Join All She Wrote and The History Project for a conversation with Chloe O. Davis, author of The Queens’ English!

Mon, Jun 24, 2024, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Virtual Event on Zoom, register with All She Wrote.

This young readers adaptation of The Queens’ English is a nonfiction illustrated reference guide to the LGBTQIA+ community’s contributions to the English language. This playful, richly illustrated visual dictionary is the perfect book for anyone who has ever wondered about the origin of phrases like “boi,” “drag,” or “demisexual,” the history of the word “queer,” and the wonderfully diverse, wide-ranging histories that have contributed to LGBTQIA+ culture and vocabulary. Drawing from traditions as divergent as the ancient poet Sappho to the underground ball scene of the 1980s, from the Stonewall Riots to RuPaul’s Drag Race, this glossary is a colorful compendium—and a celebration of every king, queen, butch, femme, trans, folx, and enby who has shaped the history, identity, and limitless imagination of queerness.

Chloe O. Davis is a performer, choreographer, and author who works in the entertainment industry in New York City. Davis’s work as a creative artist has allowed her to travel to all fifty states and internationally. She has performed at premier theaters, including Broadway, The Metropolitan Opera, and the Kennedy Center, and has appeared in film/TV features, like Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom on Netflix, Harlem on Amazon, and Tell Me A Story on Paramount+. She also has choreographed for theatre and has won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography.