Title:
The book of awesome queer heroes : how the LGBTQ+ community changed the world for the better / Eric Rosswood and Kathleen Archambeau.
ISBN:
9781684816897
Personal Author:
Uniform Title:
We make it better
Publication Information:
Miami, FL : Mango Publishing, [2024]
©2024
Physical Description:
221 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
General Note:
"Previous edition published as: We Make It Better"--Title page verso.
Contents:
Part 1. Activism : Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera ; Kelley Robinson ; Bayard Rustin ; X González ; Nyle Di Marco ; Cecelia Maria Zarbo Wambach, PhD -- Part 2. Business : Beth Ford ; Rick Welts ; Suze Orman ; Tim Cook -- Part 3. The arts : Frida Kahlo ; Bill T. Jones ; Jin Xing -- Part 4. Film & television : Ru Paul ; Hannah Gadsby ; Ariana DeBose ; Daniela Vega ; Robin Roberts ; Chris Nee ; Sir Ian McKellen ; Margaret Cho ; The Wachowskis -- Part 5. Government & military : Harvey Milk ; Justice Mary Yu ; Pete Buttigieg ; Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir ; Leo Varadkar ; Eric Fanning ; Technical Sargeant Leonard P. Matlovich -- Part 6. Music : Brandi Carlile ; Sir Elton John ; k.d. lang ; Leonard Bernstein ; Ricky Martin ; Rob Halford -- Part 7. Religion : Camille Shira Angel ; Archbishop Carl Bean ; Bishop Gene Robinson -- Part 8. Science, health, and technology : Lynn Conway ; Admiral Rachel L. Levine, MD ; Alan Turing ; Sally Ride, PhD -- Part 9. Sports : Megan Rapinoe ; Billie Jean King ; Esera Tuaolo ; Jason Collins ; Stephen Alexander -- Part 10. Literature : James Baldwin ; Mary Oliver ; Oscar Wilde ; Tony Kushner.
Summary:
"The LGBTQ+ community has made countless positive impacts throughout history as scientists, world leaders, athletes, and entrepreneurs, and each one of them deserves to be celebrated in The Book of Awesome Queer Heroes into the history and achievements of famous queer icons, this LGBTQ+ book is a love letter to those who have brought love, positivity, and advancement into our society. Let author and activist Eric Rosswood and Kathleen Archambeau guide your discovery ofamazing facts about each historical figure and how their lives haveshaped ours in more ways than one"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Term:
OCLC Number:
on1473357151
Availability:
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