I made this piece in honor of all the queer folks that came before us, especially the gender nonconforming ones. Many are not famous or well known, and that is on purpose. It hangs on my wall.
People mentioned here: Billy Tipton, Murray Hall, Charley Parkhurst, Joseph Israel Lobdell, John Smith and James Pratt, Mademoiselle de Beaumont, Lili Elbe, Kuchek Hanem, We'wha, Olha Koby Iianska, Akiko Uosano, Marcela Gracia Ibeas and Elisa Sanchez Loriga, Bayard Ruston, Yukio, Arthur Berloget, Bowery Queen, Zimri Lim, Ela, Sylvia Brake, James Clay, Albert Cashier, Public Universal Friend, Jack Bee Garland, Mary Jones, Thomas Hall, Boulton and Park, Sammy Williams, Nell Pickerell
#queer history#lgbt#lgbtq#lgbtqia#lgbt pride#lgbtq community#gay history#queer#pride#Billy Tipton#Murray Hall#Charley Parkhurst#Joseph Israel Lobdell#John Smith and James Pratt#Mademoiselle de Beaumont#Lili Elbe#Kuchek Hanem#We'wha#Olha Koby Iianska#Akiko Uosano#Marcela Gracia Ibeas and Elisa Sanchez Loriga#Bayard Ruston#Yukio#Arthur Berloget#Bowery Queen#Zimri Lim#Ela#Sylvia Brake#James Clay#Albert Cashier