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Sarah Prager

Sarah Prager

Sarah Prager is a writer and speaker focused on LGBTQ+ history. Her two books (Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World and Rainbow Revolutionaries: 50 LGBTQ+ People Who Made History) have received numerous accolades. Her writing on LGBTQ+ issues has also appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, National Geographic, NBC News, HuffPost, The Advocate, JSTOR Daily, them., Bustle, Mic, Mental Floss, Fodor's Travel and other outlets.

Meet the historian who is driving a bus full of banned queer books across the U.S.
Censorship

Meet the historian who is driving a bus full of banned queer books across the U.S.

Eric Cervini is turning a school bus into a library of queer literature

January 13, 2023
Two hours from the Ukraine border, a group of Polish volunteers work to create a safe haven for LGBTQ+ refugees
Activism

Two hours from the Ukraine border, a group of Polish volunteers work to create a safe haven for LGBTQ+ refugees

Dance artist Filip Kijowski’s “Asylum Library” is an act of resistance and compassion for Ukrainian refugees

May 27, 2022
Brigham Young University is under investigation for the way it disciplines LGBTQ2S+ students
Education

Brigham Young University is under investigation for the way it disciplines LGBTQ2S+ students

Queer students say the school’s punishments violate their civil rights

February 1, 2022
What is a period coach—and can they actually help?
Health

What is a period coach—and can they actually help?

A closer look at the educators trying to make menstruation just a little more comfortable

December 13, 2021
From adoption to trans pregnancy
Parenting

From adoption to trans pregnancy

One of the most famous trans dads in the world goes behind the headlines to celebrate queer parenting

June 7, 2021
The trans doctor who helped flatten the curve a century ago
History

The trans doctor who helped flatten the curve a century ago

Dr. Alan Hart’s groundbreaking use of X-ray in the 1920s helped save the lives of patients with Tuberculosis, a reminder of the LGBTQ2 doctors at the frontlines of public health crises

June 29, 2020
Does the death of a lesbian icon mark the end of the lesbian era?
Analysis

Does the death of a lesbian icon mark the end of the lesbian era?

Phyllis Lyon was a U.S. lesbian pioneer. But with fewer self-identified lesbians than ever, what is the future of the term?

April 24, 2020
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