Queer, there, and everywhere :
Material type: TextPublisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Edition: First editionDescription: 259 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780062474315; 0062474316Other title: Twenty three people who changed the worldSubject(s): Gay men -- Biography | Lesbians -- Biography | Gender identity | Sexual minorities -- Biography | Gay men | Gender identity | LesbiansGenre/Form: Biographies. | Biographies. | Biography. | Juvenile works. DDC classification: 306.766/0922 | 920.0086/64 LOC classification: HQ73 | .P73 2017Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-256).
[Table of contents]. Introduction -- Elagabalus -- Jeanne D'Arc -- Kristina Vasa -- Juana Inés de la Cruz -- Abraham Lincoln -- Albert Cashier -- Gertrude "Ma" Rainey -- Lili Elbe -- Frida Kahlo -- Mercedes de Acosta -- Eleanor Roosevelt -- Bayard Rustin -- Alan Turing -- Joseph Kohout -- José Sarria -- Del Martin & Phyllis Lyon -- Sylvia Rivera -- Renée Richards -- Harvey Milk -- Glenn Burke -- Mychal Judge -- George Takei -- Looking back, Moving forward -- Glossary -- Learn more -- Bibliography & notes -- Acknowledgements.
A LGBTQ chronicle for teens shares facts about 23 influential gay and gender-ambiguous notables from the era of the Roman Empire to the present, exploring how they defied convention to promote civil rights, pursue relationships on their own terms and shape culture.