“Humanizing Queer History” at the Arizona State University Library

From the ASU Library News Channel:

This post is an excerpt, authored by Claudio Garcia, a student worker in Noble Library and a classics major at ASU. Here, Garcia examines the need to preserve LGBT history in Arizona and its impact on queer youth.
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For many years, I remained unaware of a thriving queer culture and history that was far more compatible with my personality. For too long, queer people have been erased from history, at best, or been demonized by educators and historians, at worst. Despite working for ASU Library, I did not become acquainted with the work of special collections until I found the Arizona LGBT History Project, a collaboration between ASU Library and Phoenix Pride, the largest LGBT organization in the state.
Immediately, I was captivated by the project. I had the luck of studing queer history in college, but I knew that many did not have the same opportunities. I could only imagine how I might have been affected – how much loneliness and disconnection I might have been spared – if I had known about such a project in my own youth.

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