Tea Uglow 
Great LGBTQ+ Speeches [EPUB ebook] 
Empowering Voices That Engage And Inspire

Discover the inspiring voices that have changed our world, and started a new conversation.

 

A sister title to 
Great Women’s Speeches  (2021), and the pocket edition of 
Loud and Proud  (2020),
Great Queer Speeches is a pioneering collection of
over 40 empowering and influential speeches that chart the history of the LGBTQ+ movement .



Photocollage portraits and enlightening commentaries accompany the words of
Audre Lorde, Harvey Milk, Munroe Bergdorf, Sir Elton John and more. Together these speakers touch on all aspects of LGBTQ+ life from
equal marriage to the
AIDS crisis ,
bullying to
parenthood , the first 19th century campaigns through to
trans rights allyship today.




We are stronger when we stand together , and this collection from award-winning activist Tea Uglow encourages us to do just that whilst celebrating the beauty of our differences.

 

• Pour through a pioneering collection of talks, declarations and lectures , from people whose voices have too often been marginalised and the allies that support them; 


• Find over 40 empowering and influential speeches that chart the history of the LGBTQ+ movement up to the present day; 


• Each speech is presented with a striking photographic portrait and an insightful introduction, offering essential context , fresh insights and a nuanced understanding that brings each character and their words to life . 

The voices: Audre Lorde; Harvey Milk; Munroe Bergdorf; Sir Elton John; Sir Ian Mc Kellen; 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.

 

Daftar Isi

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword

Introduction

 

Karl Heinrich Ulrichs 1867

Robert G. Ingersoll 1892

Anna Rüling 1904

Sally Miller Gearhart 1972

Sylvia Rivera 1973

Franklin Kameny 1974

Audre Lorde 1977

Harvey Milk 1978

Harry Hay 1984

Bayard Rustin 1986

Sue Hyde 1988

Vito Russo 1988

Mary Fisher 1992

Sir Ian Mc Kellen 1988

Essex Hemphill 1990

Simon Nkoli 1990

Urvashi Vaid 1993

Eric Rofes 1997

Elizabeth Toledo 2000

Tammy Baldwin 2000

Justice Michael Kirby 2002

Evan Wolfson 2004

Paul Martin 2005

Ian Hunter 2009

Dan Savage & Terry Miller 2010

Arsham Parsi 2010

Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum 2010

Hillary Rodham Clinton 2011

Anna Grodzka 2013

George Takei 2014

Debi Jackson 2014

J.hanna Sigurđard.ttir 2014

Lee Mokobe 2015

Alison Bechdel 2015

Barak Obama 2015

Sir Elton John 2015

Ban Ki-moon 2015

Loretta E. Lynch 2016

Geraldine Roman 2016

Penny Wong 2017

Cecilia Chung 2018

Hanne Gaby Odiele 2018

Olly Alexander 2019

Munroe Bergdorf 2019

 

More Voices to Inspire

Credits

Acknowledgements

 

Tentang Penulis

Tea Uglow is Creative Director for Google’s Creative Lab in Sydney. She works with cultural and creative organisations around the world exploring the space between technology and the arts and what can happen when they intersect.   An experienced public speaker, Tea’s Ted X talk on the contrast between the screen-based world we live in and the organic world we say we love, has been viewed over 1.5m times. In May 2016 she spoke at the Sydney Writers Festival on Doubt as a creative catalyst; during the talk Tea acknowledged that she was transgender and transitioning, the talk was made into a book and is available as a podcast.    In May 2018 Tea was celebrated as one of Australia’s #OUT50LGBTQ Leaders by Deloitte.  
Peter Tatchell has campaigned for human rights, democracy, global justice and LGBT+ freedom for over 50 years. He is Director of the Peter Tatchell Foundation. To find out more about Peter and his Foundation’s life-changing work visit Peter Tatchell Foundation.org and follow Peter on Twitter @Peter Tatchell.
Jack Holland is an illustrator and graduate of Falmouth University, UK. His work is inspired by people and the shapes and forms of everyday life.