The Book of Queer

This new five-episode series features fun reenactments about notable queer personalities and their impact on history.

Margaret Cho, Leslie Jordan (Will & Grace), Dominique Jackson (Pose), Alex Newell (Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist), Ross Matthews (RuPaul’s Drag Race), plus a talented group of historians, actors, and musicians will be spilling the tea and setting the historical record straight.

Among the famous Black figures celebrated in the show are civil rights leader Bayard Rustin, blues legend Ma Rainey, Stonewall activist Marsha P. Johnson, singer Josephine Baker, and former MLB player Glenn Burke.

The Book of Queer premiered Thursday, June 2, 2022 on Discovery+