# How Black queer culture shaped history | Channing Gerard Joseph

An episode of [TED Talks Education](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/470623037), 1 Feb 2023, 8:09.

Audio: https://download.ted.com/products/161904.mp4?apikey=172BB350-0004

Names like Bayard Rustin, Frances Thompson and William Dorsey Swann have been largely erased from US history, but they and other Black queer leaders played central roles in monumental movements like emancipation, civil rights and LGBTQ+ pride, among others. In this tribute to forgotten icons, queer culture historian and TED Fellow Channing Gerard Joseph shares their little-known stories, connecting the origins of drag in the 1880s to the present day and exploring the awesome power to choose how we define ourselves.

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