Nevertheless, this well-paced history offers an engaging survey of a movement-and of individuals working to help “LGBTQ+ people in all their diversity to be visible, proud, and safe.” Includes a foreword by actor Layton Williams and back matter with a glossary, index, and further information. Though the book’s lively scrapbook feel is largely engaging, it occasionally jars, as on a spread that juxtaposes a cartoon image of barbed wire with a 1938 photograph of gay concentration camp prisoners. Additional boxes provide one-line biographies of lesser-known figures, while first-person interstitials from queer youth anchor Pride firmly in the present. About Pride: An Inspirational History of the LGBTQ+ Movement Take pride in who you are This inspiring history of the LGBTQ+ community enlightens young readers on the true timeline of LGBTQ+ history around the world, the lives of important figures like Harvey Milk, and iconic events like Stonewall. Profiles of queer luminaries dot each section, including of Marlene Dietrich, Lili Elbe, Marsha P. Bolstered by timelines, the primer details LGBTQ rights over time, including periods of advancement and backlash, Pride’s beginnings, and the HIV/AIDS crisis, among other topics. Caldwell’s wide-ranging, clearly contextualized account of LGBTQ history, told across seven chapters, begins with “evidence of same-sex love in almost all ancient civilizations” and follows through to today. This inspirational history of the international LGBTQ+ movement will teach readers to accept and have pride in themselves and others, whatever their sexuality.
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