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Great LGBTQ+ Speeches

Empowering Voices That Engage And Inspire
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Great LGBTQ+ Speeches is a pioneering collection of over 40 empowering and influential speeches that chart the history of the LGBTQ+ movement. Read the powerful words of Audre Lorde, Harvey Milk, Munroe Bergdorf, Sir Elton John, and more. Together, these speakers touch on all aspects of... Read More
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Great LGBTQ+ Speeches is a book of empowering speeches celebrating the LGBTQ+ community in their own words. This influential collection spans from the 19th century up to the modern day.

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Great LGBTQ+ Speeches is a pioneering collection of over 40 empowering and influential speeches that chart the history of the LGBTQ+ movement. Read the powerful words of Audre Lorde, Harvey Milk, Munroe Bergdorf, Sir Elton John, and more. Together, these speakers touch on all aspects of LGBTQ+ life, from equal marriage to the AIDS crisis, bullying to parenthood, and from the first 19th-century campaigns through to trans rights allyship today.

We are stronger when we stand together, and this collection from award-winning activist Tea Uglow encourages us to do just that whilst celebrating the beauty of our differences.

Pour through a pioneering collection of talks, declarations, and lectures from people whose voices have too often been marginalised.

Read over 40 empowering and influential speeches that chart the history of the LGBTQ+ movement up to the present day.

Take in striking photographic portraits with insightful introductions, offering essential context, fresh insights, and a nuanced understanding that brings each character and their words to life.

The voices: Audre Lorde; Harvey Milk; Munroe Bergdorf; Sir Elton John; Sir Ian McKellen; George Takei; Sylvia Rivera; Bayard Rustin; Elizabeth Toledo; Alison Bechdel; Loretta E. Lynch; Hanne Gaby Odiele; Vito Russo; Tammy Baldwin; Hillary Rodham Clinton; Barak Obama; Senator Karl Heinrich Ulrichs; Robert G. Ingersoll; Theodora Ana Sprungli; Franklin "Frank" Kameny; Sally Gearhart; Harry Hay; Sue Hyde; Mary Fisher; Essex Hemphill; Simon Nkoli; Urvashi Vaid; Eric Rofes; Justice Michael Kirby; Evan Wolfson; Paul Martin; Ian Hunter; Dan Savage and Terry Miller; Rabbi Kleinbaum; Penny Wong; Arsham Parsi; Anna Grodzka; Debi Jackson; Jรณhanna Sigurรฐardรณttir; Lee Mokobe; Ban Ki-moon; Geraldine Roman; Cecilia Chung; Olly Alexander.

This book explains and celebrates key moments in the history of the LGBTQ+ community. It's an inclusive overview of important thought leaders and their backgrounds. Packed with inspiring stories of heroism against the odds, this collection of speeches has the power itself to influence society by spreading the progressive words of its featured speakers.

'Tea Uglow has created a visually pleasing and emphatic collection that is as educational as it is easy on the eyes! Whether you leisurely flip through the pages or devour the entire collection in one sitting, Great Queer Speeches will be a timeless read.' - The Nerd Daily

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780711275010

Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 April 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: White Lion Publishing

Contributors:

  • Foreword by Peter Tatchell
  • Illustrated by Jack Holland

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 200.0mm

Weight: 350g

Pages: 176

About the Author

Tea Uglow is Creative Director for Google's Creative Lab in Sydney. She works with cultural and creative organisations around the world exploring the space between technology and the arts and what can happen when they intersect. An experienced public speaker, Tea's TedX talk on the contrast between the screen-based world we live in and the organic world we say we love, has been viewed over 1.5m times. In May 2016 she spoke at the Sydney Writers Festival on Doubt as a creative catalyst; during the talk Tea acknowledged that she was transgender and transitioning, the talk was made into a book and is available as a podcast. In May 2018 Tea was celebrated as one of Australia's #OUT50LGBTQ Leaders by Deloitte.

Peter Tatchell has campaigned for human rights, democracy, global justice and LGBT+ freedom for over 50 years. He is Director of the Peter Tatchell Foundation. To find out more about Peter and his Foundations life-changing work visit PeterTatchellFoundation.org and follow Peter on Twitter @PeterTatchell.Jack Holland is an illustrator and graduate of Falmouth University, UK. His work is inspired by people and the shapes and forms of everyday life.

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