For decades, activists and designers have worked to preserve the history of the LGBTQ movement and queer culture.

In this episode, we'll hear from a four designers, historians and activists about their work safeguarding these cultural landmarks and ensuring their legacy endures:

• Manisha Kaul, a landscape architect who played a key role in constructing AIDS Garden Chicago at the site of the Belmont Rocks
• AC Panella, a scholar preserving trans history through efforts like the TurkxTaylor Initiative, an oral history project that's reclaiming the site of the Compton’s 1966 Cafeteria Riot
• Liz Wreford, a landscape architect leading the design of a monument to remember the impact of Canada's LGBT Purge
• Daniel Cunningham, an urban placemaker working on the memorial at Harvey Milk Plaza in San Francisco.

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