Trump's Administration Wants to Erase Queer History. An Unconventional Book Club Is Fighting Back

Trump's Administration Wants to Erase Queer History. An Unconventional Book Club Is Fighting Back

"Drag Race" star Miss Peppermint is coleading Queer History 101, a virtual book club merging stories of queer resistance with community.

A gay historian on the importance of teaching LGBTQ history

We are living in a time when the freedom to teach the true content of history is being challenged across the nation at all levels. I cannot overemphasize the importance of simply teaching the truth of our nation’s history—its events and its people—because of the impact it can have in moving people toward self-acceptance, pride and a better understanding of each other.

Trump's Administration Needs to Erase Queer Historical past. An Unconventional Guide Membership Is Combating Again

“Queer historical past, it is all the time a historical past of resistance, as a result of that is what queerness is,” he provides. Whether or not it’s sexual or gender id, being queer is non-normative. “Establishments, even well-meaning ones, even colleges that attempt actually laborious, even nice public colleges, they’re invested in a model of historical past that is from the highest down. And queer historical past isn’t that manner.” Ryan sa…