{"product_id":"queer-disability-through-history-9781399050579","title":"Queer Disability through History","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePersecuted, outlawed, imprisoned, shunned. You might think this refers only to the LGBTQ+ community, but their experience is remarkably closely aligned to the experience of the Disabled community.This book examines the histories of these two movements are they ran alongside each other often intersecting. Both the Disabled and the LGBTQ+ movements have rich and intriguing pasts that date back beyond recorded history. As Holder explores the journey of these movements the journey highlights their shared history through the stories of the people who brought both into modern consciousness. They represent vital landmarks in the little-explored intersections between the two groups' past and present.Turn-of-the-century Mexican bisexual painter, Frida Kahlo, was Disabled by both polio and injury; Michelangelo turned his artistic talents toward homoerotic poetry to manage his arthritis. The iconic Marsha P Johnson lived with and cared for those with AIDs, and Dr Fryer, the psychiatrist with depr","brand":"Pen \u0026 Sword Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50005587820887,"sku":"9781399050579","price":19.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781399050579.jpg?v=1739816804","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/queer-disability-through-history-9781399050579","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}