This week Hannah tells us about the history of protest badges and the changing landscape of queer badges, and Daisy tells us about queerness in cartoons for both children and adults!
Sources for badges:
The Long-Lasting Legacy Of Lesbian Button Badges - Eleanor Medhurst
The History of Protest Buttons - Busy Beaver Net
LGBTQ badges in the British Museum - Philip Attwood
How the Nazi Regime's Pink Triangle Symbol Was Repurposed for LGBTQ Pride - Olivia B. Waxman
Badges, Pins, Buttons - LGBT Cultural Heritage
The Politics & Protest Badge Collection - Patricia Nistor
Paud's Pins – a queer history project
Sources for cartoons:
The unstoppable queering of TV cartoons - V.S. Wells
Bugs, as a Lady Bunny, Was America’s First Drag Superstar! Watch - TREY SPEEGLE
Queer Images: A History of Gay and Lesbian Film in America - Griffin Benshoff
‘Steven Universe’: 5 Ways This Kids Show Was Queer Before Its Lesbian Kiss - Caroline Cao
THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF QUEER CHARACTERS IN CARTOON SHOWS
After Decades In The Background, Queer Characters Step To The Front In Kids' Media - VICTORIA WHITLEY-BERRY
The evolution of queer characters in children's animation - Chris Snyder and Kyle Desiderio
LGBTQ+ CARTOON CHARACTERS ARE VITAL FOR TODAY’S QUEER YOUTH - Joshua Mackey
