An exploration of queer history and disruptors
All too often LGBTQIA+ people are left out of or misrepresented in history. This project aims to play a part in rectifying the problem. As you engage with this website, I hope to inspire you to see the value of lesser-known history and seek out more knowledge for yourself. By no means is this, or could ever be, an exhaustive source for queer history. It is my interpretations as I learn more myself.
"Queer" is used throughout this project as a resignified term comprising sexual and gender identities that are non-heterosexual or non-cisgender.
Image retrieved from Out Magazine. Miss Major Griffin-Gracy is a trans activist who has worked for decades to disrupt oppression,...
Image retrieved from the Obama White House Archives. Bayard Rustin is one of the biggest inspirations for this project, a hero I have...
Image retrieved from CKOM. The font theme chosen for this project is “Pulse,” one word that reminds many in the LGBTQIA+ community of one...
Sean Driscoll (he/him)
Temple University student majoring in Communication Studies with a track in Policy, Regulation & Advocacy along with an International Communication Concentration and English Minor
Photo Courtesy of Ketterick Waddell
