- Author: Mike Hsu
To commemorate Pride Month in June, the LGBTQIA+ Employee Resource Group at UC ANR has assembled links to articles and videos that offer historical context and additional information for the community.
Pride Month & General Information
Pride Month
https://www.loc.gov/lgbt-pride-month/about/
https://youth.gov/feature-article/june-lgbt-pride-month
Milestones in the Gay Rights Movement: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/stonewall-milestones-american-gay-rights-movement/
The first Pride march in New York City was held on the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising: https://www.loc.gov/lgbt-pride-month/about/#pride-50th-anniversary (including footage of early Pride march)
Numbers in the U.S.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/329708/lgbt-identification-rises-latest-estimate.aspx
Stonewall Uprising
Stonewall Then and Now: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/06/harvard-scholars-reflect-on-the-history-and-legacy-of-the-stonewall-riots/
Arrest Reports from the 1969 Stonewall Uprising: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/documents/arrest-reports-from-the-1969-stonewall-uprising
How the Stonewall Riots Sparked a Movement (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9wdMJmuBlA
The Stonewall You Know Is a Myth (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7jnzOMxb14&t=86s
NYU Documentary celebrating 50 years of the Stonewall riots (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31CX1Y0cen8
The Day the Stonewall Riots Shook America (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCFwOJcMjM0
https://www.biography.com/news/stonewall-riots-history-leaders
https://guides.loc.gov/lgbtq-studies/stonewall-era
History of the Pride flag (video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMM-ybN3K5g
Wanda Sykes Take Us Through the History of LGBTQ+ (video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkzwDOCEDCo
Practices for Inclusion of Individuals of All Genders and Sexual Orientations (4-H PLWG - Program Leaders Workgroup)
LGBTQ America (2016): A Theme Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer History
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/tellingallamericansstories/lgbtqthemestudy.htm
This Is What LGBT Life Is Like Around the World | Jenni Chang and Lisa Dazols | TED Talks (video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivfJJh9y1UI
Aging as LGBT: Two Stories (video)
Exploring The Roots Of Chicago's Queer South Asian Community | NBC Asian America (video)
Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer history in the United States
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/lgbtqheritage/upload/lgbtqtheme-history.pdf
NPS, in collaboration with History Pin, a nationwide, web-based project, is now available to enable individuals, communities, and other organizations to “pin” places of LGBTQ history and heritage, making a truly crowd-sourced and image-rich map.
Lesbian & Gay Communities
Background information
Definitions: https://lgbt.ucsf.edu/glossary-terms
LGBT identification in U.S.: https://news.gallup.com/poll/329708/lgbt-identification-rises-latest-estimate.aspx
Two-Spirit People: Sex, Gender & Sexuality in Historic and Contemporary Native America
https://www.ncai.org/policy-research-center/initiatives/Pruden-Edmo_TwoSpiritPeople.pdf
Queer Latino podcast ‘De Pueblo, Católico y Gay' aims to fight LGBTQ stigma
What Do All the Initials Mean? (video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE7bKmOXY3w
Two Spirits, One Dance for Native American Artist (video)
Journey of Indigenous Gender Identity (video)
When Black Lives Matter Meets Gay Pride (video)
What's it Like to be Latino and Gay? (video)
Inside the World Of Being Machismo And Gay In Latino Culture (video)
Tracing The Evolution Of Asian-Pacific Islander LGBTQ Nightlife Spaces | NBC Asian America (video)
Bi+ Community
Background information
Description of identity terms: https://rcsgd.sa.ucsb.edu/education/bi-education
Merriam-Webster definition: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bisexual
Pansexual: https://lgbt.foundation/news/5-things-you-should-know-on-pansexual-visibility-day/161
Understanding Bisexuality: https://www.apa.org/pi/lgbt/resources/bisexual
History of Bi+ Community: https://web.archive.org/web/20230604074642/https:/glaad.org/blog/us-bisexual-movement-biweek-history-lesson
Bisexual Resource Center
Information for Allies
https://biresource.org/bi-info/for-allies/
Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World
What Does It Mean to be Bisexual? (video)
Tania Israel: Bisexuality and Beyond | TEDxUCLA (video)
https://tedx.ucla.edu/project/tania_israel_bisexuality_and_beyond/
Tee Noir: Performative Bisexuality: Y'all Not Tired? (video)
Engage:
Follow @BiNetUSA on Twitter. BiNet USA is America's oldest advocacy organization for bisexual, pansexual, fluid, queer-identified and unlabeled people. #BiWeek #BiMenExist
Asexuality & Aromanticism
Asexual Community
Timeline of asexual history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_asexual_history
Asexual history: http://wiki.asexuality.org/Asexual_history
Asexual pride flag: https://aceweek.org/stories/ace-flag-history
Asexual Census Summary Report: https://asexualcensus.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/2015_ace_census_summary_report.pdf
FAQ for Family/Friends: https://www.asexuality.org/?q=family.html
The Asexual Manifesto: https://www.scribd.com/document/414122159/The-Asexual-Manifesto-Lisa-Orlando
The Asexual Community is Predominantly White. Why?: https://medium.com/@Michael_Paramo/interrogating-the-whiteness-of-the-asexual-community-b5765a71f62b
Asexual Awareness Week (in late October): https://aceweek.org/
Laci Green and David Jay: “No Sex?! – Asexuality” (video): https://youtu.be/77o83_U8O5o
Yasmin Benoit: Asexuals Need Media Representation | TEDx (video): https://youtu.be/ifwRAT3DM2E
Aromantic Community
Ace and Aro: Understanding Differences in Romantic Attractions Among Persons Identifying as Asexual: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-019-01600-1
Aromantic pride flag: https://www.unco.edu/gender-sexuality-resource-center/resources/pride-flags.aspx
Introduction to Romantic orientations: https://asexuality.org/?q=romanticorientation
Definition of queerplatonic: http://wiki.asexuality.org/Queerplatonic
Coming out as Aromantic (video): https://youtu.be/Kox1NMdBVgg
Harassment and violence directed at ace and aro individuals (content warning)
https://www.reddit.com/r/asexuality/wiki/anti_ace_bias/
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/asexual-discrimination_n_3380551
Sherronda J. Brown: Romance is not the only love that matters
On Black love and non-romantic relationships: http://blackyouthproject.com/romance-not-black-love-matters/
Anonymous: “Testimonio 17”
A Chilean blog shares testimonies in Spanish of people's experiences with identifying on the asexual spectrum (content warning: mentions of sexual assault): https://asearrochile.tumblr.com/post/629371145710387200/martesdetestimonio-con-identidad-demisexual
auraboo: “My Asexual Story”
A comic artist shares her experience with asexuality and relationships: https://auraboo.tumblr.com/post/172390677318/my-asexual-story-2018-another-little
Jackie Bussjaeger: “Aces in Space: An Asexual Reading of Star Trek”
An analysis highlighting the limited representation of ace and aro characters in media: https://www.startrek.com/news/aces-in-space-an-asexual-reading-of-star-trek
Trans*, Non-Binary & Intersex Communities
Trans* Community
https://glaad.org/transgender/transfaq/
Non-Binary Community
https://lgbt.foundation/who-we-help/trans-people/non-binary
Intersex Community
https://www.hrc.org/resources/understanding-the-intersex-community
What and When is Transgender Day of Remembrance?
https://www.joincake.com/blog/transgender-day-of-remembrance/
Why We Ask Each Other Our Pronouns
https://www.hrc.org/resources/why-we-ask-each-other-our-pronouns
Mapping Attacks on LGBTQ Rights in the U.S.
https://www.aclu.org/legislative-attacks-on-lgbtq-rights
National Center for Transgender Equality
https://transequality.org/about-transgender
Toolkit for Allies
https://www.aclu-mo.org/en/toolkit-allies
Trans Agenda for Liberation
https://transgenderlawcenter.org/trans-agenda-for-liberation/
The Gender Unicorn
https://transstudent.org/gender/
National Center for Transgender Equality: Introduction to Transgender People (video)
https://www.facebook.com/TransEqualityNow/videos/vb.40078161989/10153582088701990/
5 Non-Binary People Explain What “Non-Binary” Means to Them (video)
Samy Nour Younes: A Short History of Trans People's Long Fight for Equality | TED talk (video)
Scott Turner Schofield: Ending Gender (video)
InQueery: What Does Intersex Mean? (video)
As/Is: What It's Like to be Intersex (video)
Know Trans Rights in the US
https://transequality.org/know-your-rights
National and State Action Centers
https://transequality.org/action-centers
Equality California
https://www.eqca.org/take-action/
Engage:
Follow @TransEquality on Twitter. The National Center for Transgender Equality is the nation's leading social justice advocacy organization winning lifesaving change for transgender people.
Follow @TransPOCC on Twitter. Trans People of Color Coalition (TPOCC) is the only national social justice organization that promotes the interest of Trans People of Color.
#WontBeErased #TransRightsAreHumanRights
