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
Mia Yamamoto: "Liberation Day" [Expanded Cut]
Tori Cooper: "A Big Shift in Thinking"
Charley Burton: "This Is Who I Am"
Gil Gerald: "Part of the Agenda"
Beverly Little Thunder: "A Place for Ourselves at the Table"
Miguel Criado: "A Huge Liberation from Pain"
Short Videos
Sändra Washington: "Girl Scouts gave me that first feeling that women were strong."
Queer Black Yoruba/Ifa priestess and author Love TaShia Asanti: "Words are everything"
Indigenous ally & Oklahoman Peggy Blevins: "Just love them"
Black community organizer Mandy Carter: "I've seen the change that can happen"
Marriage equality lawsuit plaintiff David Wilson: "This is for us"
Duncan Teague: "It was on my business card"
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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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