URLF Project: PromotingQueerLiteracy

Queerness Around the world

Queerness has always existed as a fundamental component of life and society around the world, for much of history it was just accepted that queer people existed and sometimes they were even seen as exalted figures in communities. With the rise of colonialism however much of that was wiped away and puritanical Christian norms were instead imposed on non-western civilizations.  The research presented on this site explains queerness through the lens of American history as a result of both the author's bias as an American and the availability of resources given America's large and vocal queer community. Below are some comics that feature analysis on what it means to be queer in places that aren't the U.S.

Nonbinary identities in the Pacific Islands and hispanic Cultures

Queerness in Malaysia

Queerness in the middle east

Queerness in the Philippines 

An Analysis of gender in Iceland

Sensible Footwear By Kate Charlesworth -- A history of the queer rights movement in the U.K.

The Magic Fish By Trung Le Nguyen -- A story about understanding queer identity as a child of Vietnamese immigrants

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