The LGBTQ + History Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

The LGBTQ+ History Book explores the rich and complex history of LGBTQ+ people around the world, featuring thought-provoking graphics, insightful quotes, and biographies of key figures. It covers significant events, movements, and cultural contributions, from Sappho to Kinsey, and offers a global perspective with a localizable directory. The book celebrates victories, untold triumphs, and tragedies, including Stonewall Riots, gender affirmation surgeries, and persecution. It also includes cultural cornerstones, such as polari, Black and Latine ballroom culture, and LGBTQ+ spaces, from 18th-century molly houses to modern gaybourhoods.

Format: Hardback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 06 April 2023
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd

Discover the rich and complex history of LGBTQ+ people around the world - their struggles,triumphs,and cultural contributions.

Exploring and explaining the most important ideas and events in LGBTQ+ history and culture,this book showcases the breadth of the LGBTQ+ experience. This diverse,global account explores the most important moments,movements,and phenomena,from the first known lesbian love poetry of Sappho to Kinsey's modern sexuality studies,and features biographies of key figures from Anne Lister to Audre Lorde.

Dive deep into the pages of The LGBTQ+ History book to discover: - Thought-provoking graphics and flow-charts demystify the central concepts behind key moments in LGBTQ+ history,from eromenos and erastes in the Ancient World to political lesbianism. - Features insightful quotes from leading historians,philosophers,cultural commentators,economists,anthropologists,sociologists,activists,and politicians. - Includes biography boxes and directory entries on the lives of important but lesser-known individuals,alongside well-known names including Sappho,Oscar Wilde,Anne Lister,Harvey Milk,and Marsha P. Johnson. - Global in scope with a localizable directory. The LGBTQ+ History Book celebrates the victories and untold triumphs of LGBTQ+ people throughout history,such as the Stonewall Riots and first gender affirmation surgeries,as well as commemorating moments of tragedy and persecution,from the Renaissance Italian Night Police to the 20th century Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy. The book also includes major cultural cornerstones - the secret language of polari,Black and Latine ballroom culture,and the many flags of the community - and the history of LGBTQ+ spaces,from 18th-century molly houses to modern gaybourhoods.

The LGBTQ+ History Book is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the history and culture of the LGBTQ+ community,from ancient times to the present day. It is an essential resource for anyone interested in learning more about this diverse and fascinating community,and will be of interest to students, scholars, activists, and anyone who wants to understand the LGBTQ+ experience better.

Weight: 1110g
Dimension: 240 x 202 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780241596265