Research into the LGBTQ+ history of Wales
By Dr DeAnn Bell, Llandudno Museum When I came into the role of Community and Education Officer here at Llandudno Museum and Gallery in 2020, the museum was undergoing major refurbishment. Pandemic aside, part of the museum strategy was to uncover and share previously marginalised histories and find ways to support the diverse people and … Read More “Creating Llandudno’s Hidden History: LGBTQ Heritage Walk” »
John Paul Evans All images are copyrighted and are not to be used without the permission of John Paul Evans. ‘Matrimonial ties’ is an umbrella title that covers various projects in which my husband Peter and I respond to ideas of marriage and how traditional unions are memorialised in the photographic ‘family album’. As an … Read More “‘Matrimonial ties’” »
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 its glossy blackness, that it was the admiration … Read More “A Secret Disclosed: a queer short story (1895)” »
In 1895 this interview appeared with a music hall performer who appeared as ‘The Baroness of Ystrad Rhondda’: Mr. Kennedy Allen Tells the Story of His Stage Career and What he Thinks of the Welsh Language. One of the characters which will perhaps, be best remembered by those who have seen the Cardiff pantomimes will … Read More “The Baroness of Ystrad Rhondda: an early drag act” »
Luke Blaidd (NB: Be advised that this blog contains descriptions of historical queerphobia and mention of 19th Century mistreatment of mentally ill individuals, intersex surgery, death) As ever with these history blogs, I like to draw upon classical history as a metaphor for the journeys I go on when researching queer Welsh history. When studying … Read More “Queer Ancestry- A look into the familial lives of some of Wales’ Queer historical figures” »
On Thursday 18 March 2021, Jenny-Anne Bishop a Trans Activist, Church Elder, Member of the Parliamentary Forum on Gender Identity, & the Trans Advisory Board for HM Prison & Probation, and co-founder of the Unique Transgender Network, a voluntary group supporting Trans (transgender) people in North Wales & West Cheshire, gave a speech to BAGIS. … Read More “Speech for the BAGIS (British Association of Gender Identity Specialists) Virtual Conference” »
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” »
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