Research into the LGBTQ+ history of Wales
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)” »
This story was published in the Weekly Mail and is the only known copy. “What has become of Girly Grey? Several people asked the question, but no one supplied the answer. None knew, few cared. He was not the sort of fellow you would trouble about, a poor actor, an effeminate dandy, and a prig. … Read More “Short story: My Lord’s Revenge (1890)” »
Listings marked with an * indicate inclusion in the anthology Queer Square Mile. This is an ongoing list, so come back regularly to see new additions – and if you know of any published short stories with reference to Wales please do let us know. 1837 The Conquest, Or A Mail Companion, I. H. 1883 … Read More “A timeline of LGBTQ+ Short Stories of Wales” »
1953 Jeffrey John is born on 10 February in Tonyrefail, Rhondda Cynon Taf. A Church of England priest he made headlines in 2003 when he was the first person in a same-sex relationship to be nominated as a Church of England bishop. 1954 B.B.C. Artist charged Bail was allowed by the magistrates at Newtown, Montgomeryshire, … Read More “1950s” »
1942 E. M. Forster – life was dominated by his close attachment to his mother who lived to the age of ninety (as did Forster). Though he was never prepared to ‘come out’, his attitude to homosexuality became increasingly frank over the years. The process is illustrated by three incidents, one in the thirties, one … Read More “1940s” »
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