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• Thursday, February 5 @ Moore Library

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  This series will feature content from History UnErased’s educational modules that spotlight lesser-known influential queer icons whose actions and impacts are often left out of historical narratives.

• Friday, February 6 @ Fern Hill Branch

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  It will also include activities like trivia, zine making, and discussions about the representation of LGBTQ+ individuals in the arts, culture, and heritage, along with the broader implications of representation.

• The Art of Drag

  Hall, Jake,

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  Discover the stories of the LGBTQ+ pioneers who helped drag to metamorphose from vaudeville act to international phenomenon.

• Athlete Is Agender

  True Stories of LGBTQ+ People in Sports

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  Revels in the achievements of strong, passionate, and determined LGBTQ+ athletes across every age, level, and field of sports, including Adam Rippon (figure skating), CeCé Telfer (track), and Megan Rapinoe (soccer).

• Beyond They/them

  20 Influential Nonbinary and Gender-diverse People You Should Know

  Dickson, Em,

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  A guide to celebrities, activists, musicians, and other influential people of various identities across the nonbinary spectrum, complete with illustrations by artist Cameron Mukwa.

• It Rhymes With Takei

  Takei, George, 1937-

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  Graphic memoir. Takei shares the full story of his life in the closet, his decision to come out as gay in 2005 at the age of 68, and the way that moment transformed everything.

• A Queer History of the United States for Young People

  Bronski, Michael,

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  Queer history didn’t start with Stonewall. This book explores how LGBTQ people have always been a part of U.S. national identity, contributing to the country and culture for over 400 years.

• Pauli Murray

  the Life of a Pioneering Feminist and Civil Rights Activist

  Stevens-Holsey, Rosita,

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  Written in verse, this biography chronicles the life of a queer civil rights and women's rights activist who fought for many of the rights taken for granted today.

• Queer Latine Heroes

  25 Changemakers From Latin America and the U.S. From History and Today

  Aguilar, Sofia,

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  Biographies of 25 individuals, from Mexican Revolution heroes to ballroom stars, celebrating their activism and creativity, illustrated by local artist Vaquero Azul.

• Screaming Queens

  The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria

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  Documentary telling the little-known story of the first known act of collective, violent resistance to the social oppression of queer people in the U.S.—in San Francisco, three years before New York's Stonewall.

• Singled Out

  the True Story of Glenn Burke

  Maraniss, Andrew,

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  Recounts Burke's childhood in Oakland, his journey to the MLB and the World Series, the joy in discovering who he really was, to more difficult times: facing injury, addiction, and the AIDS epidemic.

• So Many Stars

  An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-spirit People of Color

  De Robertis, Caro,

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  Collects the testimonies of 20 elders who each share authentic, intimate accounts of how they created space for themselves and their communities in the world

• T'ain't Nobody's Bizness

  Queer Blues Divas of the 1920s

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  Narrated by poet and novelist Jewelle Hunter, this documentary explores the lives of Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, and Alberta Hunter.

• Trans History

  From Ancient Times to the Present Day

  Combs, Alex L.,

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  Graphic nonfiction. In addition to individual profiles, the book explores some of the societal roles played by trans people beginning in ancient times and shows how European ideas about gender were spread across the globe.