Research into the LGBTQ+ history of Wales
1910 PONKY (a village in the parish of Ruabon, about 3 miles south of Wrexham) Mae’r hen arferiad y Morris Dance wedi llwyr gilio, ac nid yw hyny yn golled i neb, gan ei fod wedi dirywio i dduo gwynebau a gwisgo mewn dillad merched, a llymeitian. The old Morris Dance practice has completely disappeared, … Read More “1910s” »
“In 1130, Maredudd ap Bleddyn of Powys had his great nephew Llywelyn’s testicles removed and his eyes gouged out. It is unclear what offense Llywelyn had committed against Maredudd to merit this treatment, but events leading up to Llywelyn’s mutilation suggest that Maredudd feared that Llywelyn would become a threat to his own political power. … Read More “12th Century” »
Bran the Blessed Brân the Blessed (Blessed Crow) is a giant and king of Britain in Welsh mythology. Christopher Penczak in his book Gay Witchcraft: Empowering the Tribe claimed ‘Robert Graves, the somewhat controversial author of The White Goddess believed that Bran worshipped by an order of homosexual priests, and Amathon, a version of the … Read More “Antiquity” »
BARTHOLOMEW ROBERTS (1682-1722) Bartholomew Roberts was born in Casnewydd Bach (Little Newcastle) in West Wales in 1682 and became one of the most successful pirates in the Golden Age of Piracy (1650s-1730s). He is believed to have had a relationship with John Waldon. Terry Breverton in his The Book of Welsh Pirates and Buccaneers describes … Read More “17th Century” »
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” »
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” »
A Queer Bawdy Ballad The tale of two young women from this region [Denbighshire] who dressed themselves in men’s clothes, and went courting to a country house to seduce two young women, who were strangers to them. (Link opens to an external site) Two blogs were produced about the above balled, which is dated roughly … Read More “1870s” »
Octavius Morgan (1803–1888) was born at Tredegar Park, Monmouthshire, and is recognised as one of Wales’ most important antiquaries. He sat as MP for Monmouthshire from 1841 to 1874 for the Conservatives. In a work entitled Memories of Monmouthshire generally attributed to Reginald James Blewitt founder of the newspaper the Monmouthshire Merlin and a fellow … Read More “1860s” »
1851 EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE. On the 28th last, at Llanfynydd, [Carmarthenshire] Sarah, the wife of Evan Jones, shoemaker, gave birth to a child which is a perfect hermaphrodite, and the registrar is consequently puzzled how to register it. The medical faculty have as yet failed to solve the problem submitted to them in this case. Had … Read More “1850s” »
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