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
L. Frank: "Unveiling What Has Already Been There"
Don Bachardy: "An Identity of My Own"
Omi and Sharon: "I love how much she loves us"
Mia Yamamoto: "Liberation Day" [Expanded Cut]
Beverly Little Thunder: "A Place for Ourselves at the Table"
Tori Cooper: "A Big Shift in Thinking"
Short Videos
AAPI LGBTQ+ Researcher Connie Chan: “Courage and Resilience”
Trans Trailblazer Elizabeth Coffey-Williams: "You were born with the right to be happy."
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"
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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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