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A review by lilyrooke
Great LGBTQ+ Speeches: Empowering Voices That Engage And Inspire by Tea Uglow
4.0
A pioneering collection of over 40 empowering and influential speeches that chart the history of the LGBTQ+ movement, Great LGBTQ+ Speeches provides an excellent introduction to the history of the queer movement, charting the 19th century to contemporary issues. The essays are all short and accessible, with a nice introduction given to each individual. Mostly the text is US-centric, although there are some contributors from other countries e.g. the UK, South Africa, Germany, Canada, Australia, and Iceland. I particularly enjoyed the speeches by Harvey Milk and Ian McKellen, which felt incredibly contemporary considering they were delivered decades ago. There are also some speeches delivered by allies, mostly politicians, which I think is reassuring to see those in power who are fighting for this cause. Overall, a very good introduction that I would recommend to others.
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; Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir; Lee Mokobe; Ban Ki-moon; Geraldine Roman; Cecilia Chung; Olly Alexander.
I am grateful to the publisher and NetGalley for providing an ARC of this book.
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; Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir; Lee Mokobe; Ban Ki-moon; Geraldine Roman; Cecilia Chung; Olly Alexander.
I am grateful to the publisher and NetGalley for providing an ARC of this book.