The Schlager Anthology of LGBTQ History
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The history of LGBTQ issues, movements, and rights is the subject of this comprehensive volume. Covering both global and U.S. events, this illustrated work includes 150 essential primary documents. Extensive chapter introductions cover topics ranging from same-sex desire in the ancient world, to LGBTQ persecution and criminalization since the nineteenth century, to LGBTQ life in the twenty-first century. Written by scholars, the chapter introductions include Questions for Further Reflection and Further Reading sections, while document selections include fact boxes and glossaries. This modern exploration of LGBTQ history is edited by Dr. Cookie Woolner (University of Memphis) and is an essential purchase for high school, academic, and public libraries.
The history of LGBTQ issues, movements, and rights is the subject of this comprehensive volume. Covering both global and U.S. events, this illustrated work includes 150 essential primary documents. Extensive chapter introductions cover topics ranging from same-sex desire in the ancient world, to LGBTQ persecution and criminalization since the nineteenth century, to LGBTQ life in the twenty-first century. Written by scholars, the chapter introductions include Questions for Further Reflection and Further Reading sections, while document selections include fact boxes and glossaries. This modern exploration of LGBTQ history is edited by Dr. Cookie Woolner (University of Memphis) and is an essential purchase for high school, academic, and public libraries.
Cookie Woolner is a Freeburg Associate Professor of History at the University of Memphis, where she teaches classes on modern US history, women's and gender history, queer history, and the history of popular music and culture. She is the author of The Famous Lady Lovers: Black Women and Queer Desire before Stonewall (University of North Carolina Press, 2023).
