A review by kathydubs10
Queer, There and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World by Sarah Prager

4.0

This was a wonderful anthology! I loved the structure Prager provided, starting with a history of the word "queer" and how it's changed across time, then moving into 23 brief summaries of these great people's lives, and ending with a glossary, resources, and references. Although it's marketed as a teen/YA book, I honestly think this is a wonderful book for anyone of any age to read. Prager does a great job of respectfully highlighting the histories of these 23 individuals and highlighting the changes their work did for the LGBTQ community across time. At the end of the book she notes how we are living in a time of change and how none of the progress made so far could have occurred without these individuals, which is true! I think no matter how you identify, reading this book will encourage you to consider any biases or assumptions you made about the individuals highlighted in the book. I've heard of most of these individuals before, so leaning about another pivotal aspect of their lives was encouraging and interesting at the same time. I thought this book was done so, so well and I look forward to see if Prager creates any more anthologies in the future.