LGBTQIA+ visibility and representation is essential to the accurate portrayal of queer individuals.Â
In the past, depictions of LGBQTIA+ folx—as told by non-queer storytellers—in the media were often rooted in harmful stereotypes, and characters were portrayed as criminals, or hypersexualized. This misrepresentation reinforces the need for LGBTQIA+ people to tell their own stories from their perspective. Who is telling the stories makes a big difference, and accurate, true storytelling is essential. Popular culture has the power to guide an individual’s self-exploration.Â
Books, film, podcasts, and the like created by LGBTQIA+ people are all expressions of individuality, freedom, creativity, and passions. These accounts and recordings offer a wider lens through which to view the world. They offer possibility. They offer the chance to dream with pride.
This year, as we celebrate Pride Month, Youth To The People presents a guide for Dreaming With Pride, a listener’s and reader’s resource for all things LGBTQIA+. Use this to expand your musical tastes, historical knowledge, and cultural awareness.
Much like our anti-Racist Resource Guide and Women’s Empowerment Guide, this is a living list and we invite you to add your suggestions by emailing us at community@youthtothepeople.com
-- Quani Burnett, Marketing Manager, Inclusion + Community StrategistÂ
PODCASTS
- Adventures in Time and HistoryÂ
- Food 4 Thot
- Making Gay History
- The Read
- QueerWOC
- AfroQueer
- Outward
- NancyÂ
- AnzaldĂ¹ing It
- Bitter Brown Femmes
MUSIC
- Wafia
- Amythyst Khia
- Tom GossÂ
- Quentin Arispe
- Chella ManÂ
- Shea Diamond
- Serpentwithfeet
- Kevin AbstractÂ
- MNEKÂ
- Young M.A.
FILM
- MoonlightÂ
- Paris Is Burning
- Visible: Out on Television
- C.R.A.Z.Y
- Pose
- Disclosure
- Angels in America
- Rafiki
- Tangerine
- BlackbirdÂ
BOOKS
- The Afterward, by E.K. Johnston Â
- Fairest, A Memoir, by Meredith Talusan
- The Prophets, by Robert JonesÂ
- Honey Girl, by Morgan RogersÂ
- Lot: Stories, by Bryan WashingtonÂ
- Ruby-Fruit Jungle, by Rita Mae BrownÂ
- All My Mother’s Lovers, by Ilana MasadÂ
- Under the Rainbow, by Celia LaskeyÂ
- Stung with Love, by SapphoÂ
- Juliet Takes a Breath, by Gabby Rivera