Who did that?
This actress and queer icon played Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz. Her death in 1969 was one of the many events that led to the Stonewall Riot.
Judy Garland
During the 1980s and 90s, many of the queer icons we learned about, along with countless members of a lost generation of queer voices, died in large part due to the government's refusal to address this event in the queer community.
The AIDS Crisis
Gay cowboys are known for leaving us with this type of writing.
Poetry
This character from the Wizard of Oz might not have been the bravest, but his camp shown through brighter than the ruby slippers on Dorothy's feet.
The Cowardly Lion
How long have trans people existed?
Since the first baby was borned
Bayard Rustin
During the 1950s and 60s, this political agenda saw queer people targeted by government institutions as threats to national security. The government thought they were vulnerable to coercion because of how much the government would punish them for existing because they were vulnerable to coercion because of how much the government would punish them for existing because they were vulnerable to coercion.
The Lavender Scare
This queer icon gave us the quote, "The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house."
Audre Lorde
This popular musical-horror movie epitomized camp for a generation and is still celebrated with special showings today.
Rocky Horror Picture Show
This queer icon from Lesbos was known for her poetry and love for women.
Sappho
This "true fairy of rock and roll" spent three months in the hospital after running away from the military during Vietnam.
Jobriath
In 2015, the Supreme Court found in favor of this right.
The right to gay marriage
This queer icon toured the United States, bringing a lot of dandiness and a lesson in earnestness.
Oscar Wilde
This queer icon was a camp icon from the 1980s to today. His songs "Rocketman" and "I'm Still Standing" are two examples of his expansive camp-style music.
Elton John
This queer icon from the 18th century used genderless pronouns and was a leader in the colonized area that became the United States.
The Public Universal Friend
This queer icon played the first main character in a sitcom to come out on television. And the sitcom shared this icon's name!
Ellen Degeneres
Gladys Bentley and many other Black Queer People faced struggles that met at the intersections of their identities while also performing to acclaim during this period in American History.
The Harlem Renaissance
Michael Dillon was the first trans man to receive gender affirming surgery in the United Kingdom. After being outed repeatedly, he left the UK to take on this new lifestyle and occupation.
He became a monk
This genre of music incorporated elements of camp, and is a core branch of punk music.
Queercore
These two Greek Heroes of the Trojan War were SO in love.
Achilles and Pericles
This queer icon was the first trans man to receive gender affirming care in the United States. He also saved the most lives out of any trans person ever.
Alan Hart
In 1968, Jobriath was drafted into this military conflict, which he avoided. Simultaneously, many of our queer icons spoke out against this war, which was answering the question "How far would you go to make some thing happen?"
The Vietnam War
During the second world war, queer icons found a void to fill in the form of athletics. What is the popular sports league we learned about this semester? Hint: AAGPBL
The All American Girls Professional Baseball League
While we didn't cover it in class, this scary doll isn't just known for being possessed by the soul of a murderer -- he's also a camp icon!
Chucky
This Greek God of trans people, named for their father and mother, became androgynous after wrestling with a nymph.
Hermaphroditus