Research Catalog

Revolution is love : a year of black trans liberation

Title
Revolution is love : a year of black trans liberation / featuring images and text by 24 photographers ; text contributions by Qween Jean, Joela Rivera, Mikelle Street, and Raquel Willis.
Publication
  • New York : Aperture, 2022.
  • ©2022

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
TextUse in library Sc E 23-56Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

Details

Additional Authors
  • Jean, Qween
  • Rivera, Joela
  • Street, Mikelle
  • Willis, Raquel
Description
223 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations (black & white and color); 24 cm
Summary
"'Revolution is love: a year of Black Trans Liberation' is the powerful and celebratory visual record of a contemporary activist movement in New York City, and a moving testament to the enduring power of photography in actisim, advocacy, and community. In June 2020, activists Qween Jean and Joela Rivera founded the Stonewall Protests, weekly actions centering Black trans and queer identities that took place across New York City." "This book gathers twenty-four photographers who share images and words on the demonstrations, preserving this legacy as it unfolded."--Back flap of printed paper wrapper.
Subject
  • Gay liberation movement > United States > Pictorial works
  • African American transgender people > Pictorial works
  • Transgender people > United States > Pictorial works
  • Protest movements > New York (State) > New York > Pictorial works
  • Documentary photography > United States
  • Protest literature, American
  • Photographers > United States
  • Photography, Artistic
  • African American transgender people
  • Gay liberation movement
  • Transgender people
  • Black transgender people
  • Black queer people
  • Queer rights
  • Gay liberation
  • Gay movement
  • Lesbian liberation
  • Lesbian movement
  • LGBTQ+ social processes
  • African American transgender people
  • African American LGBTQ+ people
  • Transgender people
  • Gender minorities
  • LGBTQ+ people
  • LGBTQ+ civil rights
  • Protest movements
  • Documentary photography
  • Protest literature, American
  • Photographers
  • Social conditions
  • New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions
  • United States
  • New York (State) > New York
Genre/Form
Pictorial works.
Contents
Introduction / by Qween Jean-- Qween Jean and Raquel Willis in conversation -- Images and voices -- An ongoing revolution: writing a new history at Stonewall / by Mikelle Street -- Afterword / by Joela Rivera -- Timeline of actions.
Call Number
Sc E 23-56
ISBN
  • 9781597115308
  • 1597115304
LCCN
2022905393
OCLC
1295805958
Title
Revolution is love : a year of black trans liberation / featuring images and text by 24 photographers ; text contributions by Qween Jean, Joela Rivera, Mikelle Street, and Raquel Willis.
Publisher
New York : Aperture, 2022.
Copyright Date
©2022
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
still image
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Added Author
Jean, Qween, author.
Rivera, Joela, author.
Street, Mikelle, author.
Willis, Raquel, author.
Research Call Number
Sc E 23-56
View in Legacy Catalog