Outward: ACT UP History and Queer Portraits

This month, Christina, Bryan, and Rumaan are joined by Sarah Schulman, whose new book Let the Record Show sets out to correct inaccurate representations of ACT UP New York, its tactics, and its philosophy of direct action in response to the AIDS epidemic. Then they discuss three collections of photographs of LGBTQ people. Who are they for, and will they be seen by the people who need them most?

Items discussed on the show: 
"How to Be a Queer Person in the World Post-Quarantine," by Naveen Kumar
The section of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass that begins, "I have perceived that to be with those I like is enough.”
Let The Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-93, by Sarah Schulman 
Sarah’s appearance on the June 10, 2020, episode of Outward, “ACT UP and Larry Kramer's Legacy”
The ACT UP Oral History Project
Self Evident Truths: 10,000 Portraits of Queer America, by IO Tillett Wright
Queer Love in Color, by Jamal Jordan 
Eye to Eye: Portraits of Lesbians, by JEB (Joan E. Biren)

Gay Agenda
Bryan: Taylor Mac’s "Whitman in the Woods" 
Christina: Call My Agent 
Rumaan: Halston

This podcast was produced by Margaret Kelley.

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This month, Christina, Bryan, and Rumaan are joined by Sarah Schulman, whose new book Let the Record Show sets out to correct inaccurate representations of ACT UP New York, its tactics, and its philosophy of direct action in response to the AIDS epidemic. Then they discuss three collections of photographs of LGBTQ people. Who are they for, and will they be seen by the people who need them most?

Items discussed on the show: 

"How to Be a Queer Person in the World Post-Quarantine," by Naveen Kumar

The section of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass that begins, "I have perceived that to be with those I like is enough.”

Let The Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-93, by Sarah Schulman 

Sarah’s appearance on the June 10, 2020, episode of Outward, “ACT UP and Larry Kramer's Legacy”

The ACT UP Oral History Project

Self Evident Truths: 10,000 Portraits of Queer America, by IO Tillett Wright

Queer Love in Color, by Jamal Jordan 

Eye to Eye: Portraits of Lesbians, by JEB (Joan E. Biren)

Gay Agenda

Bryan: Taylor Mac’s "Whitman in the Woods" 

Christina: Call My Agent 

Rumaan: Halston

This podcast was produced by Margaret Kelley.

Please send feedback, topic ideas, and advice questions to [email protected].

Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices