Great LGBTQ+ Speeches

Tea Uglow is Creative Director for Google’s Creative Lab in Sydney. She works with cultural and creative organisations around the world exploring the space between technology and the arts and what can happen when they intersect.  An experienced public speaker, Tea’s TedX talk on the contrast between the screen-based world we live in and the organic world we say we love, has been viewed over 1.5m times. In May 2016 she spoke at the Sydney Writers Festival on Doubt as a creative catalyst; during the talk Tea acknowledged that she was transgender and transitioning, the talk was made into a book and is available as a podcast.   In May 2018 Tea was celebrated as one of Australia’s #OUT50LGBTQ Leaders by Deloitte.Peter Tatchell has campaigned for human rights, democracy, global justice and LGBT+ freedom for over 50 years. He is Director of the Peter Tatchell Foundation. To find out more about Peter and his Foundation's life-changing work visit PeterTatchellFoundation.org and follow Peter on Twitter @PeterTatchell.Jack Holland is an illustrator and graduate of Falmouth University, UK. His work is inspired by people and the shapes and forms of everyday life.

• TABLE OF CONTENTSForewordIntroductionKarl Heinrich Ulrichs 1867Robert G. Ingersoll 1892Anna Ruling 1904Sally Miller Gearhart 1972Sylvia Rivera 1973Franklin Kameny 1974Audre Lorde 1977Harvey Milk 1978Harry Hay 1984Bayard Rustin 1986Sue Hyde 1988Vito Russo 1988Mary Fisher 1992Sir Ian McKellen 1988Essex Hemphill 1990Simon Nkoli 1990Urvashi Vaid 1993Eric Rofes 1997Elizabeth Toledo 2000Tammy Baldwin 2000Justice Michael Kirby 2002Evan Wolfson 2004Paul Martin 2005Ian Hunter 2009Dan Savage & Terry Miller 2010Arsham Parsi 2010Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum 2010Hillary Rodham Clinton 2011Anna Grodzka 2013George Takei 2014Debi Jackson 2014Jóhanna Sigurđardóttir 2014Lee Mokobe 2015Alison Bechdel 2015Barack Obama 2015Sir Elton John 2015Ban Ki-moon 2015Loretta E. Lynch 2016Geraldine Roman 2016Senator Penny Wong 2017Cecilia Chung 2018Hanne Gaby Odiele 2018Olly Alexander 2019Munroe Bergdorf 2019  More Voices to InspireCreditsAcknowledgements

“The power of words is in full force in this diverse compilation of speeches from LGBTQ people who have changed the conversation and, indeed, the world.  A must-have for your queer bookshelf.”     - Attitude Magazine  “Hopeful and galvanising, the anthology spans a sprawling 150 years of queer brilliance, and shows us how far we’ve come, and what work there still is to be done.” - Dazed  “Tea Uglow has created a visually pleasing and emphatic collection that is as educational as is it easy on the eyes! Whether you leisurely flip through the pages or devour the entire collection in one sitting, [Great Queer Speeches] will be a timeless read.” - The Nerd Daily  "this anthology reminds us of the power of words when used to fire the imagination, reassure communities under pressure and drive us forward to create a better world for ourselves and those who come after us. These words dream! Recommended.” - GScene magazine  “…a fascinating and beautifully presented collection of inspiring words from some of the most important voices in the LGBTQ+ community, as well as from a number of our allies. These speeches - given by visionaries, civil rights activists, politicians and celebrities from the 1860s to the present day – are heartfelt, often angry but above all brutally honest, and open up a window on the unending fight for our rights, for our identity. It’s a book to dip into again and again, and one that belongs on everyone’s bookshelf, no matter how they identify.” - Darryl W Bullock