Pocket Queer Wisdom: Inspirational Quotes and Wise Words from Queer Heroes Who Changed the World

by Hardie Grant, Michele Rosenthal (Illustrator)

Featuring beautifully illustrated portraits, Pocket Queer Wisdom is a tribute to some of the most inspirational people of all time. LGBTQIA+ people are some of the coolest in history – legendary figures such as Freddie Mercury, Virginia Woolf, Laverne Cox, Harvey Milk, and Audre Lorde have made an unforgettable impact. Queer subculture has had an enormous influence on style, music, art, and literature – the queer community were the first to vogue, throw shade and say YAS to life before it hit the mainstream. This little book brings you their best pearls of wisdom in your back pocket.

Genres: Queer

96 pages, Hardcover

Published June 4, 2019

About the author

Established in 1997, and based in Melbourne, Hardie Grant Books is one of Australia's leading independent book publishers.

Reviews

[Michelle]

This is a really cute pocketbook with various quotes from Queer icons.

My favorite is Oscar Wilde "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars".

[Eva Helena]

Lovely little book <3

Also a really great and easy way to discover more queer historical figures :))

[Nick Fowkes]

LOVED! So cute and such awesome wisdom through the quotes. Fantastic! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

[Ellebana Zednanref]

Fun little pocket book with inspirational phrases and toughts!

[Joy]

Uykudan önce asi kızlara öyküler iyi ki çıkmış, ardı arkası kesilmiyor o ekolün, yeniler geldikçe geliyor. Queer kitabı da ünlü queerlerin sözleri yer alıyor.

[Cailin Leithead]

I am sure I will be in the minority of this, but this was awful. So many of the quotes were either stupid and unnecessary, or simply not true. I can’t believe this was published, it was such a pointless book and so many of the quotes are random or only apply to that specific person who made the quote. I don’t understand what this book was trying to achieve because, as I’ve said, the quotes were dumb. Everyone please save your time and go read a book about stonewall or read a gay romance novel, but not this. This sucked. Who decided to publish this? And how did it get approved? No effort went into this, genuinely. And some of these people-a lot of these people-aren’t even gay? So huh? How is that celebrating pride if they’re not gay? Don’t read!!

[Adam]

Very great motivational quotes for anyone of the LGBTQ+ community

[Alba Nosesabe]

A very inspiring quote book

[Jay]

very queer i love it

[Camilo]

I was expecting a big book with a lot of information, silly me, instead I received a mini book with a lot of quotes from LGBTQ+ people that help to change the world. Love it!

[Justin Castillo]

From Oscar Wilde to Laverne Cox, there's a lot to live by. It does need to add the year Larry Kramer died.

[Kevin Warman]

Confetti.

[Rachel]

Found this at work and took a minute to read it all. Good stuff!