Believe it or not, there were some happy queer news stories in 2020. There were also plenty of struggles and injustice. In addition to our yearly recap, we’ve included 20 ways to help combat issues queer folks are facing around the globe.
Making Queer History has a vague title because it has a rather vague purpose. We are not alone in our aim to tell the queer community’s history. What defines us is our focus not only on the past, but toward the future.
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Believe it or not, there were some happy queer news stories in 2020. There were also plenty of struggles and injustice. In addition to our yearly recap, we’ve included 20 ways to help combat issues queer folks are facing around the globe.
Covering the small stories of the queer community is a difficult thing to do. With continuous active suppression of queer voices past and present, our stories are rare enough. The little stories—not famous writers, geniuses, or revolutionaries, but average queer people living their lives—are difficult not just because they are hidden, but forgotten. The ones remembered are remembered for a reason. In some cases, it is because the queer person, while fairly normal, was also very privileged. Most often the stories of normal queer people are remembered because they end in tragedy. Tragedy is recorded.
The internet has been enveloped in a lovely celebration of Black History Month (US) and LGBTQIA+ History Month (UK). Black queer history not only in the US and the UK but throughout the world is rich and boundless. We will take this opportunity to look at one of Cameroon's fiercest advocates: Joël Gustave Nana Ngongang.