C. S. Lewis and his friend Arthur Greeves had a queer relationship. This article approaches it with a focus on desire, sexuality, and literature.
Tag: queer history
Come to My Cottage: Queer Pleasures and Female Fandom in the Silent Hollywood Era
A century before Heated Rivalry (2025), female moviegoers enjoyed producing queer readings of silent Hollywood stars.
Criminally Queer: The Bolton 7
Criminally Queer: The Bolton 7 looks back at one of the most shocking miscarriages of justice in recent British LGBTQ+ history
Urning: Queer Identity in the German Nineteenth Century
The urning identity was the dominant male same-sex sexual identity in the German speaking world between 1864 and 1897.
(Safe) Sex, Leather and Zines: Lisbon’s GayClub and early HIV/AIDS information activism
A discrete Portuguese members’ club GayClub, through its publication Órbita Gay Macho, promoted safe sex, curated news from abroad, and warned against media hysteria around HIV/AIDS.
Privilege, Power, and Activism in Gay Rights Politics Since the 1970s
Beyond the Politics of the Closet examines the reorientation of LGBT politics from the 1970s to the 1990s.
The ‘Chosen Family’ Dinner: A non-normative insight into queer homemaking
At the bookshop Libreria a table is set for dinner, but unusually the books are complemented by plates painted with plump juicy peaches and bowls drawn with cocks.
