Queer History as a Guide to Living

A conversation with French writer Hélène Giannecchini on friendship, queer history and the fragile archives through which forgotten lives become visible again. From family memories and first loves to the photographs of Donna Gottschalk and the history of HIV/AIDS, Giannecchini traces the networks of care that official history has often left undocumented.

We discuss friendship not simply as an intimate bond, but as a political practice—and queer history not only as something to remember, but as a resource for imagining different ways of living together.

An article for Lampoon Magazine.