QUEERING THE MAP

Q UEERING THE M A P

Queering the Map–an online collaborative artwork and mapping program in which users submit comments attached to specific coordinates all over the world. And the comments are all about personal queer experiences! Canadian artist and designer Lucas LaRochelle originally began working on Queering the Map for a class project. There’s an elevated quality to queer relationships which can sometimes feel like forming your own personal spaces, and LaRochelle has stated that their vision for the project was to archive these spaces: the “cartography of queer life–from park benches to the middle of the ocean.” Since its inception in 2017, there’s been over 80,000 submissions in 23 languages. It’s truly humbling to see the ebb and flow of LGBT people all over the world, and it’s a privilege to read their stories.