Lisa M. Stulberg: One of the big misconceptions, first of
all, is that LGBTQ social change is relatively new.
So we tend to think about Stonewall in 1969,
which is right down the block from here in the
West Village, um the Stonewall Inn,
um, as kind of the starting point of what was
then known as the gay liberation movement
and is now LGBTQ social change.
I tend to think about World War II as a much
more important starting point.
in that, um, World War II was a time
when a lot of young, um, LGBTQ,
but then out as, as lesbian and gay and bi people
came to gather in communities,
started to find each other from all ov, over
the United States and build communities.
And that was the beginning of the kind of
organizational revolution for LGBTQ social change
in that organizations really did begin in the 1950s
and were pretty active by
the time that Stonewall, um, started
and became a real flashpoint for the movement.
So in terms of where teaching
LGBTQ history can be improved,
I think we could do more of it [laughs]
and just be more inclusive in general of
LGBTQ leaders and thinkers and, um, creators
of culture in our curricula in general.
If anybody is interested in the
historical or the current politics topic,
there's a lot you can find on a almost daily basis.
I think a good place to start is just with social media.
There's a ton of great LGBTQ,
um, focused content out there
whether that's just LGBTQ 
individuals posting and reposting
and their own commentary on political issues of the day
to LGBTQ media, great podcasts, great, just great
social media sites and, um, and digital content.
And I also think for anybody interested in this topic now,
again I'd go back to pop culture
I think that pop culture is a great space
for learning not just about the history
but also just about, um, the way that LGBTQ
people both fictional and nonfictional,
um, experience identities and experience, um, schooling, and experience other aspects of their lives.
And I think that there's a lot of
great even fictionalized content out there
that will connect people to these issues in
ways they might not be themselves.
