Some media recommendations focused on LGBTQ+ characters and plots.
february 2022
Rebecca Primus & Addie Brown
Had it not been for the letters sent from Addie Brown to Rebecca Primus (Primus's replies, though they certainly existed, have not been found), we would not know about the relationship these two women had.
LGBTQ+ Couples – Summary
A summary for February 2022's theme - LGBTQ+ Couples!
LGBTQ+ Couples: Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West
"I am reduced to a thing that wants Virginia..." The love affair of Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West was colourful and lively, and the impact the two women had on each other and their work can scarcely be measured.
LGBTQ+ Couples: Anne Lister and Ann Walker
Gay marriage has only been legal across the UK for just over two years, after legislation took effect in Northern Ireland on 13th January 2020. However, the first lesbian ‘wedding’ actually took place a little short of two centuries before, when Anne Lister and Ann Walker wedded at Holy Trinity Church in York in 1834.