Research into the LGBTQ+ history of Wales
By Luke Blaidd (NB: This article contains sources with outdated and/or offensive language towards queer people in both English and Welsh) When researching for my queer Welsh dictionary Llyfr Enfys, I often find myself lost in a Labyrinth of tangents, so many unexplored angles and avenues for queer Welsh terminology to be discovered in. When … Read More “Papurau Pinc | Pink Papers: 18th-21st Century Welsh language newspaper reporting on Queer folk” »
Norena Shopland There’s a little-known film set in Wales called The Old Dark House (1932) by British director James Whale (1889-1957), famous for horror films such as Frankenstein (1931)and Bride of Frankenstein (1935). Whale was an openly gay man at a time when it was risky to be so and his life story was recreated … Read More “Queering Whale’s The Old Dark House” »
Norena Shopland In 1957, just after the Wolfenden Report had been published recommending partial decriminalisation for homosexual men, it became clear the UK government would do nothing. As a result, A. E. ‘Tony’ Dyson (1928- 2002) literary critic, university lecturer, and gay rights campaigner wrote his famous letter from Bangor University to the Times asking … Read More “Queer readings in J. B. Priestley’s Benighted” »
By Luke Blaidd (NB: Please be warned that the following post contains mentions of slurs in both English and Welsh) When writing my still-in-progress queer Welsh dictionary Llyfr Enfys, I often feel like Iset, the wife of Osiris in Ancient Egyptian myth. In the myth, Osiris was murdered by his brother Set, who then proceeded … Read More “The Case of the 450 year-old Word: A Queer Welsh slur throughout the centuries” »
Posted by Norena Shopland Sarah Jane Rees (Cranogwen) loved Fanny Rees (1853-1874) a local milliner’s daughter. Like Cranogwen, Fanny rejected the feminine role expected of her and quit her job in the mills to become a writer under the bardic name of Phania. Twelve years after Fanny’s death Cranogwen wrote an essay in her magazine Y Frythones describing … Read More “Cranogwen’s love for Fanny Rees (Welsh version)” »
Posted by Norena Shopland Sarah Jane Rees (Cranogwen) loved Fanny Rees (1853-1874) a local milliner’s daughter. Like Cranogwen, Fanny rejected the feminine role expected of her and quit her job in the mills to become a writer under the bardic name of Phania. Twelve years after Fanny’s death Cranogwen wrote an essay in her magazine … Read More “Cranogwen’s love for Fanny Rees (English version)” »
1980 Swansea Lesbian Line. The Line has just started; the collective is small and welcomes new members to answer queries on the phone. Contact them on Fridays 7.00-10.00 at 0792467365. Source: Spare Rib, January 1980 Noel Sullivan from the group Hear’Say is born on 28 July and grows up in Cardiff. Two fined. In two … Read More “1980s” »
1971 The newspaper of the Gay Liberation Front, Come Together, was formed by the GLF’s Media Workshop in 1970. Issues 1-16 have been digitalised by the Bishopsgate Institute and can be accessed by clicking on the above link. The magazine mainly covered London but did include regional details including Howard Llewellyn in Cardiff and a … Read More “1970s” »
This story appeared in the Evening Express I Arthur Pagewood and Henry Varcoe had become close friends and intimates, although their acquaintance was by no means one of long standing. In fact, it had commenced about twelve months before the period at which our story opens in the smoking room of a Westminster club of … Read More “Short story: The Collaborators (1901)” »
This story was published in the Western Mail Of medium height, slight build, clear, healthy complexion, beautiful dark eyes, and black hair that curled in bewitching waves over the fine brow. The possessor of regular, intellectual features; small, delicately-shaped hands, and feet, and a moustache so perfect in its size, its shape, its neatness, and … Read More “Short story: A Secret Disclosed (1895)” »
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