We’ve covered many different kinds of rule-breakers before. From art forgers, regular forgers, and of course the ever-present reality that any expression of queerness has in and of itself been banned in many different spaces and times. Alexandru Bogdan-Pitești was a thief, a political agitator, con artist, and kept close company with others who broke social conventions as well as laws. Throughout all of these parts of his life, Alexandru Bogdan-Pitești still somehow remained a man with a steady moral compass, though it was slightly hard to understand at times.
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.