Loud and Proud LGBTQ+ speeches that empower and inspire

by Uglow, Tea; Tatchell, Peter; Holland, Jack

• ISBN13: 9781781319222
• ISBN10: 1781319227
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2020-06-02
• Publisher: White Lion Publishing

Summary

Loud and Proud is an inspirational collection of speeches from the LGBTQ+ community and its allies that have changed our world, and the conversation.

A sister volume to So Here I Am: Speeches by Great Women to Empower and Inspire, Loud and Proud places the voices of the vibrant LGBTQ+ community centre stage in the first-ever anthology of LGBTQ+ speeches. From equal marriage to the AIDS crisis, bullying to parenthood, the first 19th century campaigns through to the new trans rights allyship, the issues covered in these speeches touch on all aspects of LGBTQ+ life and reflect the diverse and multi-faceted nature of this community.

• 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.
• A ribbon keeps your place in the book.

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.

The voices: Audre Lorde; Harvey Milk; Munroe Bergdorf; Sir Elton John; Sir Ian McKellen;George Takei; Sylvia Rivera; Bayard Rustin; Elizabeth Toledo; Alison Bechdel; Loretta E. Lynch; Hanne Gaby Odiele; Vito Russo; Tammy Baldwin; Hillary Rodham Clinton; Barack Obama; Dan Savage and Terry Miller; Ban Ki-moon; 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; Rabbi Kleinbaum; Penny Wong; Arsham Parsi; Anna Grodzka; Debi Jackson; Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir; Lee Mokobe; Geraldine Roman; Cecilia Chung; Olly Alexander.

Author Biography

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 TedX 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 PeterTatchellFoundation.org and follow Peter on Twitter @PeterTatchell.

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.

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 McKellen 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