Erica Quinones: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day

The Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI) supports and provides resources to individuals and institutions who use the Library's digital materials to create projects that center communities of color. As a part of this work, Erica Quinones designed a guide to help queer Latinx create zines about and inspired by the 1970s gay liberation movement, and interviewed users to learn more about challenges they may face. Sparked by the 1969 Stonewall Uprisings, the gay liberation movement wasn't the first gay rights movement in the United States, but it was one of the largest. A new, younger generation of activists mobilized across the country, demanding the end of discriminatory policies, dispelling of homophobic attitudes, and the freedom to be openly queer. Among the plethora of blossoming gay rights groups was the Gay Liberation Front (GLF), a national organization of radical activists who not only demanded civil rights but liberation. Their liberatory purview connected gay liberation to racial justice, feminism, and other civil rights movements of the time, leading them to work in coalition with likeminded organizations, like the Black Panther Party and the Young Lords Party. Their youthful face and intersectional focus attracted many queer and trans people of color (QTPOC) to their ranks, who created their own subgroups, like Third World Gay Revolution (TWGR), which gave space to voices of color and focused on their unique needs. TWGR certainly wasn't the only gay liberation group to focus on QTPOC's experiences, nor were they the longest lasting, but they are iconic for their use of graphic design. Studying TWGR's members and advocacy helps us not only understand how Latinx identity and experiences uniquely shaped their politics and communities, but how contemporary QTPOC print culture continues these traditions.

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