Archives are collections of historical documents, artifacts, records, images, videos, audio recordings, etc., that provide a wealth of knowledge about past events, people, places, and cultures....
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: How archival practices can preserve marginalized queer histories
Queer history is the study of the experiences, contributions, and struggles of LGBTQIA+ individuals throughout time, including their social movements, cultural expressions, and political activism....
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: Challenging societal norms: a guide to revisiting queer history through sexual expression and political activism
The question of how to practice hope as a queer person is an essential one. In the face of systemic oppression and historical erasure, many members of the LGBTQ+ community have found themselves...
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: How queer people can practice hope: resisting oppression, celebrating history, and cultivating creative expression
There is a growing recognition that queer perspectives have been largely absent from historical scholarship, which has led to an incomplete and distorted understanding of past cultures and societies....
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: Sexuality and intimacy: why we need to include queer perspectives in our cultural memory
The term 'queer' has been used to refer to individuals who identify as LGBTQ+, but it also encompasses people who do not conform to heteronormative gender roles or sexual norms. In colonial and...
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: How reconstructing queer history can illuminate diverse experiences and perspectives
Queer archives have become increasingly important tools for fostering community empowerment and collective political action among LGBTQ+ individuals. They provide a space to document and preserve the...
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: Queer archives promote community empowerment through education and preservation
Queerness is an umbrella term that encompasses all gender identities, sexual orientations, and nonconforming ways of expressing one's sexuality that do not fit within traditional binary categories of...
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: How nonbinary people can heal from traumatic experiences through community support and education
Queer storytelling is an emerging field of study that explores how stories shape our identities, experiences, and perceptions of reality. In particular, it examines how individuals from marginalized...
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: The power of queer storytelling: exploring identity and expression through literature
In contemporary society, there is an increasing recognition of the importance of intergenerational queer connections and their impact on societal views of aging and legacy. These connections are...
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: Embrace diverse identities & challenge aging norms: how intergenerational queer connections reshape perceptions.
Queer history is an important part of our understanding of human experience that has been ignored for far too long due to social stigma and taboo. Archival sources are vital to this research because...
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: Uncovering hidden queer narratives in archives: a guide for historians