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Sci-Fi Fandom
In the mid 1900s the future felt imminent amid ideas of potential space travel. This led many people to begin to imagine what a social future could look like. Using Science Fiction as a vessel, many local meetings and larger conventions already on the “fringes of society” welcomed queer people into their imaginations of the future. These fandoms became thriving examples of early queer organizing.
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