No, they weren’t ‘just friends’!Queer women have been written out of history since, well, forever. ‘But historians famously care about women!’, said no one. From Anne Bonny and Mary Read who sailed the seas together disguised as pirates, to US football captain Megan Rapinoe declaring ‘You can’t win a championship without gays on your team’, via countless literary salons and tuxedos, A Short History of Queer Women sets the record straight on women who have loved other women through the ages.

Who says lesbians can’t be funny?

Format:Paperback / softback 208 pages

Publisher:Oneworld Publications

Imprint:Oneworld Publications

ISBN:9780861542840

Published:6 Oct 2022

Classifications:Biography: general, Literary studies: general, General & world history, Social & cultural history, Gay & Lesbian studies, Humour, Gift books