We Are Your Children
22 May 2025Synopsis
A gorgeously illustrated, accessible celebration of queer activism, by the creator of the award-winning Suffragette, David Roberts. With an afterword by Juno Dawson.
Touching on major moments in the story of the fight for LGBTQ+ rights including the Stonewall Uprising, the first Gay Pride Rally and the dazzling history of drag and the ballroom scene, We Are Your Children is a wide-ranging and inclusive account of a multifaceted movement, with detailed and characterful colour artwork.
This book showcases figures from queer history like Harvey Milk, Julian Hows, Carla Toney, Crystal LaBeija, We Wha, Vincent Jones, Marsha P. Johnson, Alan Turing, Sylvia Rivera and many more.
From the secret slang adopted by gay Londoners in the 60s, to the decades of sit-ins and marches, there are countless fascinating stories to be told: stories of resistance, friendship, love, fear, division, unity and astonishing perseverance in the face of discrimination and oppression.
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22 May 2025
9781529097283Reviews
A truly astonishing and accomplished work.Jake Hope, Youth Libraries Group
Far too recently, legislation explicitly forbade teaching that LGBTQ+ lives and relationships were valid or valued. We Are Your Children does the still urgently important work of sharing our communities' histories with young people in ways that are accessible and inclusive. It combines a sensitive retelling of the challenges LGBTQ+ people faced in the past with histories of possibility, resistance and joy that offer hope for the future.Justin Bengry, PHD, founder of the world's first MA in Queer History
We Are Your Children is an homage to the queer communities, individuals and organisations that resisted – and continue to resist – our assigned place in the world. It pulls together different liberatory acts – big and small, individual and collective – where queer folks resisted. Roberts' work makes these figures legible to those of us thirsty to learn more about the movements that have built today's foundations.Paula Akpan, journalist, historian and author of When We Ruled
