Lion's Legacy Quotes

“Queerness has always been part of history, always been explored, discussed, and present, no matter how many times people have tried to cover it up or hide it away. Because we as queer people aren’t born into our queer family but instead have to find and assemble it ourselves, that history is often abandoned, forgotten, or dies with us.”
― Lev A.C. Rosen, Lion's Legacy

“I’m walking on stones some other guy like me walked on thousands of years ago. I don’t know his story. He probably doesn’t know mine. But here, we have the same footprint. We have something connecting us. History is community.”
― Lev A.C. Rosen, Lion's Legacy

“You have this whole family, you haven’t even met all of them. My only family is you.”
― Lev A.C. Rosen, Lion's Legacy

“Queer history is always being erased,” she said. “That’s why it is so important for queer historians to demand it is kept alive. Like through this exhibition. I want all the queer kids like you to see how vast your history is. How you’re part of something just as old and epic as any other kind of history. Far older than American. Not your Indigenous peoples, of course, but the country. Queer people have been around much longer than the United States. And you spend how many years learning that in school? And none on queer history.”
― Lev A.C. Rosen, Lion's Legacy

“For every queer kid out there who feels like
they have no history and no legacy.”
― Lev A.C. Rosen, Lion's Legacy

“Pride Before Stonewall: Queer Art from Around the World before the 1960s, which is both an idea and a title she told me she immediately regretted. I didn’t understand why at the time, but now I know: it’s just too much history. Too many pieces. Too much context.”
― Lev A.C. Rosen, Lion's Legacy