took the bumps from her"
Jewelle Gomez, lesbian vampire novelist, and Charlotte, 11th grade: “Your words touch other people”
Donna Sachet, Drag entertainer and activist: "Push against your fears." #DragQueen #queerpodcast
“I cried when I went home”: Gay Liberation Front and Lavender Menace member Karla Jay #lesbian
Queer writer & disability activist Kenny Fries: “The disability rights movement did not just happen”
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THE BOOK OF PRIDE
LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World
BY MASON FUNK
Meet the leaders and activists on the front lines of the LGBTQ movement, from the 1960s to the present, through stunning interviews and compelling black and white photographs compiled and presented by OUTWORDS. The 75 individuals featured in THE BOOK OF PRIDE – including marriage pioneer Evan Wolfson, trans icon Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Stonewall-era rabble-rouser Mark Segal and legendary Anti-DADT activist Grethe Cammermeyer – fought…
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