Our Work Is Everywhere: An Illustrated Oral History of Queer and Trans Resistance

by Syan Rose

Paperback, 2021

Status

Checked out
Due 7/24/2021

Call number

HQ76.5 .R67 2021

Publication

Arsenal Pulp Press (2021), Edition: Illustrated, 72 pages

Description

"A visually stunning graphic non-fiction book on queer and trans resistance. Over the past ten years, we have witnessed the rise of queer and trans communities that have defied and challenged those who have historically opposed them. Through bold, symbolic imagery and surrealist, overlapping landscapes, queer illustrator and curator Syan Rose shines a light on the faces and voices of these diverse, amorphous, messy, real, and imagined queer and trans communities. In their own words, queer and trans organizers, artists, healers, comrades, and leaders speak honestly and authentically about their own experiences with power, love, pain, and magic to create a textured and nuanced portrait of queer and trans realities in America. The many themes include Black femme mental health, Pacific Islander authorship, fat queer performance art, disability and health care practice, sex worker activism, and much more. Accompanying the narratives are Rose's startling and sinuous images that brings these leaders' words to visual life. Our Work Is Everywhere is a graphic non-fiction book that underscores the brilliance and passion of queer and trans resistance. Includes a foreword by Lambda Literary Award-winning author and activist Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, author of Care Work : Dreaming Disability Justice."--… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member psalva
This is an important document, a collection of perspectives of resistance. It centers a diverse set of views and voices, all set to art by Syan Rose. The lettering is difficult to read at times, but this was only an occasional stumbling block for me. I would say the documentation of various
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people’s work is the focus here, not extensive biographies or analysis of the work and its effectiveness. Nonetheless, I found it worthwhile to read about all the ways people are trying to make a difference in their communities.
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LibraryThing member frailandfreakish
i cried multiple times. so. fucking. powerful. queers are fucking amazing, y’all.

Awards

Lambda Literary Award (Finalist — 2022)

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

2021

Physical description

12 inches

ISBN

1551528150 / 9781551528151
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