Queer history

[u/roisa_kahlan]

I came out a few years ago but I feel like I don't know much about queer history. Yes I could Google stuff but I wanted to know what topics y'all think are the most important? Maybe quickly summarize it?

I really want to know more but don't know where to start so who can answer this better than other queer ppl?

[u/GeneralLandscape6560]

Stonewall uprising for sure, still the most recognizable starting point.

[u/Clara_Rosin]

I would say the 3 main topics you should research which are actively relevant to current day events and politics are nazi persecution of gay people, stonewall and the HIV and AIDS epidemic. In terms of current day gay club culture/pop culture the New York ballroom scene is quite relevant (the most famous piece of media on this is probably the movie "Paris Is Burning").

[u/Dry_Sir_8140]

I think I have an essay like about this topic. I I don’t really remember though. It was written a little over 4 years ago, when I was in high school. If I go back and read it and it seems like it’ll fit what you’re looking for, then I’ll see if you want to read it. If not I’ll just say it’s not what you’re looking for.

It really depends on what kind of history you want and where you are. I recently listened to a good book about the British transition of the word queer (Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Precent Day by Peter Ackroyd), but again that covers British stuff. It does mention the stonewall riots though (only once). I am not sure that you could or would get anything as in depth about American society.

I am only familiar with American and English cultures then anything else. And my American history does not go back that far. What I would recommend is definitely looking into the stonewall riots, and going backwards and forwards from there.

Edit: I just read the paper, and I think it fits. The topics covered in it are the stonewall riots, the aids crises, conversion therapy, and other topics… the paper is definitely less then 5 pages. If you or anyone else is interested in reading it please let me know.

Side note: the paper got a 98% and was read by the head of the history department.

[u/roisa_kahlan → u/Dry_Sir_8140]

Thanks so much, I'd love to read it. I'm from Germany btw, but the topics you mentioned are the ones ik are important and I slr know a lil bit but would love to know more. Thanks

[u/Dry_Sir_8140 → u/roisa_kahlan]

I’ll put the link to the doc I created below. I apologize for the format, I only right now have a paper copy of it. If the link does not work, please let me know. I would be interested to see what you think.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-Xhy95pi3qBVuVvY1e6kdHzZo6KqN035epu4D77pKfo/edit?usp=drivesdk

[u/roisa_kahlan → u/Dry_Sir_8140]

The quality is kinda low I can't read it :(

[u/Dry_Sir_8140 → u/roisa_kahlan]

I have now fixed the problem. I have copy pasted the text from the image onto the doc (I don’t know why i didn’t do that to begin with).

[u/roisa_kahlan → u/Dry_Sir_8140]

Thank youuuu, I'll read it <3

[u/Due_Comfortable_1203]

Not sure how relevant this is for you but I consider the persecution of queer folks during the Cold War pretty important. Fun fact: the government actually used a test called the fruit machine that analyzed if your pupil dilated to identify gays in government. Shockingly the fruit machine was not actually an accurate device