I now really want to read Josef Kohout's (Heinz Heger) account of his time as a gay prisoner during the Second World War: The Men with the Pink Triangle. Some of these chapters are heartwarming true romances, others about a lifelong fight for identity and rights, and a few are educational tales about the darkest times of history. She offers many of them in death what they were often denied in life - the correct gender pronouns - and, where possible, Prager has included direct quotes from them, capturing their humanity so that they become more than long-gone figures of history. I love that the author has remembered all these people so beautifully. From Ancient Rome to modern day San Francisco, a single resounding cry echoes through the millennia: You are not alone. It offers short biographies on twenty-three queer people throughout history, and serves as a reminder that gay, bi, trans, genderqueer, nonconforming, intersex, asexual and others all have long, beautiful, difficult histories. Queer, There, and Everywhere is an interesting, accessible, wonderful history book. Try and read this without becoming an emotional wreck. I know how much you have suffered.” More beautiful words were never spoken.
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