"I heard treasures. I heard riveting anecdotes, rare intimacies, keen beauty. I heard behind-the-scenes tales of what it meant-and still means-to forge an authentic path through the world against the odds,"
"The more listening I did, the more I was astounded. I sat in awe of what I was hearing, and its potential to delight, entrance, and heal."
Twenty BIPOC queer and trans elders share oral histories spanning Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and Asian/Pacific Islander identities and geographies including Mexico, the Philippines, Panama, China, Chicago, Texas, and throughout the United States. These testimonies detail how elders created community and chosen families during crises such as the AIDS epidemic, the early drag scene, and queer-led social justice movements. The collected stories foreground resilience, rare personal intimacies, and cultural diversity while countering erasure and political attacks by asserting visibility, continuity, and the healing potential of intergenerational storytelling.
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