Research into the LGBTQ+ history of Wales
The hero of the following sketch, though now too wealthy to incur adventures such as the one I am about to tell, is, in other respects, so unchanged, that our fair Amalekites will readily guess who sat for this portrait, even if they have not previously heard the tale from the original’s own lips:- Beneath the starlight, uneclipsed … Read More “Short story: The Conquest, or a Mail Companion (1837)” »
SPOILER ALERT – This review includes information that may spoil your reading of the original story. To read The Conquest first – click here. In January 1837 the Welsh newspaper the Monmouthshire Merlin published a short story by a writer who is only identified by the initials I.H. Although the Merlin features a number of short stories by writers using initials only one … Read More “‘The Conquest, or a Mail Companion’ Review” »
Norena Shopland The mystery genre has always been a good home for the diversity of characters. One of the first twentieth-century stories to feature a queer character in the UK is Arthur Conan Doyle’s (1859-1930) short story The Man with the Watches originally published in the Strand magazine in 1898 but in book form in … Read More “Queering ‘The Murder of My Aunt’ (1934)” »
1903 Source: Rhyl Record and Advertiser, 16 May 1903 For more on Percy Meye listen to Jane Hoy’s podcast 1904 Angus McBean, a Welsh photographer, was born on 8 June. In the spring of 1942, his career was temporarily ruined when he was arrested in Bath for criminal acts of homosexuality. He was sentenced to … Read More “1900s” »
In the LGBTQ+ collection at St Fagans National Museum of History are these two badges showing a pram and the double female symbol. The donor of these badges volunteered at Cardiff Women’s Centre on Coburn Street. She recalls how “I was part of Cardiff Women’s Centre which was based in Corburn Street. Being a lesbian … Read More “Lesbian Mothers” »
In the Welsh Costume display at St Fagans National Museum of History in Cardiff is a small blue teapot. It was made about 1900, and would have been sold as a souvenir. On one side it depicts three women in Welsh costume, and on the other it shows the Ladies of Llangollen. The Ladies are … Read More “Ladies of Llangollen Teapot” »
1890 Nina Hamnett Sexually fluid Nina Hamnett was born in Tenby, Pembrokeshire on 14 February. An artist and writer, she was better known as the Queen of Bohemia. 1891 Welsh author Kate Roberts is born on 13 February. Born and raised in Rhosgadfan near Caernarfon, Roberts is considered the most significant writer of fiction in … Read More “1890s” »
1882 A MASQUERADING TAILOR. At Wrexham the other day a tailor named Joseph Williams was charged with masquerading in female attire. On Sunday evening the defendant paid a visit to the Salvation Army meeting, dressed in a black bodice and skirt, red and white plaid shawl, and black straw hat trimmed with black ribbon. His … Read More “1880s” »
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