No Way, They Were Gay?: Hidden Lives and Secret Loves
"History" sounds really official. Like it's all fact. Like it's definitely what happened.
But that's not necessarily true. History was crafted by the people who recorded it. And sometimes, those historians were biased against, didn't see, or couldn't even imagine anyone different from themselves.
That means that history has often left out the stories of LGBTQIA+ people: men who loved men, women who loved women, people who loved without regard to gender, and people who lived outside gender boundaries. Historians have even censored the lives and loves of some of the world's most famous people, from William Shakespeare and Pharaoh Hatshepsut to Cary Grant and Eleanor Roosevelt.
Join author Lee Wind for this fascinating journey through primary sources--poetry, memoir, news clippings, and images of ancient artwork--to explore the hidden (and often surprising) Queer lives and loves of two dozen historical figures.
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"[S]olidly written, well-documented and organized . . . a modest, well-intentioned contribution to gay history."--Booklist
-- (3/15/2021 12:00:00 AM)"At a time where issues of social justice are often deemed either overinflated or 'solved, ' Lee Wind makes a powerful case that queer historical erasure is an ongoing issue."--Foreword Reviews
-- (3/1/2021 12:00:00 AM)"Entertaining, illuminating, and an accessible antidote to dominant histories."--Kirkus Reviews
-- (2/15/2021 12:00:00 AM)"This work serves not only to educate everyone who reads it, but also to help LGBT youth feel seen, to know people like them exist in the world, and to have role models that are among the most revered of leaders. Do I wish I'd had this in junior high school? You bet!" --Dr. Judy Grahn, author of Another Mother Tongue: Gay Words, Gay Worlds
