Kirsty Loehr

Female same-sex desire has been written out of history since, well, forever. Not anymore! From the first women’s football team in Britain to pirates and lesbian Avengers, via countless love letters and literary salons, A Short History of Queer Women sets the record straight on women who have loved other women through the ages. Examining social constructs of gender and...

For most straight couples, starting a family tends to be simple… For queer couples, not so much. But queer families have always existed – even Sappho, the OG lesbian, had a daughter. She named her Cleis, in honour of vaginas everywhere! Exploring the historic lives of queer parents like Oscar Wilde and the women of ‘The Golden Orchid Society’ –...