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Author Sarah Prager discusses her new book "Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World." Published by HarperCollins, "Queer, There, and Everywhere" is a first-of-its-kind young adult book that tells the once-hidden stories of LGBTQ history.
A
B
So
the
book
queer
there
and
everywhere
23
people
who
change
the
world
is
about
23,
queer
people
who
change
the
world
it
it
comes
out
next
week.
This
is
pretty
much
the
only
place
where
you
are
able
to
get
in
advance
of
its
publication
date,
so
you
guys
will
be
receiving
the
first
signed
copies
anywhere
in
the
country.
B
B
Throughout
writing.
The
book
and
I
was
very
sick
with
my
pregnancy.
So
a
lot
of
the
writing
was
just
you
know.
I
would
like
write
a
little
bit
more
morning.
Sickness
write
a
little
bit
more.
It
was
rough
and
but
so
yeah
it
was.
It
was
fast.
It
was
fast
and
but
yeah.
Now
my
book
baby
is
being
born.
I
have
a
seventh
month
old
at
home,
yeah.
B
To
me,
that
means
that
you
made
an
impact
that
affected
people
outside
of
your
immediate
community.
Maybe
so
one
of
the
people
in
here
invented
the
computer
that
changed
the
world,
that's
an
easy
one,
but
then
there
are
the
smaller
ones,
like
the
first
person
to
do
a
high-five
is
in
here
that
also
had
an
impact,
but
maybe
not
in
the
same
way
as
the
computer,
and
so
most
of
them
made
an
impact
on
our
greater
world.
B
B
Started
learning
about
them
when
I
was
researching
them
for
my
app
Quist
and
I
guess
just
books,
just
I
might
Google
somebody
and
come
across
their
Wikipedia
page
and
couldn't
use
that
as
a
source,
but
could
then
use
find
that
name
and
go
find
a
book
about
them
and
get
to
learn
a
lot
more.
There
are
some
great
websites
about
LGBT
history
out
there
out
history.
Org
is
one
and
I.
B
It
was
really
hard
because
you
do
need
to
read
between
the
lines
on
on
a
lot
of
this.
It
was
hard
to
find
them
first,
because
the
sexuality
and
gender
about
people
in
history
is
not
often
talked
about,
whether
they
were
straight
or
not,
and
then
also
because
there's
there's
less
books
on
LGBT
specific
content
than
mainstream
content
out
there.
B
What
I
did
was
I
emailed
professors
and
went
around
different
ways
like
that,
one.
There
weren't
published
books,
but
really
you
have
to
find
out
from
somewhere
like
out
history
or
that
this
person
is
part
of
LGBT
history,
and
then
you
go
to
the
more
general
books
about
them
and
find
that
one
paragraph
that
you
wouldn't
have
known
to
look
for
in
anyone
else's
biography.
Unless
you
knew
you
were
looking
for
it.
B
I
mean
I
feel
very
connected
to
all
23
of
these
people.
Now
that
I've
gotten
to
know
their
lives
so
intimately
I,
don't
have
personal
connections,
as
you
know,
met
any
of
the
living
ones,
or
things
like
that.
But
I
did
really
feel
a
connection
with
Eleanor
Roosevelt
when
I
was
researching.
Her
chapter
I
really
admire
what
a
quiet
kind
of
strength
she
had
and
we
ended
up
naming
our
daughter
Eleanor
just
recently
after
writing,
that
chapter
yeah
yeah
so
now
I'm
very
connected
to
her.
B
B
She
had
a
loud
strength
and
I
really
admired
that
about
her
Sylvia
just
kept
going,
no
matter
what
and
was
such
a
tireless
advocate
for
trans
and
queer
rights,
despite
all
of
the
discrimination
she
faced
within
the
LGBT
community
for
being
trans,
and
she
did
so
much
to
to
help
she
helped
to
feed
and
give
homes
to
trans
youth
who
were
on
the
streets
in
New
York,
and
things
like
that.
So
I
just
admire
her
so
much
everything
she
did.
C
B
B
The
way
what
ended
up
determining
who
was
in
there
was
the
quality
of
the
sources
to
be
able
to
make
a
successful
chapter
to
be
able
to
say,
and
then
they
said
this
exact
thing,
because
we
know
that
from
an
eyewitness
or
this
anecdote
because
it
was
in
their
diary
or
so
we
needed
enough
things
written
about
them
to
be
able
to
create
a
full
chapter.
To
tell
that
story,
and
then
of
course,
diversity
in
a
lot
of
different
realms
was
the
other
important
thing
in
choosing
the
balance
of
these
23
people.
B
So
we
there
are
people
from
different
parts
of
the
tram
spectrum
and
the
LGB
spectrum.
There's
almost
half
of
the
people
in
the
book
are
people
of
color
and
they
are
from
several
different
countries,
and
then
they
change
the
world
in
a
lot
of
different
ways.
Some
are
famous
for
being
queer.
Some
happened
to
be
queer,
some
lead
countries
and
some
were.
D
B
We
can
the
most
encouraging
thing
on
that
front.
Right
now
is
a
new
law
in
California,
where
public
schools
are
now
required
to
teach
LGBT,
inclusive
history
and
I
hope
that
that
law
will
become
a
model
for
other
states,
maybe
Connecticut,
and
then
we
can,
you
know,
go
from
there,
but
without
it
being
mandated.
B
There's
of
course
a
lot
that
teachers
can
do
and
I
think
for
now
it's
on
teachers
to
be
the
ones
to
make
sure
that
this
is
incorporated
and
they're
often
already
teaching
about
LGBT
people
like
say,
Oscar
Wilde
in
an
English
class.
Just
mentioning
that
Oscar
Wilde
is
part
of
LGBT
community
has
a
huge
impact
on
the
LGBTQ
students
who
now
know
they
have
this
role
model
and
the
non
LGBTQ
students
who
start
to
understand
what
a
huge
impact
queer
people
have
had
on
the
world
and
that
they've
always
been
a
part
of
this
world.
B
B
E
B
B
B
They
couldn't
have
self-identified
that
way.
The
whole
ideas
around
gender
and
sexuality
were
completely
different
in
their
time
and
place
so
I
I
guess
when
I'm
saying
LGBT
people
from
history
I
just
want
to
be
clear
that
these
are
people
who
exhibited
same-sex,
loving
or
crossing
gender
boundaries,
or
these
more
broad
ideas
of
queerness
than
necessarily
the
exact
definitions
of
LGBT
that
we
have
today.
But
that
being
said,
probably
the
most
influential
in
this
book
is
Abraham.
Lincoln
out
sought
to
choose
two
more
I
mean
it's
really.
It's
incredible.
B
I,
there's
again
it's
how
you
define
it
if,
for
me,
I
for
some
of
those
people,
I
mentioned
their
names
because
they
were
once
accused
of
sodomy
and
we
don't
necessarily
know-
or
they
wrote
once
about
loving
this
one
person
of
the
same
sex
but
for
the
rest
of
their
life.
They
were
with
people
of
the
opposite
sex,
so
but
I
think
that
we
shouldn't
assume
that
they're
hetero
sex
this
gender,
just
because
there's
this
much
about
them
being
possibly
LGBT.
B
That
should
be
counted
as
much
as
this
much
about
them,
possibly
being
heterosexual
or
cisgender,
and
we
shouldn't
value,
make
the
assumption
like.
Oh
well,
of
course,
that
person
was
heterosexual
and
cisgender
there's
no
way
we'll
just
discount
that
one
time
that
they
loved
someone
of
the
same
sex.
If
you
loved
someone
of
the
same
sex,
then
you
should
be
discussed
as
part
of
clear
history.
So,
honestly,
the
more
I
look
into
queer
history,
it's
hard
to
name
three,
influential
people
from
history
who
were
not
LGBT
but
I.
B
B
It's
a
it's
a
for
fun
book,
not
a
for
school
book
and
so
using
a
play
on
a
song
title
from
pop
culture
seemed
right,
I'm,
happy
that
we
use
the
word
queer,
especially
because
of
what
I
said
of
LGBT
doesn't
necessarily
apply
to
many
of
the
people
in
the
book.
But
the
broad
idea
of
queer
in
some
way
of
not
entirely
heterosexually
or
not
entirely
cisgender
does
apply
and
yeah.
So
that's
how.
C
B
B
D
B
I
have
been
out
as
lesbian
since
I
was.
Fourteen
I
am
married
to
Liz
my
wife,
and
we
have
been
four
I
just
realized.
Last
week
it's
going
to
be
six
years
next
month
and
yeah
I'm
very
proud
to
be
part
of
the
LGBTQ
community,
and
it's
been
a
wonderful
part
of
my
life
to
have
that
family.
Wherever
I
go,
you
just
find
the
rainbow
and
you
walk
in
there
and
yeah.
B
B
B
I
was
a
Spanish
major,
naturally
I
yeah,
at
my
degrees,
in
Hispanic
language
and
literature's,
from
Boston
University
in
college
I
did
a
ton
of
internships
and
volunteering
it
that
involved
activism.
So
I
was
one
summer
I
spent
in
Bulgaria
working
for
the
only
LGBTQ
rights
organization
in
the
country
me
and
the
three
staff
people
for
the
country.
It
is
now-defunct
organization.
B
When
I
was
living
in
Boston
for
college,
I
was
an
intern
with
mass
equality,
where
we
were
working
on
defending
marriage
equality
when
Massachusetts
was
the
only
state
in
the
country
that
had
marriage,
equality
and
I
was
president
of
the
LGBTQ
student
group
at
my
college.
So
those
kinds
of
things
more
than
the
academics
is
really
what
led
me
on
on
this
path.
B
B
It's
all
about
the
generation
after
me
like
it
was
for
activist
in
the
book.
I
I
am
able
to
live
safely
and
openly
today
because
of
the
work
of
people
like
Sylvia,
Rivera
and
I
feel
that
I
owe
it
to
the
next
generation,
especially
being
a
mom.
Now
I
want
to
make
the
world
a
better
place
and
if,
if
not
for
me,
then
for
the
next
so
hopefully
for
me
too,
so.
B
Quist
came
out
in
2013,
and
it's
a
free
mobile
app
for
phones
and
tablets,
both
Apple
and
Android,
and
also
windows,
and
the
way
that
it
works.
Is
you
see
what
happened
today
in
LGBT
history?
So
it
might
be
today
in
LGBT,
history,
Massachusetts,
past
marriage,
equality
or
something
like
that.
You
would
see
May
17
2004
that
happened
or
if
you
opened
it
up,
May
17th.
B
Much
on
marriage,
which
is
something
that
has
moved
really
really
fast,
no
state
in
the
u.s.
had
legal
same-sex
marriage
when
I
was
in
high
school,
which
is
really
incredible
to
think
about,
because
it
really
wasn't
that
long
ago,
that
I
was
in
high
school
Massachusetts
passed
it
when
I
was
a
senior
and
it
has
just
been
breakneck
speed
compared
to
any
other
social
movement.
B
B
But
of
course
there
are
so
many
LGBT
issues
out
there
besides
marriage
equality,
but
for
that
one
it
has
stood
out
to
me
as
a
really
clear
way
that
you
can
see
change.
It's
happened
since
I
was
a
teenager,
but
I
think
every
year
it's
becoming
something
that
we
talk
about
more
and
more
we're
becoming
more
visible.
Every
year
there
there
were
no
queer
people
on
TV
when
I
was
in
high
school
that,
like
the
representation
people
like
Laverne
Cox,
is
changing
now.
B
It
comes
out
Tuesday
Tuesday.
My
plan
is
to
go
to
the
book
launch
event
at
RJ
Julius
in
Madison.
I
am
going
to
be
doing
events
in
New
York
and
Boston,
and
DC
and
Baltimore
for
the
book
and
talking
at
high
schools,
colleges,
LGBT
summer
camps,
places
like
that.
The
rest
of
the
year
and
I'll
be
staying
home
with
Eleanor
and
continuing
to
spread
the
word
of
queer
history
as
a
speaker
and
writer
long
after
this
book's
big
release.
B
To
reach
out
there
are
so
many
resources
available,
today's
that,
even
if
you
don't
want
to
go
in
person
to
a
GSA
meeting,
there's
The
Trevor
Project
that
you
can
call.
There
are
lines
that
you
can
text.
If
you
don't
want
to
call,
there
are
websites
you
can
look
at
if
you
don't
want
to
have
interaction
with
anybody.
B
There's
tumblr,
there's
all
kinds
of
places
where,
for
me,
I
think
the
most
important
thing
is
the
sense
of
community
that
when
you
can
meet
talk
to
another
queer
person
or
at
least
read
something
that
another
queer
person
wrote
or
something
or
watch
another
queer
person
on
YouTube
or
something
like
that.
That
makes
the
most
difference.
B
B
Just
so
that
you
know
what
I'm
talking
about,
and
you
know
again,
I'm
not
putting
any
LGBT
label
on
Eleanor,
but
then
you
know
you
read
these
passages
and
it
begins
to
make
sense
why
you
would
include
her
in
this
book.
So
Lorena
Hickok
was
a
a
journalist
who
was
originally
assigned
to
cover
the
would
be
first
lady
on
FDR's
presidential
campaign.
She
ended
up
having
to
quit
her
job
at
the
AP
for
not
being
able
to
be
subjective
or
objective
on
her
subject
anymore
and.
B
The
nature
of
their
relationship
is
unknown
because
I
wasn't
in
their
relationship,
but
these
are
some
of
the
letters
between
them
or
lines
from
them,
so
Eleanor
Lorena,
March,
9th
1933.
My
pictures
are
nearly
all
up
and
I.
Have
you
in
my
sitting
room
where
I
can
look
at
you
most
of
my
waking
hours,
I
can't
kiss
you
so
I
kiss
your
picture.
Good
Night
and
Good
morning,
January
22nd
1934
Lorena
to
Eleanor
dearest.
It
was
a
lovely
weekend.
I
shall
have
to
think
about
it
for
a
long
long
time.
B
Each
time
we
have
together
that
way
brings
us
closer.
Doesn't
it
January,
27th,
1934,
Eleanor,
Lorena
G?
What
I
wouldn't
give
to
talk
to
you
and
hear
you
now?
Oh
dear
one,
it
is
all
the
little
things
tones
in
your
voice,
the
feel
of
your
hair
gestures.
These
are
the
things
I
think
about
and
long
for,
April
19
to
1934
Lorena
to
Eleanor,
oh
dammit,
I
wish
I
could
be
there
when
you
feel,
as
you
did
Sunday
night
and
take
you
in
my
arms
and
hold
you
close
well
I'll.
F
Hi,
my
name
is
Barbara
Allison
and
I'm.
Here
from
PFLAG
of
southeastern
Connecticut
PFLAG
was
originally
named:
parents,
families
and
friends
of
lesbians
and
gays
and
clearly
you
know,
we've
opened
our
umbrella
to
include
transgender,
and
so
the
letters
are
still
there
and
I
want
to
make
sure.
Everyone
knows
that
we
include
everyone
we're
a
support
group.
F
We
want
people,
their
families
allies
to
come
and
know
that
they're
going
to
meet
other
people
who
have
gone
through
the
coming
out
a
process
in
some
way,
and
they
know
they
don't
have
to
go
through
it
alone.
We
say
that
we're
in
the
business
of
putting
ourselves
out
of
business,
and
we
have
a
relatively
small
group,
usually
less
than
20
people
at
our
meetings.
F
We
start
the
meetings
with
a
potluck
supper
at
6:00
and
at
seven
o'clock
we
go
around
and
introduce
ourselves
quickly
and
if
someone
has
an
issue
that
needs
to
be
addressed,
we
talk
about
it
and
we
actually
consider
support
the
very
most
important
part
of
what
we
do.
So
if
somebody
comes
in
and
says
I
just
found
out,
my
kid
is
trans
and
I
am
like
in
an
alternate
universe.
Right
now,
I,
don't
know
what
to
do.
I,
don't
know
where
to
go.
F
I'm,
confused,
I.
Think
my
kid
hates
me.
You
know
whatever
we
a
million
things,
a
different
story
from
every
person,
every
single
person,
their
stories,
their
own
unique
thing,
and
we
take
people
where
they
are
and
hug
them
and
support
them
and
do
whatever
we
can
and
feed
them
tons
of
information
and
connect
them
to
people
who
can
help
them
and
encourage
them
to
come
back
and
be
a
part
of
our
community
so
that
they
know
when
they
have
questions.
F
They
know
that
they
can
pick
up
the
phone
or
shoot
out
an
email
and
that
there's
somebody
who's
going
to
be
there
who's
going
to
say
you
know
what
that's
like
to
have
been
in
that
place
and
even
though
we're
not
there
any
longer
we'll
help
you
along
and
that's
really
the
main
thing
that
we
do.
First
of
all
support
education
advocacy
on
the
back
table
on
the
far
wall.
We
brought
a
sampling
of
our
booklets,
our
business
cards,
question
and
answer
sheets
I
answer
the
PFLAG
southeastern
Connecticut
email.
F
F
Everyone
in
the
group's
been
through
this
process
in
some
form
as
a
parent.
Some
of
our
older
members
who
are
in
their
70s
help
their
kids
come
out
and
be
happy
healthy,
kids
when
there
was
no
support
group
and
they
said
we're
never
going
to
let
that
happen
to
anybody
again.
We
always
want
people
to
know
that
if
somebody
in
their
family
is
coming
out-
and
you
don't
know
what
to
do-
there
are
people
you
can
talk
to
a
place.
F
You
can
go
and
there's
no
such
thing
as
a
stupid
question,
and
you
know
you
can
be
comfortable.
We
like
to
believe
we're
part
of
a
group
of
queer
organizations,
the
Alliance
for
living
All,
Souls
Church
in
New,
London,
LC
T,
which
is
a
social
group.
I,
don't
know
one.
We
want
to
believe
we're
part
of
a
handful
of
organizations
in
the
area
that
work
together.
We
know
we're
all
connected.