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Making Queer History
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Making Queer History @makingqueerhistory.bsky.social · Jul 9
If you are more of a visual/auditory learner, you can also watch our episode with Queer in Alberta! youtu.be/wTXa0tGl6P4
Queer in Alberta Podcast S3 Ep 01
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Watch this to learn more about the books being banned in America.
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A wrathful wrap up
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November 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Westword's feature sharing our Queer Writers' Collective!
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November 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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The perfect read for Halloween!
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October 31, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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We love our local library! Don't forget to request queer books from your local branch before the end of the month!
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October 31, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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2026 is going to be interesting!
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2026 Calendar Sneak Peek | Making Queer History
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October 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Working on a holiday book donation drive for the Pride Centre of Edmonton, queer books are being banned in my home province so I want to support some queer authors while filling a local queer library!
A pile of 13 queer books A pile of 11 queer books
October 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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In the middle of the 5th dynasty of Egypt, Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum were buried together, leaving behind a legacy as one of the most famous same-sex couples in ancient history.
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Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum — Making Queer History
This week we're heading back into ancient history, to the middle of the 5th dynasty of Egypt and one of the first known same-sex couples in history. The tomb of Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum was uncovere...
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October 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Sappho is known for her poetry and her literary impact on the Ancient world. A woman who has left ripples throughout queer history, her legacy for loving women led to the creation of the labels sapphic and lesbian.
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Sappho: the poetess from Lesbos — Making Queer History
We thought it best to begin as close to the start as possible, though we're certain the project will jump throughout history. While there is no way to know who was the first human to experience same-g...
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October 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Drag and books are the best combo
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October 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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From a young age, Sir Ewan Forbe was not conforming to gender norms.
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Sir Ewan Forbes — Making Queer History
Sir Ewan Forbes was born into a noble family, and later in life gained the title of baronet. From a young age, Ewan was not interested in conforming to gender norms. Through most of his childhood, Ewa...
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October 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Queer history audiobooks 😍
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October 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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I first interviewed @tourmaliiine.bsky.social about her work bringing focus to Marsha P. Johnson A DECADE AGO, and I have learned so much from her ever since. I'm excited to continue this conversation tonight at the Center for Brooklyn History www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cbh...
CBH Talk | Tourmaline and Hugh Ryan Discuss “Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson” | Brooklyn Public Library
Join Black transgender luminary Tourmaline for a conversation about her definitive biography of the revolutionary activist Marsha P. Johnson. Moderated by Hugh Ryan.Rumor has it that after Marsha P. J...
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October 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Check out our queer history fortune teller!
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Queer History Fortune Teller | Making Queer History
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October 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Asexual history
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Charlotte Payne-Townshend — Making Queer History
An anarchist – feeling any regulation or rule is intolerable – a tendency which has been exaggerated by her intolerable wealth. She is romantic but thinks herself cynical. She is a socialist and a rad...
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October 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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October 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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When we understand that our history is diverse, it changes our outlook. I hope that this Black History Month, we all take the time to uncover the history lessons we were denied in school

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How many more generations will be denied Black queer history before we take action?
When we understand that our history is diverse, it changes our outlook. I hope that this Black History Month, we all take the time to uncover the history lessons we were denied in school
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October 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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If it’s worth banning, it’s worth owning.
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October 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Queer Horror books for anyone interested!
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Queer Horror
Queer+Fear
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October 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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This queer history month read about Zinaida Gippius, a Russian poet who switched through grammatical genders and possibly existed on the asexual spectrum!
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Zinaida Gippius — Making Queer History
One of the most prominent criticisms of the study of queer history is questioning how one can label a person with a word that did not exist while that person was alive. The final and most important pi...
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October 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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It's anti-Prime day as well as Queer History Month, so y'all know I got the booklist for you <3
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Queer History Reads
Books to read if you're interested in queer history!
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October 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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So excited for this event!
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Uncovering Queer Sexuality - Pride Centre of Edmonton - Edmonton - Oct 16, 2025
An Edmonton Queer History Month event presented by Making Queer History, Archive Dive and The Pride Centre of Edmonton Library. Participants in this workshop will explore books, zines, newsletters, er...
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October 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Queer horror books to check out this autumn!
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Queer Horror
Queer+Fear
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October 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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PSA:

If reading wasn’t political, they wouldn’t be banning books.
October 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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New Research Reveals How the Nazis Targeted Transgender People
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New Research Reveals How the Nazis Targeted Transgender People
Last year, a German court acknowledged the possibility that trans people were persecuted by the Nazis
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October 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Hilma af Klint was born in Sweden on 26 October 1862, and known primarily as a painter
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Her thoughts on gender, androgyny, and the fluidity of presentation that have led many queer folks to feel she may identify as a lesbian or with some other sapphic identity today.
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Selected Works from Hilma af Klint | Harper-Hugo Darling
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October 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM